Overkill (40th Anniversary Edition)

モーターヘッドの40周年を記念したアルバムが発売。オリジナルアルバムと未発表音源が収録された豪華2枚組仕様!

1979年はMotorheadの年だった - そう『Overkill』の時。 Motorhead、世界で最もラウドなバンド、100の空気圧ドリルの力と勢いを持って、彼らは何度も国を破壊し、誰も...、誰も彼らに影響を受けずにはいられなかった。
アルバム『Overkill』は、彼らの初のアルバム『Motorhead』よりも10倍以上強力で、まさに歴史に残る名盤となった。制作は、ローリング・ストーンズなどと成功を収めていたジミー・ミラーの熟練した手腕によって行われた。ジミーはあどけない少年たちの最高の感性を引き出し、その効果は絶大でした。『Overkill』は頭蓋骨を砕くような衝撃の楽曲でいっぱいで、脳への損傷度は甚大。ヒットシングルの「Overkill」と「No Class」を聴くと、アルバム全体の破壊力を想像できるだろう。それがMotorheadである。ストレートで、ベーシックで、地に足のついたロックンロールであり、妥協を許さない。

Motorhead's landmark second album, Overkill, marked a major leap forward for the band, and it remains one of their all-time best, without question. In fact, some fans consider it their single best, topping even Ace of Spaces. It's a ferocious album, for sure, perfectly showcasing Motorhead's trademark style of no holds barred proto-thrash -- a kind of punk-inflected heavy metal style that is sloppy and raw yet forceful and in your face. Motorhead, the band's self-titled debut from 1977, had been rush-recorded, and its stripped-down, super-raw sound wasn't all that impressive, at least not relative to what would follow. Overkill is what followed, recorded in December 1978 and January 1979, and released not long thereafter. The band's sound is fully formed here, and it totally explodes right off the bat on the five-minute title track. A number of Motorhead standards follow, among them "Stay Clean" and "No Class." Produced by Jimmy Miller, who had helmed a number of classic Rolling Stones albums (Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goats Head Soup), Overkill sounds wonderful, especially on the numerous remastered editions of this album. The band's classic lineup -- Lemmy (bass and vocals), "Fast" Eddie Clarke (guitar), and "Philthy Animal" Taylor (drums) -- is well in place here, and they seem eager to rip loose wildly on every single song. This, in addition to the solid track listing and Miller's production, makes Overkill a perfect Motorhead album. Several great ones would follow, of course, but Overkill was the first of the great ones, and quite possibly the greatest of all. ~ Jason Birchmeier