Motörhead - Bomber (1979)

Recorded in late summer 1979 and released by the end of the year, Bomber quickly followed up Overkill, Motörhead's landmark breakthrough album from earlier in the year. Bomber bears a lot in common with its fan-favorite predecessor. Also like Overkill, Bomber features the production grace of Jimmy Miller, the man responsible for the Rolling Stones' late-'60s/early-'70s albums, including such masterpieces as Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main St. And the music here on Bomber explodes on song after song, thanks to the crazed performances of the aforementioned bandmembers as well as the well-overdriven, ear-rattling production perfection of Miller. Actually, there's only one marked difference between Overkill and Bomber that's worth noting: the songs. There are a couple killers here, namely "Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Stone Dead Forever", and "Bomber", but overall, the songs of Bomber aren't as strong as those of Overkill were. Granted, this is somewhat of a moot point to raise, as Bomber is still a top-shelf Motörhead album, one of their all-time best, without question. Bomber kicks ass, in any event, and its best moments are as superlative as any Motörhead would ever record. The band was really on fire during this point in time and could seemingly do no wrong.

Tracklist:

01. Dead Men Tell No Tales
02. Lawman
03. Sweet Revenge
04. Sharpshooter
05. Poison
06. Stone Dead Forever
07. All The Aces
08. Step Down
09. Talking Head
10. Bomber
11. Over The Top (B-Side Of "Bomber", bonus track)
12. Leaving Here (Live, bonus track)
13. Stone Dead Forever (Live, bonus track)
14. Dead Men Tell No Tales (Live, bonus track)
15. Too Late, Too Late (Live, bonus track)

Tracks 12-15 were taken from the band's successful "The Golden Years EP", released the following year.
All tracks composed by Lemmy/Taylor/Clarke except "12" by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland

Produced by Jimmy Miller
Engineered by Trevor Hallesy
Recorded July 7 – August 31, 1979 at Roundhouse Studios and Olympic Studios, UK

• Lemmy Kilmister - vocals, bass guitar, eight-string bass
• "Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitar, vocals on "Step Down"
• Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums

Original Release Date: October 27, 1979 (Bronze Records)
Release Date: 1996
Label: Castle Communications plc.