A few points of style here. Track listings are for original U.K. issue albums only, and of course, this is a discography of the band as it existed with Lemmy, Phil and Eddie only, issued at the time they were still in the band. I haven’t put quote marks around songs, simply for tidiness, even though that is the rule in the body of the book. I’ve included side one/side two designations given that all of these albums hail from the vinyl era. I’ve included no compilations; however, I have included singles and EPs (U.K. issue only) because of their significance to the industry and to Motörhead’s career during this era. All songs written by Lemmy Kilmister, Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor unless otherwise specified.
Motörhead
(Chiswick WIK2; August 21, 1977)
Produced by Speedy Keen
SIDE 1: 1. Motörhead (3:13; Lemmy Kilmister) 2. Vibrator (3:39; Dez Brown/Larry Wallis) 3. Lost Johnny (4:15; Lemmy Kilmister/Mick Farren) 4. Iron Horse/Born to Lose (5:21; Dez Brown/Phil Taylor/Guy Lawrence)
SIDE 2: 1. White Line Fever (2:38) 2. Keep Us on the Road (5:57; Lemmy Kilmister/Eddie Clarke/Phil Taylor/Mick Farren) 3. The Watcher (4:30; Kilmister) 4. The Train Kept a-Rollin’ (3:19; Tiny Bradshaw/Howard Kay/Lois Mann)
Overkill
(Bronze BRON 515; March 16, 1979)
Produced by Jimmy Miller, except Tear Ya Down, produced by Neil Richmond
SIDE 1: 1. Overkill (5:12) 2. Stay Clean (2:40) 3. (I Won’t) Pay Your Price (2:56) 4. I’ll Be Your Sister (2:51) 5. Capricorn (4:06)
SIDE 2: 1. No Class (2:39) 2. Damage Case (2:59; Lemmy Kilmister/Eddie Clarke/Phil Taylor/Mick Farren) 3. Tear Ya Down (2:39) 4. Metropolis (3:34) 5. Limb from Limb (4:54)
Bomber
(Bronze BRON 523; October 27, 1979)
Produced by Jimmy Miller
SIDE 1: 1. Dead Men Tell No Tales (3:07) 2. Lawman (3:56) 3. Sweet Revenge (4:10) 4. Sharpshooter (3:19) 5. Poison (2:54)
SIDE 2: 1. Stone Dead Forever (4:54) 2. All the Aces (3:24) 3. Step Down (3:41) 4. Talking Head (3:40) 5. Bomber (3:43)
Ace of Spades
(Bronze BRON 531; October 20, 1980)
Produced by Vic Maile
SIDE 1: 1. Ace of Spades (2:49) 2. Love Me like a Reptile (3:23) 3. Shoot You in the Back (2:39) 4. Live to Win (3:37) 5. Fast and Loose (3:23) 6. (We Are) The Road Crew (3:13)
SIDE 2: 1. Fire, Fire (2:44) 2. Jailbait (3:33) 3. Dance (2:38) 4. Bite the Bullet (1:38) 5. The Chase Is Better than the Catch (4:18) 6. The Hammer (2:48)
No Sleep ’til Hammersmith
(Bronze BRON 535; June 27, 1981)
Produced by Vic Maile
SIDE 1: 1. Ace of Spades (3:01) 2. Stay Clean (2:50) 3. Metropolis (3:31) 4. The Hammer (3:05) 5. Iron Horse/Born to Lose (3:58; Dez Brown/Phil Taylor/Guy Lawrence) 6. No Class (2:34)
SIDE 2: 1. Overkill (5:13) 2. (We Are) The Road Crew (3:31) 3. Capricorn (4:40) 4. Bomber (3:24) 5. Motörhead (4:47; Lemmy Kilmister)
Iron Fist
(Bronze BRNA 539; April 17, 1982)
Produced by Eddie Clarke and Will Reid-Dick
SIDE 1: 1. Iron Fist (2:55) 2. Heart of Stone (3:04) 3. I’m the Doctor (2:43) 4. Go to Hell (3:10) 5. Loser (3:57) 6. Sex & Outrage (2:10)
SIDE 2: 1. America (3:38) 2. Shut it Down (2:41) 3. Speedfreak (3:28) 4. (Don’t Let ’em) Grind Ya Down (3:08) 5. (Don’t Need) Religion (2:43) 6. Bang to Rights (2:43)
The Golden Years Live EP
(Bronze BRO 92; May 8, 1980)
SIDE 1: 1. Leaving Here (3:02; Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Edward Holland) 2. Stone Dead Forever (5:20)
SIDE 2: 1. Dead Men Tell No Tales (2:54) 2. Too Late, Too Late (3:21)
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
(Big Beat NS 61; November 22, 1980)
SIDE 1: 1. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers (3:27; Billy Gibbons/Dusty Hill/Frank Beard) 2. On Parole (5:57; Larry Wallis)
SIDE 2: 1. Instro (2:27) 2. I’m Your Witchdoctor (2:58; John Mayall)
St. Valentines Day Massacre
Credited to Motor Headgirl School
(Bronze BRO 116; February 1, 1981)
SIDE 1: 1. Motörhead/Girlschool: Please Don’t Touch (2:49; Johnny Kidd/Guy Robinson)
SIDE 2: 1. Girlschool: Bomber (3:30) 2. Motörhead and Denise Dufort: Emergency (3:03; Denise Dufort/Enid Williams/Kelly Johnson/Kim McAuliffe)
Motörhead (3:13; Lemmy Kilmister)/City Kids (3:24; Larry Wallis/Duncan Sanderson) (Chiswick S 13; June 1977)
Leaving Here (3:20; Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Edward Holland)/White Line Fever (2:38) (Stiff BUY 9; November 1978; withdrawn)
Louie Louie (2:47; Richard Berry)/Tear Ya Down (2:39) (Bronze BRO 60; August 25, 1978)
Overkill (5:12)/Too Late, Too Late (3:24) (Bronze BRO 67; February 23, 1979)
No Class (2:39)/Like a Nightmare (4:13) (Bronze BRO 78; June 15, 1979)
Bomber (3:43)/Over the Top (3:21) (Bronze BRO 85; November 30, 1979)
Ace of Spades (2:49)/Dirty Love (2:57) (Bronze BRO 106; October 27, 1980)
Motörhead (3:35; Lemmy Kilmister)/Over the Top (3:04) (Bronze BRO 124; July 11, 1981)
Iron Fist (2:50)/Remember Me, I’m Gone (2:26) (Bronze BRO 146; April 3, 1982)