Ace Of Spades

Ace of Spades is the fourth studio album by English rock band Motörhead, released in October 1980 via Bronze Records. It is the band’s most commercially successful album, peaking at number four on the UK Albums Chart and reaching gold status in the UK by March 1981. It was preceded by the release of the title track as a single in October, which peaked in the UK Singles Chart at No. 15 in early November. It was the band’s debut release in the United States, with Mercury Records handling distribution in North America. In 2020, the album was ranked at 408 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

Tracklisting

Position Title Duration
Ace Of Spades
LP-A1 Ace Of Spades
LP-A2 Love Me Like A Reptile
LP-A3 Shoot You In The Back
LP-A4 Live To Win
LP-A5 Fast And Loose
LP-A6 (We Are) The Road Crew
LP-B1 Fire Fire
LP-B2 Jailbait
LP-B3 Dance
LP-B4 Bite The Bullet
LP-B5 The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
LP-B6 The Hammer
Dead Man’s Hand - Live In Orléans
LP-C1 Ace Of Spades
LP-C2 Stay Clean
LP-C3 Over The Top
LP-C4 Metropolis
LP-C5 Shoot You In The Back
LP-D1 The Hammer
LP-D2 Jailbait
LP-D3 Leaving Here
LP-D4 Fire Fire
LP-D5 Love Me Like A Reptile
LP-E1 Capricorn
LP-E2 Too Late, Too Late
LP-E3 (We Are) The Road Crew
LP-E4 No Class
LP-F1 Bite The Bullet
LP-F2 The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
LP-F3 Overkill
LP-F4 Bomber
Riders Wearing Black - Live In Belfast - 1981
LP-G1 Ace Of Spades
LP-G2 Stay Clean
LP-G3 Over The Top
LP-G4 The Hammer
LP-G5 Shoot You In The Back
LP-G6 Metropolis
LP-H1 Jailbait
LP-H2 Leaving Here
LP-H3 Capricorn
LP-H4 Too Late, Too Late
LP-I1 (We Are) The Road Crew
LP-I2 No Class
LP-I3 Bite The Bullet
LP-I4 The Chase Is Better Than The Catch
LP-J1 Overkill
LP-J2 Bomber
LP-J3 Motörhead
The Good, The Broke & The Ugly
LP-K1 Ace Of Spades (Alternative Version)
LP-K2 Dirty Love
LP-K3 Love Me Like A Reptile (Alternative Long Version)
LP-K4 Shoot You In The Back (Alternative Version)
LP-L1 Hump On Your Back
LP-L2 Fast And Loose (Alternative Version)
LP-L3 (We Are) The Road Crew (Alternative Version)
LP-L4 Fire Fire (Alternative Version)
LP-L5 Jailbait (Alternative Version)
LP-M1 Waltz Of The Vampire
LP-M2 The Hammer (Alternative Version)
LP-M3 Dirty Love (Alternative Long Version)
LP-M4 Bastard
LP-M5 Godzilla Akimbo
LP-N1 Love Me Like A Reptile (Alternative Version)
LP-N2 Dirty Love (Alternative Version)
LP-N3 Please Don’t Touch
LP-N4 Bomber
LP-N5 Emergency
A Fistful Of Instrumentals 10"
10"-A1 Ace Of Spades (Instrumental Demo)
10"-A2 Hump On Your Back (Instrumental Demo)
10"-A3 Shoot You In The Back (Instrumental Demo)
10"-A4 Fast And Loose (Instrumental Demo)
10"-B1 Dirty Love (Instrumental Demo)
10"-B2 Love Me Like A Reptile (Instrumental Demo)
10"-B3 Dance (Instrumental Demo)
Ace On Your Screens DVD
Ace On Your Screens 51:04
Live In Belfast ‘81 26:25
Ace Of Spades 5.1 36:35

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Release Information

Key Value
Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Spades_(Mot%C3%B6rhead_album)
Format Box Set Deluxe Edition (40th Anniversary), Vinyl LP Album Reissue Remastered Stereo, Vinyl 2× LP Album Stereo, Vinyl 2× LP Album Stereo, Vinyl 2× LP Album Stereo, Vinyl 10" 45 RPM EP Stereo, DVD Multichannel Album Compilation
Label BMG
Catalog Number BMGCAT432BOX
Notes 40th Anniversary Box

This deluxe lift-off lid box set includes:
• Ace Of Spades (half-speed mastered and created from the original master tapes)
• Two double-live albums of previously unheard concerts from the Ace Up Your Sleeve tour, both in gatefold sleeves.
• A Fistful Of Instrumentals : A 10” EP of previously unreleased, instrumental tracks from 1980.
• The Good, The Broke & The Ugly. A double album of B-sides, outtakes and rare tracks, in gatefold sleeve.
• Ace On Your Screens: A DVD compilation of rare TV appearances from 1980-81, a live concert from 1981 and a 5.1 audio mix of the original album. The disc is in a digipak which is affixed into the base section.
• The Ace Of Spades story. A 40 page book telling the story of Ace Of Spades through previously unpublished interviews with the people that were there. Includes never before seen photos and memorabilia.
• The Ace Up Your Sleeve tour programme.
• The Motörhead Rock Commando comic.
• A set of 5 poker dice that can be played on the game board inside the box set lid.
• All encased in a classic Wild West dynamite box, which has woodgrain effect texturing. The texturing is in the opposite direction to the printed woodgrain. There is an access cord to raise the vinyl. There is a bullet belt shaped wraparound bellyband with a barcode and contents information.

The package came in hype stickered shrink-wrap. There was a picture barcode label on the outer packing case.
Aside from the E.P., each vinyl is held in a die cut black paper inner.

Orders at the official Motörhead shop got an exclusive “Ace Of Spades” single, Dutch replica, with an unrelease instrumental version of the song on side B.

DVD barcode came from DVD label
Discogs URL Motörhead - Ace Of Spades