Ace of Spades

~ Release by Motörhead (see all versions of this release, 29 available)

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Ace of Spades

2▶12" Vinyl: Riders Wearing Black

3▶12" Vinyl: Riders Wearing Black

4▼12" Vinyl: Dead Man’s Hand
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Ace of Spades recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Ace of Spades (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer) publisher: Motor Music Ltd. (Motörhead publisher)		2:51
A2	Stay Clean recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Stay Clean (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer) publisher: Motor Music Ltd. (Motörhead publisher)		2:43
A3	Over the Top recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Over the Top (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		3:33
A4	Metropolis recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Metropolis (on 1981-03-05) lyricist: Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) composer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		3:41
A5	Shoot You in the Back recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Shoot You in the Back (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		3:10
B1	The Hammer recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: The Hammer (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		3:20
B2	Jailbait recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Jailbait (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		4:23
B3	Leaving Here recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live cover recording of: Leaving Here (on 1981-03-05) lyricist: Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team) writer: Holland–Dozier–Holland composer: Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) publisher: EMI Music Ltd., Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.		3:35
B4	Fire Fire recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Fire, Fire (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		4:59
B5	Love Me Like a Reptile recorded at: Parc Expo in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire (Centre-Loire Valley), France (on 1981-03-05) live recording of: Love Me Like a Reptile (on 1981-03-05) writer: Eddie Clarke (Motörhead guitarist), Ian Fraser Kilmister (“Lemmy” from Motörhead) and Phil Taylor (former Motörhead drummer)		4:19

5▶12" Vinyl: Dead Man’s Hand

6▶12" Vinyl: The Good, The Broke & The Ugly

7▶12" Vinyl: The Good, The Broke & The Ugly

8▶10" Vinyl: A Fistful of Instrumentals

10▶7" Vinyl: Ace of Spades 7"

11▶DVD: Ace on Your Screens

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/16134336 [info]
ASIN:	US: B08GMFRK4R [info]

Release group

included in:	All the Aces Bomber / Ace of Spades Classic Album Selection England The Bronze Age: 1979–1982 The Complete Early Years Box Three Classic Albums

part of:

Consequence of Sound: 75 Best Metal Albums of All Time (2025) (number: 12) (order: 12)
Loudwire: Top 80 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1980s (number: 16) (order: 16)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s (number: 71) (order: 71)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 408) (order: 408)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 408) (order: 408)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 461) (order: 462)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/38512 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Motorhead/Ace-of-spades [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/cdcz [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/motorhead/ace_of_spades/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/635/ [info] https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-11845 [info] https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/album/Ace_of_Spades/2861 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000193143 [info]
Wikidata:	Q481752 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 4050538587142
Format:: 7×12" Vinyl + 10" Vinyl + 7" Vinyl + DVD

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Box
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Sanctuary Records

Release events

United Kingdom
2020-10-30

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