MOTÖRHEAD — Hammered (review)

MOTÖRHEAD — Hammered album cover Album · 2002 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Hammered" is the 17th full-length studio album by UK heavy rock/metal act Motörhead. The album was released through SPV GmbH in April 2002. It´s the successor to "We Are Motörhead" from 2000.

"We Are Motörhead" is one of the most heavy and fast-paced albums in the band´s discography, but that style is not continued on "Hammered", which is still hard rocking and heavy, but predominantly mid-paced and a little more melodic. It´s little details though as "Hammered" sounds unmistakably like Motörhead with a hard pounding organic playing rhythm section, heavy blues based guitar riffs and solos, and Lemmy´s distinct sounding raw voice in front.

While the material on "Hammered" is generally well written, it´s not one of the band´s most memorable releases, and although tracks like "Walk a Crooked Mile", "Brave New World", "Kill the World", and the charming "Dr. Love", are minor highlights, few (if any) of them would make it unto my personal best-of Motörhead track selection. So it´s a consistent quality release featuring very few standout tracks.

"Hammered" is both well produced and (almost needless to say) very well performed, but as a consequence of the songwriting not reaching Motörhead´s highest standards, the album ultimately comes off as one of the lesser albums in the band´s discography. So it of course speaks volumes of the quality of said discography, that a 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is still deserved.
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