Much appreciated. I remember listening to the debut album back in 1977. It was far apart from everthing else that counted as hard rock and metal. Overkill just blew my mind. Probably my favourite album. We will never see their like again.

Motorhead were awesome, my favorite albums are: Bomber, Overkill, Ace of Spades, Iron Fist, Another Perfect Day, Orgasmatron, Rock 'n' Roll, 1916, Bastards ect. This band is legendary R.I.P. Lemmy R.I.P. Phil Taylor R.I.P. Eddie Clark

For a band with this large of a catalog, Motorhead was really quite consistent. Their albums mainly went from classic to pretty decent. They really had no embarrassing missteps in their discography, and very few legacy bands of that era can say the same.

My favorites are: 1 - Ace of Spades 2 - Overkill 3 - Bomber 4 - Another Perfect Day (nice to see you like that album too, some people disliked it because of the more melodic approach but I think it's a great album, among their best for sure.)

Finally...it took some time but it was totally worth it. My top 10: 1- Overkill 2- Ace of Spades 3- Bomber 4- Iron Fist 5- Another Perfect Day 6- Sacrifice 7- Orgasmatron 8- Rock 'n Roll 9- Bastards 10 - Inferno

Glad to see Inferno so high! It is my favourite album from Motorhead. Something just really works for me on this album. It's crushingly heavy and the production is pretty good. The band is on fire here. Great list as always!

Motörhead is my number one favourite band ever, and I think it's basically a nice list. It avoids the snobbish trap of not recognizing the post 1981 stuff 😁. I think most of their 90s albums, and especially the Cameron Webb produced albums beginning with Inferno, are excellent. I never could make a full ranking (though I own all the studio and the official live albums on CD), but my TOP 3 in no particular order: - Overkill - Another Perfect Day - Inferno 😎👍

1. Ace of Spades 2. Overkill 3. Iron Fist 4. 1916 5. Orgasmatron 6. Inferno 7. Motorizer 8. Bastards 9. Bomber 10. Another Perfect Day 11. Bad Magic 12. Overnight Sensation 13. We Are Motorhead 14. Sacrifice 15. The World Is Yours 16. Motorhead 17. March or Die 18. Aftershock 19. Rock and Roll 20. Hammered 21. Kiss of Death 22. Snake Bite Love This is a tough ranking to do with a band who has a ton of really awesome albums. Even some albums that are ranked lower are still really awesome, but they have other albums that are better than others. That happens with most bands, but at least they're been making some awesome music.

Good list. I don't agree with every ranking, but then again, I don't have to! Thank you for this list. My top pics are... 1. Bomber - The album has a western feel and a kind of swing with songs like "Lawman". One of my go-to albums. 2. Ace of Spades - In my opinion, as close to a perfect album as Motorhead ever made. Just dirty and raw throughout. 3. Another Perfect Day - I think Robbo's technical brilliance pushed Lemmy and Philthy to play at the top of their game. Sonically their best too. 4. We Are Motorhead - One of their best "metal" albums. Even One More Fecking Time is a slow burning heavy hitter, but I don't like GSTQ. 5. Inferno - Such a heavy hitter from start to finish. And "Whorehouse Blues" lets us down easy. Damn good one. They were Motorhead and they made rock and roll. And there won't be another like them. Rest In Peace them all.

Fans - Give the last two studio albums, “Aftershock” and “Bad Magic” another listen. Lemmy truly gives you his take on life, his advice, his lessons. No excuses, he lived his life pleasing himself, he did it his way, and louder and better than everyone else. Quality songwriting and musicianship on these final albums. I LOVE THEM.

Nice work! My top 10 Motorhead studio albums... 1. Overkill 2. Ace Of Spades 3. Bomber 4. Sacrifice 5. Motorhead 6. Bastards 7. Iron Fist 8. Orgasmatron 9. 1916 10. Rock And Roll. My overall favorite Motorhead release, however, is No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. And two of my favorite songs don't appear on the albums..."Killed By Death" and "Just 'cos You Got The Power". Cheers!

