The Best Of (Motörhead album)
The Best Of is a 2-CD compilation album by the band Motörhead, released in August 2000 on the Sanctuary Records subsidiary label Metal-Is.
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| Released | 26 August 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1975–1999 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 147:06 | |||
| Label | Metal-Is, Sanctuary | |||
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Recording
The Best Of includes 37 Motörhead tracks spanning the band's career from 1977 to 2000, including four previously unreleased live tracks recorded in 1981. It also includes three non-Motörhead tracks: Girlschool's cover version of Motörhead's "Bomber", a cover version of Johnny Kidd & The Pirates' "Please Don't Touch" performed by the Motörhead/Girlschool collaboration Headgirl, and Hawkwind's original version of "Motörhead", the song from which Motörhead frontman Lemmy took the band's name after being fired from Hawkwind. 14 of Motörhead's then-16 studio albums are represented, with March ör Die (1992) and Bastards (1993) excluded.
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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| 1. | "Ace of Spades" | Lemmy Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor | 1980 ~ Ace of Spades | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Overkill" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Overkill | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Bomber" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Bomber | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Please Don't Touch" (Feat. Girlschool) | Frederick Heath, Guy Robinson | 1981 ~ St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 2:52 |
| 5. | "Motörhead" | Kilmister | 1977 ~ Motörhead | 3:13 |
| 6. | "No Class" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Overkill | 2:42 |
| 7. | "Louie Louie" (Alternative Version) | Richard Berry | 1978 ~ Louie Louie | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Damage Case" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor, Mick Farren | 1979 ~ Overkill | 3:05 |
| 9. | "Too Late, Too Late" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Overkill (Single) | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Dead Men Tell No Tales" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Bomber | 3:08 |
| 11. | "Killed by Death" | Kilmister, Phil Campbell, Michael Burston, Pete Gill | 1984 ~ No Remorse | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Metropolis" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Overkill | 3:37 |
| 13. | "Emergency" (Feat. Denise Dufort) | Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson, Denise Dufort, Enid Williams | 1981 ~ St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 3:02 |
| 14. | "Tear Ya Down" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1979 ~ Overkill | 2:42 |
| 15. | "White Line Fever (Stiff)" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1977 ~ Leaving Here / White Line Fever | 2:46 |
| 16. | "Iron Horse / Born to Lose" | Taylor, Mick Brown, Guy Lawrence | 1977 ~ Motörhead | 5:22 |
| 17. | "City Kids" | Duncan Sanderson, Larry Wallis | 1979 ~ On Parole | 3:46 |
| 18. | "Motörhead" (Performed by Hawkwind) | Kilmister | 1975 ~ Kings of Speed | 3:06 |
| 19. | "Fire, Fire" (Live in 1981) | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | Unreleased Live Recording | 2:47 |
| 20. | "Bite the Bullet / The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" (Live in 1981) | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | Unreleased Live Recording | 6:56 |
| Total length: | 71:08 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original Release | Length |
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| 1. | "Iron Fist" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1982 ~ Iron Fist | 2:56 |
| 2. | "Heart of Stone" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1982 ~ Iron Fist | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Bomber" (Performed by Girlschool) | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1981 ~ St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Shine" | Kilmister, Brian Robertson, Taylor | 1983 ~ Another Perfect Day | 3:12 |
| 5. | "I Got Mine" | Kilmister, Robertson, Taylor | 1983 ~ Another Perfect Day | 5:26 |
| 6. | "Ain't My Crime" | Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell | 1986 ~ Orgasmatron | 3:46 |
| 7. | "Doctor Rock" | Kilmister, Burston Gill, Campbell | 1986 ~ Orgasmatron | 3:42 |
| 8. | "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | 1980 ~ Ace of Spades | 4:19 |
| 9. | "Deaf Forever" | Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell | 1986 ~ Orgasmatron | 4:29 |
| 10. | "Orgasmatron" | Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell | 1986 ~ Orgasmatron | 5:26 |
| 11. | "Eat the Rich" | Kilmister, Burston, Campbell, Taylor | 1987 ~ Rock 'N' Roll | 4:38 |
| 12. | "Rock 'N' Roll" | Kilmister, Burston, Campbell, Taylor | 1987 ~ Rock 'N' Roll | 3:52 |
| 13. | "Dogs" | Kilmister, Burston, Campbell, Taylor | 1987 ~ Rock 'N' Roll | 3:52 |
| 14. | "The One to Sing the Blues" | Kilmister, Burston, Campbell, Taylor | 1991 ~ 1916 | 3:12 |
| 15. | "Sacrifice" | Mikkey Dee, Kilmister, Campbell, Burston | 1995 ~ Sacrifice | 3:19 |
| 16. | "Overnight Sensation" | Dee, Kilmister, Campbell | 1996 ~ Overnight Sensation | 4:13 |
| 17. | "Snake Bite Love" | Dee, Kilmister, Campbell | 1998 ~ Snake Bite Love | 3:35 |
| 18. | "God Save the Queen" | Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock | 2000 ~ We Are Motörhead | 3:22 |
| 19. | "Shoot You in the Back" (Live in 1981) | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | Unreleased Live Recording | 2:48 |
| 20. | "The Hammer" (Live in 1981) | Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor | Unreleased Live Recording | 3:08 |
| Total length: | 75:58 | |||
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