We Are Motörhead

Bizarrely lauded as a return to a form which they’d never really lost (unless you count 1992’s slightly below par “March Or Die”), “We Are Motorhead” is, in the opinion of this reviewer, one of Motorhead’s weaker albums. The two opening tracks, “See Me Burning” and “Slow Dance” are among the worst the lads have ever recorded, especially the latter. The lyrics to these tracks are truly awful by Lemmy’s standards. Things pick up after these tracks with great songs like “Stay Out of Jail”, “Stagefright/Crash and Burn” and the title track but there are still songs that don’t quite hit the mark. “Wake the Dead” and “(Wearing Your) Heart on Your Sleeve” are both decent tracks but they are missing that extra ingredient that would make them more enjoyable. The undoubted highlight of the album has to be the ballad “One More Fucking Time”, which is an all time great Motorhead song, but unfortunately there are just too many less impressive tracks on the album.

Not a bad album but not up to the usual standard.