Interesting listing. Nice to see "Bastards" and "Another Perfect Day" get some praise. Possibly the two most underrated albums in their discography.

Whoaaaa, hold your horses. I love “On Parole,” and think it truly shows the birth of Motörhead, and their transition away from Hawkwind. It’s oddly groovy but still kicks quite a bit; and almost feels punk. I love this album and would put it near the top of my list. And I’m a guy who usually listens to extreme black metal and death metal

For me Motörhead is really the bridge between traditional heavy metal and what we will later call speed / thrash metal, they are really important in the history of metal because they are the precursors of what will happen to it then years decades later extreme metal 🔥🤘🔥.

Comments on each album are totally on point, well done.

Thanks for sharing your Motorhead Rankings. I appreciate the time & effort you put into compiling this & the other bands you focused on. Your channel has prompted me to listen to some Artists/albums that I haven't listened to for quite some time; even going back to when I was a teenager in the late 70's early 80's. Thanks again for your commentary. Cheers!

Solid list. Motorhead had some stellar points in their career. When I was coming up in the 80's & 90's Motorhead was loved by metal heads of every stripe.

Thank you Ruthless! The review that sure fans of Lemmy were waiting for a long time!

Great bit of work, as always! Your top 5 are the same as mine, albeit in a slightly different order - I have Bomber top, then Ace Of Spades, Another Perfect Day, Overkill then Iron Fist, however all are brilliant albums and whenever I listen to any one of them it tends to move up the list a bit! \m/

I have been waiting for this one! Thanks!🤘🏼 Motörhead has to be in my top 5 favorite metal bands of all time.

One of my favorite bands ever. Very solid, true to the roots of rock. My number one is also Overkill - it was my first Motorhead album I ever heard. Anyway, my top 5: 1. Overkill 2. Bomber 3. Another Perfect Day 4. 1916 5. Ace Of Spades

These Rank em All videos are brilliant. Your dedication and way you present them is A class. I don't even like this type of ranking videos mostly, but you do it so well I'm hooked on these. BTW I just realized you haven't yet done Helloween... At least I couldn't find that... Which, I admit, was why I got to comment right now... Sorry, I know these must tremendous work, but can't wait for that one! Keep it up and Cheers!

Good to see the 1916 album getting some support. While I was aware of the band beforehand, 1916 was the first album from Motorhead I got, and also the first time I saw them live, with Judas Priest and Alice Cooper in '91. There was some "experimentation" on this album, but it actually WORKED. "Love Me Forever" and "Nightmare / The Dreamtime" are both dark, atmospheric tracks that stack up with the band's best. Also, "Shoot You In the Back" from "Ace of Spades" is one of my favorite "deep cuts" from Motorhead.

Excellent video as always, sir! Motorhead is a tricky band to rate for me, I've been listening to their latter day stuff quite a lot these past few years (Overnight Sensation gets a lot of plays for whatever reason), but one can't deny the impact or quality of the Bombers and the Overkills etc. Cheers!

Mate that was cool!. Think you done a pretty fair ranking there 🤘

FINALLY, BRO! Thanks, very good ranking, pretty agree with it. My favs are Overkill, Ace and Iron Fist.

Great list! Difficult task. I did this awhile ago on paper and it wasn't easy. Also haven't heard every single album from beginning to end. Nevertheless, great band. 1916 was my introduction to the band in the early 90s. I liked that album a lot I remember. My very favorites today are Another Perfect day, Inferno, 1916, Overkill, Orgasmatron, Aftershock and Ace of Spades. So many great songs from such a legendary band....cheers 🤘🍻

I own every Motorhead album and I love all era's, but the original 3 were killer. Rip Lemmy, Phil, Fast Eddie, Wurzel. Overkill and Another Perfect Day are my favorite.

I have always loved Motorhead. Overkill, 1916, Bastards, and Motorizer are my favorites. The band always are in top form live. No Class, Ace Of Spades, and Iron Fist are great songs. I have seen the videos they did and are always worth seeing.

