The Best Of (Motörhead album)

The Best Of
Greatest hits album by Motörhead
Released 26 August 2000 (2000-08-26)
Recorded 1975–1999
Genre Heavy metal
Length 147:06
Label Metal-Is, Sanctuary
Motörhead chronology
Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead
(2000)Deaf Forever: The Best of Motörhead2000		 The Best Of
(2000)		 Over the Top: The Rarities
(2000)Over the Top: The Rarities2000

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.

Recording

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.

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Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ace of Spades" (from Ace of Spades, 1980)Lemmy Kilmister, Eddie Clarke, Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor2:50
2."Overkill" (from Overkill, 1979)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor5:14
3."Bomber" (from Bomber, 1979)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:44
4."Please Don't Touch" (performed by Headgirl; originally performed by Johnny Kidd & The Pirates; from St. Valentine's Day Massacre, 1981)Frederick Heath, Guy Robinson2:52
5."Motörhead" (originally performed by Hawkwind; from Motörhead, 1977)Kilmister3:13
6."No Class" (from Overkill)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor2:42
7."Louie Louie" (originally performed by Richard Berry; from "Louie Louie", 1978)Richard Berry2:54
8."Damage Case" (from Overkill)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor, Mick Farren3:05
9."Too Late Too Late" (from Overkill)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:26
10."Dead Men Tell No Tales" (from Bomber)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:08
11."Killed by Death" (from No Remorse, 1984)Kilmister, Michael Burston3:56
12."Metropolis" (from Overkill)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:37
13."Emergency" (originally performed by Girlschool; from St. Valentine's Day Massacre)Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson, Denise Dufort, Enid Williams3:02
14."Tear Ya Down" (from Overkill)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor2:42
15."White Line Fever" (from "Leaving Here"/"White Line Fever" [Stiff] single)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor2:46
16."Iron Horse/Born to Lose" (from Motörhead)Taylor, Mick Brown, Guy Lawrence5:22
17."City Kids" (originally performed by the Pink Fairies; from On Parole, 1979)Duncan Sanderson, Larry Wallis3:46
18."Motörhead" (performed by Hawkwind; from the "Kings of Speed" single, 1975)Kilmister3:06
19."Fire Fire" (Live in 1981)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor2:47
20."Bite the Bullet/The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" (Live in 1981)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor6:56
Total length:71:08
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Iron Fist" (from Iron Fist, 1982)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor2:56
2."Heart of Stone" (from Iron Fist)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:05
3."Bomber" (performed by Girlschool; from St. Valentine's Day Massacre)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:38
4."Shine" (from Another Perfect Day, 1983)Kilmister, Brian Robertson, Taylor3:12
5."I Got Mine" (from Another Perfect Day)Kilmister, Robertson, Taylor5:26
6."Ain't My Crime" (from Orgasmatron, 1986)Kilmister, Burston, Pete Gill, Phil Campbell3:46
7."Doctor Rock" (from Orgasmatron)Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell3:42
8."The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" (from Ace of Spades)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor4:19
9."Deaf Forever" (from Orgasmatron)Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell4:29
10."Orgasmatron" (from Orgasmatron)Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell5:26
11."Eat the Rich" (from the Eat the Rich soundtrack, 1987)Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell4:38
12."Rock 'n' Roll" (from Rock 'n' Roll, 1987)Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell3:52
13."Dogs" (from Rock 'n' Roll)Kilmister, Burston, Gill, Campbell3:52
14."The One to Sing the Blues" (from 1916, 1991)Kilmister, Burston, Campbell, Taylor3:12
15."Sacrifice" (from Sacrifice, 1995)Mikkey Dee, Kilmister, Campbell, Burston3:19
16."Overnight Sensation" (from Overnight Sensation, 1996)Dee, Kilmister, Campbell4:13
17."Snake Bite Love" (from Snake Bite Love, 1998)Dee, Kilmister, Campbell3:35
18."God Save the Queen" (originally performed by the Sex Pistols; from We Are Motörhead, 2000)Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon, Glen Matlock3:22
19."Shoot You in the Back" (Live in 1981)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor2:48
20."The Hammer" (Live in 1981)Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor3:08
Total length:75:58
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