Motörhead "The Best Of (2012 Japan Reissue, SMH-CD, Sanctuary Midline, UICY-25269-70)"

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.

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.

Official compilation, containing tracks from across the band's 25-year career. Released in a slipcase with extensive liner notes and rare photos.

Track listing

Disc 1

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

Disc 2

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

NOTE: The live recordings where later featured on the re-release 40th anniversary edition of No Sleep 'til Hammersmith in 2021.

Tracks 1-19, 1-20, 2-19 and 2-20 are previously unreleased live bonus tracks.

16-page booklet with notes, photographs and credits.

20-page booklet in Japaneese.

Obi stripe.

℗ 1977 Track 1-17

℗ 1978 Tracks 1-7, 1-14

℗ 1979 Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-6, 1-8 to 1-10, 1-12

℗ 1980 Tracks 1-1, 2-8

℗ 1981 Tracks 1-4, 1-5, 1-13, 1-16, 2-1, 2-3

℗ 1982 Track 2-2

℗ 1983 Tracks 2-4, 2-5

℗ 1984 Tracks 1-11, 2-9

℗ 1986 Tracks 2-7, 2-10

℗ 1987 Tracks 2-6, 2-11 to 2-13

℗ 1990 Track 2-14

℗ 1993 Track 1-15

℗ 1995 Track 2-15

℗ 1996 Track 2-16

℗ 1998 Track 2-17

℗ 2000 Tracks 1-19, 1-20, 2-19, 2-20

© 2000 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.

Made in Japan.