On Parole
by Motörhead

On Parole by Motörhead
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-11-02
Overall rank: 31,786th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 32 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (344th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (3,427th)
Award Best albums of all time (31,786th)

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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 808 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,148.

Motörhead album bestography « Higher ranked (26,697th)
Hammered
This album (31,786th)
On Parole
Lower ranked (37,282nd) »
The Best Of

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On Parole track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 31,786th | 1970s rank: 3,427th | 1979 rank: 344th

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71/100 (from 32 votes)
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65/100
 
01/20/2026 23:48 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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12/22/2025 22:37 Olli  Ratings distribution  7,16763/100
 
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06/13/2025 10:09 jeremy9  Ratings distribution  3,70470/100
 
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10/27/2024 17:40 MaiaLedZep  Ratings distribution  9481/100
 
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08/18/2024 14:59 MagicSix  Ratings distribution  99460/100

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From 09/09/2020 00:55 | #257930
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.
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