*BEEN REQUESTING THIS FOR MONTHS NOW, THANKS!*

Rank em all is back and life is good! IMO your list is pretty much spot on. I personally would have 1916 a little higher though, as that album was my first introduction to motorhead and the first time I got to see them live. No Voices in the Sky is probably their most underrated song. Cheers!

Love your video. Motörhead are amongst my top 5 fave bands of all time and I love to hear someone go into detail album by album. Great stuff, even tho I’d put “On Parole” quite a bit higher than LAST PLACE.

Before my son was born, I liked the band, but wasn’t a fan. Now, he’s nine, absolutely loves the band, and by association now I love the band more so than before and listen to Lemmy at least an hour or more per day. 🤘🤘 Great list and rankings brother!

Good ranking Mr. Ruthless! Hello from Ireland.

Fourth spot for Another Perfect Day is most welcome, a severely underrated album!

I've been looking forward to this! Thanks for finally releasing the video 🤘

I remember being a kid - in a record store - to buy an average album - I saw the “Hammersmith” album. Looked and looked at it. Bought it.

Thanks, especially for 'Overkill' as #1. There's no doubt 'Ace of spades' is a great album but 'Overkill' is the album that was ahead of it's time (as for me).

Hats off to you for being able to rank this discography at all. 22 albums and none of 'em are bad. Motorhead don't do bad albums. Some are weaker ofc, but none are bad. Not gonna rank it, but I will say that I'm also a huge fan of the Overkill album. I'd actually put that one and bomber above ace of spades. But the rest? No chance I'm ranking 'em in any order.

Nice to see "Another Perfect Day" getting love in the comments. Definitely Top 4, well done Ruthless. Love all the tracks, however "Marching Off to War" is a fav.

Nice work! Best heavy metal channel on youtube! A voïvod rank em all video would made another perfect day for me..

Thank you!!! You finally did it ive been waiting for months

Great list , Ruthless My favorite band of all time. My favorite top 5 1- Overkill 2- Ace of Spades 3- Bomber 4- Another Perfext Day 5- Motorhead ( s/t )

i know you’re more of a thrash guy than a death metal guy, but you should rank morbid angel. one of the best and most influential death metal bands of all time, right up there with death themselves.

Me gustó mucho tu ranking de albums porque creo que está bien argumentado, he sido y soy un fanático de la banda por más de 40 años y coincido totalmente en la posición que le has dado a los cinco mejores discos.

AWESOME VIDEO PERFECT ORDER !!! THANKS EXCELLENT BAND !!!

Great to see Another Perfect Day so high on the list, I only heard it for the first time a few years ago but I agree it's up there with their best.

My bests are (not in order): Sacrifice, Another perfect day, Orgasmatron, We are Motorhead (probably their last good LP together Inferno) and Overnight sensation. Also I really like No sleep 'til Hammersmith, one of the best rock/metal live at all.

My Top 5 Ace of Spades Overkill Another Perfect Day Bomber Orgasmatron Thanks for your list and the work involved!

Motorhead is far and away my favorite band, and this is a good ranking. I could quibble with a few things, o' course (I love On Parole, although I know that's personal and it's fair to consider it their worst), but there will always be quibbles. Overall I think you did a good job with a tough task. There are no bad Motorhead albums. Like AC/DC, you have better and you have worse, but they never really let you down. And Another Perfect Day is a strange one. When I first got it I was disappointed in it, but over time it's become one of my favorite Motorhead albums. The songwriting on that one was especially strong, & Brian Robertson's guitar works is great, even if it's more melodic than typical Motorhead. My fave moment, in the title track, where Robertson plays a really pretty, delicate intro, and then Lemmy's huge ugly bass comes in and just stomp-stomp-stomps on it! it's like watching the "Bambi Vs. Godzilla" cartoon. Always makes me laugh. :)

Thank You so much for Your video, Love LEMMY and MOTORHEAD madly, so for me all albums are cool, Love them all, My favorite are INFERNO, NO SLEEP TILL HAMMERSMITH, OVERKILL, BAD MAGIC, ORGASMATRON, THE WORLD IS YOURS, 1916, And my favorite song is Iron horse /Born to lose (cause this song describes my motivations when I ride my bike) Don't wanna say R, I, P, LEMMY LEGENDS NEVER DIE

Thank you. I've been listening to Motorhead since the early 80's but I don't have a favorite but my top ranking would be similar to your top 4.

