Album
Sacrifice
Sacrifice is Motörhead's twelfth studio album, and it arrived in 1995 as their first release on SPV/Steamhammer. It sits in the middle of the band's mid-nineties run, following Bastards and coming just before Overnight Sensation.
It is worth hearing as the last time Motörhead recorded as a four-piece. Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Würzel and Mikkey Dee made the record together, and Würzel left once it was finished. From the next album, Overnight Sensation, the band went back to a trio and stayed that way. For anyone tracing how the group's line-up changed, this is the closing chapter of one era, with two guitarists alongside Lemmy's bass and vocals.
Sacrifice: tracklist, credits and charts
11 tracks · 36:45Tracklist
- 1SacrificeCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:16
- 2Sex & DeathCampbell, Dee, Thou?, Kilmister, Würzel2:02
- 3Over Your ShoulderCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:18
- 4War for WarCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:08
- 5Order/Fade to BlackCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel4:03
- 6Dog‐Face BoyCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:25
- 7All Gone to HellCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:41
- 8Make ’Em BlindLemmy Kilmister4:26
- 9Don’t Waste Your TimeLemmy Kilmister2:33
- 10In Another TimeCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:09
- 11Out of the SunCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:43
- Produced by
- Howard Benson, Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, Ryan Dorn, Lemmy Kilmister, Ryan Dorn & Motörhead
- Recorded at
- Cherokee Studios, Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, California
- Recorded
- 1994
- Mixed by
- Howard Benson, Ryan Dorn
- Engineered by
- Ryan Dorn
- Label
- Teichiku Records
- Length
- 36:45
Line-up
- Phil Campbell · electric guitar
- Mikkey Dee · drums (drum set)
- Lemmy Kilmister · electric bass guitar, lead vocals
- Würzel · electric guitar
- Bill Bergman · saxophone · guest
- John Paroulo · piano · guest
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 1995 | 21 |
| German Albums · 1995 | 31 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1995 | 32 |
| Swedish Albums · 1995 | 36 |
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1995-03-27; musicbrainz + wikidata 1995-07-11 (106 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 11 July 1995 | ignored lone early release dated 1995-03-01 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 27 March 1995 | |
| Wikidata | 11 July 1995 | |
| US release | 11 July 1995 | earliest US date |
10 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | JP | Teichiku Records | 4988004058479 | other |
| 1995 | AR | Roadrunner Records | other | |
| March 1995 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617769416 | other |
| 1 March 1995 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617769423 | original |
| 11 July 1995 | US | CMC International Records | 060768780323 | other |
| 1998 | US | CMC International Records | 060768623125 | other |
| 21 December 2018 | XW | BMG | 4050538460384 | other |
| 29 March 2019 | XE | BMG | 4050538464146 | other |
| 29 March 2019 | XE | BMG | 4050538456820 | other |
| 20 January 2023 | XE | BMG | 4050538826012 | other |
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