On Parole
by Motörhead
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Motörhead bestography
On Parole is ranked 23rd best out of 38 albums by Motörhead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Motörhead is Ace Of Spades which is ranked number 831 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,085.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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On Parole track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
On Parole rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 68 Music Albums of 1979 | 37/68 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Greatest Music Albums #101 - 200 | 70/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 54/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1979 | 27/36 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Micro-Genres: Punk-Metal | 2/17 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 45/97 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 99 Music Albums of 1979 | 76/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 21 Music Albums of 1979 | 7/21 | 4 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 38 Music Albums of 1979 | 36/38 | 0 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 49 Music Albums of 1979 | 39/49 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 29 | |||
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On Parole ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/20/2026 23:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,855 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/22/2025 22:37 | Olli | 7,933 | 62/100 |
| ! | 06/13/2025 10:09 | jeremy9 | 3,812 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 68.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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On Parole forum mentions
jackup 03/28/2026 15:47 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) dihansse 06/23/2020 20:57 in My discoveries per yearOn Parole comments
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Theoretically, this is the first album they made. Completed in 1976. It's just that it was released after they'd made a name for themselves with there other early albums. It's quite a way removed from what they become. It took a bit to get used to as only the tracks 'Motorhead' & 'Iron Horse' had the known sound of Lemmy's cigarette laden vocals, the rest being a lot more mellow from what I knew. But after a while the whole album grew on me. Now it sits among my favorite. Worthy to have. (Edited)
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