Motörhead
by Motörhead

Album
Motörhead by Motörhead
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-08-12
Overall rank: 5,716th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 138 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (80th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (895th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,716th)

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Motörhead bestography

Motörhead is ranked 5th best out of 38 albums by Motörhead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Motörhead is Ace Of Spades which is ranked number 830 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,086.

Motörhead album bestography « Higher ranked (5,089th)
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Motörhead rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,716th | 1970s rank: 895th | 1977 rank: 80th  Overall chart history
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Motörhead ratings

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73/100 (from 138 votes)
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 !		09/17/2026 01:14 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85274/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.


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Motörhead forum mentions

This album has been referenced 18 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From Romanelli 03/05/2026 21:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
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From Romanelli 10/01/2024 01:04 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred Cow
“2151 MOTORHEAD 1977 – CHISWICK Produced By SPEEDY KEEN 1. Motorhead 2. Vibrator 3. Lost Johnny 4. Iron Horse / Born To Lose 5. White Line Fever 6. Keep Us On The Road 7. The Watcher 8. Train Kept A-Rollin’ 9. City Kids 10. Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers 11. On Parole 12. Instro 13. I’m Your Witch…”
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From Romanelli 09/28/2022 22:51 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today
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From 10/15/2014 16:43 | #124545 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I love the fuzztone bass on this album. Most of the songs are essentially old school boogie woogie numbers played 10 times faster and louder than usual. (Edited)
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From 03/26/2016 16:49 | #162677 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I don't like the production but the songs are so good that I don't really mind the poor production.
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From 06/18/2016 09:16 | #169038 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Their most punklike record. (Edited)
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From 08/13/2020 19:13 | #256996 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Love the production. Sounds like a blueprint for the NWOBHM that followed.
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From 12/23/2020 22:30 | #263132
Um puta álbum de rock de verdade!
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