383 of 1001 Albums: Motorhead's Ace of Spades

Motorhead is very gritty, sort of rough sounding, heavy, and very metal. They sound a bit ahead of their time considering you wouldn't think to associate metal acts as theirs with turn of the decade sounds happening in the 80's. Motorhead is very macho charged in their approach to music though with lyrics that make women sound like trash, and men to be into all the stereotypical endeavors they enjoy.

History: The band sought for a producer it seems to clean out their metal sound as they couldn't depict what was going on in their music on previous albums, but the band members were pleased with how the crafted sound came out on this album. After it's release, they would follow with "Ace of Spades" as the title song for the album. This album has been a critical success since it's release. The album is still deemed with being one of the most influential to the metal genre.