Motorhead Chase Is Better Than the Catch: The Singles a & B's CD

2cds:Disc 1-A Sides,Disc 2-B Sides

Motorhead includes: Lemmy Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Philty Animal Taylor.
Recorded between 1978 and 1984.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Now we're cooking: disc one, featuring all A-sides, is sheer, glorious overkill (as soon as the so-so "Louie, Louie" opener finishes). Lemmy's ZZ topic obsession continues in "No Class" (see also "Beer Drinkers" and "Overnight Sensation"). Scalding signature scar "Ace of Spades" squats here, along with fine slices of Motörhead's vaunted live expertise ("Stone Dead Forever" and the Hawkwind heavy whence the band glommed its apropos moniker). If you've never been clinched in the "Iron Fist," prepare to know what power is. Deceptively melodic licks chug through "I Got Mine." This is the Head earning its umlaut. Time to play B-sides: the second CD naturally can't compete with the fevered freewheeling of the first, but rides right alongside. Once the Motörhead groove slams in, just submit and let the boys roll. "Tear Ya Down" and the spark-chasing "Too Late Too Late" are quite cool and a mean kickoff. Only these three greasy cats could make the boring blues of "Hoochie Coochi Man" burn. "Like a Nightmare," "Dead Men Tell No Tales," and the appropriately dubbed "Over the Top" also rule the road. "Under the Knife" takes two Long Island loonies, BÖC and Twisted Sister, to task. Though two cuts are repeated live, The Chase is a jet-fueled, battle-worn monument to Motörhead's golden years. ~ Doug Stone
As its title implies, this double disc Motorhead compilation collects both sides of all the band's early singles from their late-'70s/early-'80s peak. While not a best of per se--many of Motorhead's best songs, such as "Metropolis," "We Are the Road Crew," etc., were never issued as singles--THE CHASE collects many of the band's most recognizable songs.
Such savage rockers as "Ace of Spades," "Bomber," "No Class," "Stone Dead Forever," and a live version of "Motorhead," predominate. A few covers, such as "Louie Louie" and "Hoochie Coochie Man," are also included, reworked as heavy metal warhorses.

Q (8/01, p.153) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This until-1984 collection presents such soundalike groin thunder as 'Killed By Death' and 'Ace Of Spades': all as fantastic and wilfully primordial as the band's unchanging LP covers..."