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CD REVIEWS ISSUE 3 Page 9
By Bob Nalbandian

MOTORHEAD
The Best Of
Over The Top: Rarities
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (The Singles A&B's)
Castle/Sanctuary/Metal Is/BMG

These three collections feature classics, hit singles, and rarities from the ultimate heavy metal band - Motorhead! The "Best Of" is a double-CD package featuring classic Motorheadbanging hits spanning their 25 year career. Highlight include; "Ace Of Spades" (perhaps the definitive heavy metal anthem!), "Bomber," "Overkill" (the ever-popular long-version), "Motorhead," "Iron Fist," "Killed By Death," "I Got Mine," "Deaf Forever," and my personal fave, "The Chase Is Better Than The Catch." Not to mention, both CDs also contain rare live tracks, including; "Fire Fire," "The Chase..", "Shoot You In the Back," and even the original version of "Motorhead" (performed by Hawkwind) as well as song collaborations with Girlschool. Forty songs total! Now that is a goddamn bargain! "The Best Of" is truly a best of Motorhead package and is the perfect introduction CD for those poor helpless souls who have not experienced the ultimate power of Lemmy and crew. A must for any metal collection!

Over The Top: The Rarities is a uniquely cool compilation. It features instrumental and alternate versions of such 'Head standards as "Tear Ya Down," "Louie Louie," "(Don't Let 'Em) Grind You Down," "Lemmy Goes to the Pub" (which is actually an alternate version of "Heart Of Stone" - great lyrics on this one!) and "Same Old Song, I'm Gone," (an alternate version of "Remember Me, I'm Gone"), "Train Kept-A-Rollin'" and the Motorhead/Girlschool classic "Please Don't Touch." Twelve songs in all, this one is for the true Motorheadbanger!

The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (The Singles A&B's) is also a double CD, CD #1 features all the band's A-side tracks and CD #2 features the B-sides. The best of the A's being "Overkill," "Ace Of Spades," "Iron Fist," and "Killed By Death." The B's aren't nearly as killer...basically, that's why they were B-sides! The best of the B's include; "Dead Men Tell No Tales" (the live version from the Golden Years EP) and "Turn You Round Again." So, the question you may ask yourself is, "Are these three CD collections a tribute to the Motorhead fans, or just a poor excuse for Lemmy to rack-up advance royalties to feed his drug habit and pay off his bar-tab at the Rainbow Bar & Grill?" The answer to that question is, Who the f**k cares?...It's Motorhead!

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