I MAKE LOVE
TO MOUNTAIN LIONS
SLEEP ON RED HOT
BRANDING IRONS
WHEN I WALKK
THE ROADWAY SHAKES
BED'S A MESS
OF RATTLESNAKES
1916
is the ninth
studio album
by British
Rock band
released in
January 1991.
It was their first on
WTG Records.
The single
"The One to Sing the Blues"
peaked at number 45.
The album was the final
Motörhead album
to feature
Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor
on drums
in its entirety.
Background
In 1990,
Motörhead frontman
Lemmy moved
from England to the U.S.,
settling in
West Hollywood
within walking distance
of the
Rainbow Bar and Grill.
(Which He Made Home)
With
Phil Carson
managing the band,
the sessions for what
would become the album
1916 began
with Ed Stasium,
best known for producing
the Ramones,
Talking Heads,
and
Living Colour.
The band recorded
four songs with the producer
before deciding
he had to go.
When Lemmy listened
to a mix of
Going to Brazil,
he asked him
to turn up four tracks,
and on doing so
heard claves
and tambourines
Stasium had added
without the
band's knowledge.
Stasium was fired
and
Pete Solley hired
as producer.
Recording
1916
was
Motörhead's
first studio album
in nearly four years,
and their
First release on
WTG after a
legal battle with
GWR Records
was resolved.
Some of its songs
including
"The One to Sing the Blues",
"I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)",
"No Voices in the Sky",
"Going to Brazil"
and
"Shut You Down"
were originally
performed on
Motörhead's
1989 and 1990 tours.
The title track
an uncharacteristically
slow ballad
in which Lemmy's singing
is only lightly accompanied
is a tribute to,
and reflection on,
young soldiers
who fell in
battle during
World War I.
In his 2002 memoir,
Lemmy reveals that
the song was inspired by
the Battle of the Somme
Although songs like
the ballad
"Love Me Forever"
and
"Angel City"
(which includes a saxophone)
were stylistic departures
for the band,
the album still contained
Motörhead's ear-splitting
brand of rock 'n' roll,
including
"I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)"
and
"R.A.M.O.N.E.S",
a tribute to punk band
the Ramones,
by whom it was covered.
In the 2002 book
Hey Ho Let's Go:
The Story of the Ramones,
Everett True
quotes singer
Joey Ramone as saying:
"It was the ultimate honour
like John Lennon
wrote a song for you."
TRACKLIST
I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)
No Voices In The Sky
Going To Brazil
Nightmare/The Dreamtime
Love Me Forever
Angel City
Make My Day
R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Shut You Down
1916
Eagle Rock
Dead Man's Hand
Bad Religion
Sacrifice
March Or Die
You Better Run
(w/Slash)
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
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