Motörizer

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Motörizer is the 20th studio album by heavy metal band Motörhead. It was released on 26 August, 2008. As of 25 July, the album has been leaked over several internet sites.

Album cover

The album cover was revealed on the front page of the group's official website on 11 June. The artist is Mark De Vito, and the cover features the coat of arms of two members' nations: England (Lemmy) and Sweden (Mikkey Dee), the flag of Phil Campbell's homeland, Wales, and the band's logo, Snaggletooth. Since then, the artwork has changed slightly, no longer featuring the four skeletons that were originally depicted behind the coat of arms. Motörizer will be one of the few releases by the band not to feature new artwork by Joe Petagno, due to an ongoing legal dispute over copyright issues.

Promotion

Lemmy appeared on BBC 6 Music's radio programme Bruce Dickinson's Friday Rock Show on 11 July, 2008 to promote the album, playing the track "Runaround Man" (which Lemmy described as "Nonsense set to an infectious beat"), "Rock Out" and "The Thousand Names of God" ("It's completely extraneous, the title... It's about soldiers being conned into going into battle, for like, business men. It isn't even a cause anymore"). The song "Rock Out" was also the theme song for the WWE pay-per-view Unforgiven 2008.

Track listing

1. "Runaround Man" – 2:57
2. "Teach You How to Sing the Blues" – 3:03
3. "When the Eagle Screams" – 3:44
4. "Rock Out" – 2:08
5. "One Short Life" – 4:05
6. "Buried Alive" – 3:12
7. "English Rose" – 3:37
8. "Back on the Chain" – 3:24
9. "Heroes" – 4:59
10. "Time Is Right" – 3:14
11. "The Thousand Names of God" – 4:33

Credits

• Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – Bass guitar, vocals
• Phil Campbell – Electric guitar; backing vocals
• Mikkey Dee – Drums