1 - Ace Of Spades, 2 - Overkill, 3 - No Sleep Til Hammersmith, after that, take your pick. Only Bomber, Orgasmatron & Inferno do it for me. Legendary band though.

Thanks man, good job ✌️it was time to a Motorhead ranking

Motörhead is, bar none, my favorite band of all. Ironically enough, The Wörld is Yours and On Parole were the first two Motörhead albums I’d ever heard, so they’ve always had a soft spot in my heart. Though I confess there are better ones, I still dig them.

Another Perfect Day is my number one

OVERKILL is the 2nd metal LP I ever bought back in 1981 (was 14 then) and you're right it's their ABSOLUTE BEST EVER

on parole is one of my fav 70s albums with larry wallis, snake bite love is tough

Oh WOW Motorhead is one of my favotite 80's Metal Band!!The best Motorhead was Live at Hammersmith,No Remorse,for the first periode and i like the sound of Inferno!!!🤘🤘🤘

The Best Motörhead Album of all time is…all of them. We are Motörhead! And we play Rock and Roll!

1. Overkill 2. Ace of Spades 3. Iron Fist 4. Bomber 5. Another Perfect Day 6. Bastards 7. Orgasmatron 8. 1916 9. Inferno 10. Sacrifice 11. We Are Motörhead 12. Motörhead 13. Rock 'n' Roll 14. Overnight Sensation 15. Motörizer 16. Bad Magic 17. Kiss of Death 18. The Wörld Is Yours 19. Aftershock 20. March ör Die 21. Snake Bite Love 22. Hammered 23. On Parole

Miss hearing Motorhead will never be another band like them! Heres mine from worst to best. 23. Snakebite Love 22. March or Die 21. Rock n Roll 20. Overnight Sensation 19. Bad Magic 18. On Parole 17. Motorizer 16. Aftershock 15. Orgasmatron 14. Motorhead 13. The World is Yours 12. We Are Motorhead 11. Kiss of Death 10. Ironfist 9. Hammered 8. Inferno 7. Bomber 6. Another Perfect Day 5. Bastards 4. 1916 3. Ace of Spades 2. Sacrifice 1. Overkill

Nice ranking, so many great albums. 22. March or Die 21. Rock n Roll 20. Snake Bite Love 19. The Worls is Yours 18. Hammered 17. We Are Motorhead 16. Motorhead 15. Sacrifice 14. Kiss of Death 13. Bad Magic 12. Inferno 11. Iron Fist 10. Aftershock 9. Ace of Spades 8. Bomber 7. Motorizer 6. Orgasmatron 5. Overnight Sensation 4. Bastards 3. Another Perfect Day 2. 1916 1. Overkill

🤘Incredible video🤘Motorhead ever my favorite band🤘Overkill Bomber Ace of spades 1916 Inferno Bastards Kiss of death Another prefect day Iron fist n' March or die are my favorites albumns🤘

Great work reviewing this kick ass bands awesome albums

I’ll always remember Motörhead for creating songs for former WWE superstar Triple H, The Game, King of Kings and Line in the Sand for his group Evolution

My Motorhead albums ranking 1. Bomber 2. Overkill 3. Bastards 4. Another Perfect Day 5. Ace Of Spades ♠️ 6. Orgasmatron 7. March or Die 8. Sacrifice 9. We Are Motorhead 10. Overnight Sensation 11. Aftershock 12. Rock N Roll 13 . Iron Fist 14 . Kiss of Death 15. Motorhead 16. On Parole 17. 1916 18. Bad Magic 19 . Hammered 20. Motorizer 21. Snake Bite Love 22. The World is Yours

Excellent I enjoyed this! Great to see inferno up there!

