Overkill is the second studio album by British rock band Motörhead, released on 24 March 1979. It was the band's first album with Bronze Records. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at number 46 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time". American thrash metal band Overkill was named after this album.
The first release from those sessions was the single release of the title track backed with "Too Late, Too Late" in 7" and 12" pressings. In June 1979, "No Class" was lifted from the album as a follow-up single, backed with a previously unreleased song, "Like a Nightmare". While the Chiswick album Motörhead had been a hasty affair (although it had a sub-bootleg quality which some fans found appealing) Overkill had more spring and bounce, and a title track that would become a show-stopper for years to come. Three weeks after the initial release of the album in black vinyl, the album was released in a limited edition of 15,000 in green vinyl. With a view to increasing the sales, the single was released in three different covers, one each of Lemmy, Clarke and Taylor. The album was reissued on Cassette, CD and vinyl by Castle Communications in 1988, coupled with Another Perfect Day, Bronze having issued a cassette of the album coupled with Bomber in 1980.
Tracklist:
- Overkill 05:12
- Stay Clean 02:42
- (I Won't) Pay Your Price 02:57
- I'll Be Your Sister 02:55
- Capricorn 04:11
- No Class 02:41
- Damage Case 03:02
- Tear Ya Down 02:42
- Metropolis 03:37
- Limb from Limb 04:57
Time: 34:56
Recording information:
Recorded at Roundhouse Studios and Sound Development Studios, December '78 - January '79.
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