1916 (album)

Infobox Album
Name = 1916
Type = Album
Artist = Motörhead


Released = February 26, 1991
Recorded = 1990
Length = 39:28
Label = WTG
Producer = Peter Solley
Ed Stasium
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tb8uak3k5m3x link]
Last album = "Nö Sleep at All"
(1987)
This album = "1916"
(1991)
Next album = "March ör Die"
(1992)

"1916" is an album by Motörhead. It was released on February 26, 1991 on WTG Records.

This was their first album recorded for WTG after the legal battle with GWR Records was resolved. In the album's liner notes, the band says "...to the people we left behind - we didn't want to leave ya, but we really had to go! This album is the better for it. Stale and on a treadmill in our career, a change was needed."

The title track is a reflection on World War I killings, it is an uncharacteristically slow ballad in which Lemmy's singing is only lightly accompanied. "Love Me Forever", a ballad which was later covered by Doro Pesch. "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.", a tribute to punk band the Ramones, was later recorded by the Ramones, which can be found as one of the two studio tracks on "Greatest Hits Live". The Ramones also performed it at their final show with Lemmy, with that show being released on video and CD as "We're Outta Here".

In the studio the band recorded four songs with the producer, Ed Stasium, before deciding he had to go. When Lemmy listened to one of the mixes of "Going to Brazil", he asked for him to turn up four tracks, and on doing so heard claves and tambourines that Stasium had added. Stasium was fired and Pete Solley was hired as producer.Kilmister, Ian Fraser and Garza, Janiss "White Line Fever" (2002) — Simon & Schuster pp. 227-228 ISBN 0-684-85868-1.] The story according to Stasium was that Lemmy's drug and alcohol intake had far exceeded the limitations of Stasium's patience so he quit.

The album reached number 24 in UK charts and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 1992 Grammys, but lost to Metallica's "Metallica".

Due to an unintentional oversight, the French and Portuguese flags were not featured on the album artwork. This is unfortunate, given that both countries participated in the war, suffering heavy losses and France sustained the greatest loss of life in the First World War.

The postergramme would be the last programme for the band until the 30th Anniversary Tour in 2005.

Track listing

*All tracks composed by Lemmy, Würzel, Phil Campbell and Phil Taylor unless otherwise noted
# "The One to Sing the Blues" – 3:07
# "I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)" – 3:13
# "No Voices in the Sky" – 4:12
# "Going to Brazil" – 2:30
# "Nightmare/The Dreamtime" – 4:40
# "Love Me Forever" – 5:27
# "Angel City" (Lemmy) – 3:57
# "Make My Day" – 4:24
# "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." – 1:26
# "Shut You Down" – 2:41
# "1916" (Lemmy) – 3:44

Credits

* Lemmy – bass, vocals
* Phil Campbell – guitar
* Würzel – guitar
* Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums, except "1916", which featured a drum machine.

* All tracks except 3, 4, and 6 – produced and mixed by Peter Solley, and engineered by Casey McMackin
* Tracks 3, 4, and 6 – produced by Ed Stasium, and engineered by Paul Hemingson
* Mastered by Steve Hall at Future Disc Systems, Hollywood, USA

References

Reflist

External links

* [http://www.imotorhead.com Motorhead official website]