Awesome project, so many albums to discover and ranks

Excellemt work, cheers

Great video

My favorite Motorhead songs Talking Head Iron Horse ( with Mr Wallis) Keep Us On the Road the Watcher Metropolis No Class Deadman Tell No Tales I Don't Need Religion Two Track Mind Capricorn Lawman the Chase is Better than the Catch Lost Johnny ( I prefer the original Hawkwind version) Nightmare ( 1916 album, the only song I like from Motorhead beyond Another Perfect Day) Another Perfect Day I Got Mine White Negro Flies

brooo On Parole is literally my favourite, its so nice and clean

amazing channel !!

Many thanks for this !

Excellent ranking!!

So I searched KZfaq for ‘Assassin’. Motörhead sure developed their own style. I remember the ‘Cat Scratch Fever’ cover song and the song Lemmy did with Ozzy. They were interesting and good.

My Top 10: 1. Inferno 2. Bomber 3. Rock n Roll 4. Ace of Spades 5. We are Motörhead 6. Overkill 7. Another Perfect Day 8. 1916 9. Bastards 10. Iron Fist

Extremally hard to rank Motorhead albums, but I will try anyway: 1. Overkill 2. Inferno 3. Sacrifice 4. Another Perfect Day 5. Orgasmatron 6. Kiss of Death 7. Bastards 8. Ace of Spades 9. March or Die 10. Aftershock 11. Overnight Sensation 12. Iron Fist 13. We are Motorhead 14. The World is Yours 15. Motoriser 16. Bad Magic 17. Bomber 18. 1916 19. Snake Bite Love 20. Rock'n'Roll 21. Motorhead / On Parole 22. Hammered Yes, I know some classics are low, but that's how I feel folks... 🙂

all of these covers (were not talking about overnight sensation) are so fucking good, its so badass and war pig fits then so well.

Even after all these yrs since Lemmy’s death, I miss not seeing MH every summer…..

🤘 Stay clean! Cheers!

My Favorite Motorhead Albums 1: Overkill (1979) 2: Bomber (1979) 3: Ace Of Spades (1980) 4: Iron Fist (1982) 5: Orgasmatron (1986) 6: Motorhead (1977) 7: Rock 'N' Roll (1987)

Good stuff! Had an Iron Fist patch at the time.

Am I the only one that actually likes On Parole? 😅

5. Motorizer 4. Bastards 3. Another perfect day 2. Orgasmiton 1. Ace of Spades Best live album No Sleep At All

Ranking Motorhead albums....This is a daunting task

March Or Die found Motorhead trying to do the nice album, and they did a good job at that, since it's really a nice album, good songs, good cover versions and even nice vocals by Lemmy, i guess the core fans of the band prefered the row and dirty sound of the band, the album had some success on the European charts, anyway, i think that you did a good job with your ranking, thanks and all the best.

Undoubtedly their best is "Another Perfect Day".

Imagine if "On Parole" was released when it was recorded. There wasn't much that sounded like it at the time. Except for maybe The Dictators or New York Dolls.

Good list!

Thanks for this it must have been a lot of work with so many albums..

wooooow a surprise, for me, about Inferno and Bastards (I am gonna listen one more time, each one, with more attention) but absolutely no surprise about the top 5! Excellent

1, on parole 2, bomber 3, another perfect day 4, ace of spades 5, overkill 6, orgasmatron 7. all the rest

I agree with ranking - However I do not think Punk and Metal are enemies , rather overlapping which is why Ramones and Motörhead were good friends .

Orgasmatron ,1916 ,another perfect day, bomber ,overkill, ace of spades, motorhead , we are motorhead ,inferno, iron fist

I think I’m a bit bias since I’m a lizzy fan but I really loved how different and melodic the album was and I was already used to Robbo’s playing but I’d put put another perfect day in rank 2 with overkill being 1 and ace of spades in 3 bomber in 4th

March Or Die Its Underrated Its A Fucking Album And Got Very Underrated Songs Like:Too Good To Be True,Bad Religion,Stand and More

Orgasmatron is my favorite followed by Ace of Spades and Bomber.

Inferno and bad magic crushes everything 🤘