The Best of by Motörhead, album cover
Album · Compilation

The Best of

Released28 August 2000
Popularity17.5
Also cited26 August 2000

The Best Of is a two-disc Motörhead compilation, issued on 28 August 2000 in the UK and Europe by Metal-is Records, a subsidiary label of Sanctuary Records. A US release followed on 12 September.

It arrived the same year as the band's studio album We Are Motörhead, and it gathers material from a career that by then stretched back to their 1977 debut. For anyone wanting a wide view of the band's hard-hitting heavy metal and rock 'n' roll in one place, a double-disc set gives plenty of room to move from the late-1970s records through to the 1990s.

The Best of: tracklist, credits and charts

40 tracks · 2:27:23

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1Ace of SpadesClarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:51
  3. 2Overkill (long version)Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor5:14
  4. 3BomberClarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:44
  5. 4Please Don't TouchFrederick Heath and Guy Robinson2:53
  6. 5MotorheadLemmy Kilmister3:14
  7. 6No ClassClarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:42
  8. 7Louie LouieRichard Berry2:55
  9. 8Damage CaseClarke, Farren, Kilmister, Taylor3:06
  10. 9Too Late, Too LateClarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:26
  11. 10Dead Men Tell No TalesClarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:08
  12. 11Killed by DeathCampbell, Gill, Kilmister, Würzel3:57
  13. 12MetropolisClarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:37
  14. 13EmergencyDufort, Johnson, McAuliffe, Williams3:02
  15. 14Tear Ya DownClarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:43
  16. 15White Line FeverClarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:47
  17. 16Iron Horse / Born to LoseLawrence, Taylor, Brown5:23
  18. 17City KidsDuncan Sanderson and Larry Wallis3:46
  19. 18MotorheadLemmy Kilmister3:06
  20. 19Fire Fire (live)Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:47
  21. 20Bite the Bullet / The Chase Is Better Than the Catch (live)Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor6:57
  22. Disc 2
  23. 1Iron FistClarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:56
  24. 2Heart of StoneClarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:06
  25. 3BomberClarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:39
  26. 4ShineKilmister, Robertson, Taylor3:13
  27. 5I Got MineKilmister, Robertson, Taylor5:26
  28. 6Ain't My CrimeCampbell, Gill, Kilmister, Würzel3:47
  29. 7Doctor RockCampbell, Gill, Kilmister, Würzel3:42
  30. 8The Chase Is Better Than the CatchClarke, Kilmister, Taylor4:20
  31. 9Deaf ForeverCampbell, Gill, Kilmister, Würzel4:30
  32. 10OrgasmatronCampbell, Gill, Kilmister, Würzel5:26
  33. 11Eat the RichCampbell, Kilmister, Taylor, Würzel4:39
  34. 12Rock 'n' RollCampbell, Kilmister, Taylor, Würzel3:52
  35. 13DogsCampbell, Kilmister, Taylor, Würzel3:52
  36. 14The One to Sing the BluesCampbell, Kilmister, Taylor, Würzel3:12
  37. 15SacrificeCampbell, Dee, Kilmister, Würzel3:20
  38. 16Overnight SensationCampbell, Dee, Kilmister4:13
  39. 17Snake Bite LoveCampbell, Dee, Kilmister3:35
  40. 18God Save the QueenCook, Jones, Lydon, Matlock3:22
  41. 19Shoot You in the Back (live)Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor2:48
  42. 20The Hammer (live)Clarke, Kilmister, Taylor3:07
Produced by
Vic Maile, Jimmy Miller, John David Keen, Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister, Nicholas Raymonde, Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, Neil Richmond, Dave Edmunds, Fritz Fryer, Hawkwind, Eddie Clarke, Will Reid-Dick, Tony Platt, Jason Corsaro, Bill Laswell, Vic Maile, Guy Bidmead, Phil Campbell, Würzel, Peter Solley, Howard Benson, Phil Campbell, Mikkey Dee, Ryan Dorn, Lemmy Kilmister, Duane Baron, Bruce Bouillet, Bob Kulick
Recorded at
Jackson’s Studios, Roundhouse Studios, Sound Development Studios, Olympic Studios, Escape Studios, Wessex Sound Studios, Rockfield Studios, Ramport Studios, Morgan Studios, Eel Pie Studios, Master Rock Studios, Redwood Studios, Sunset Sound, Cherokee Studios, Ocean Studios, Track House, Office Studios
Recorded
1975–1999
Mixed by
Tony Platt, Peter Solley, Howard Benson, Ryan Dorn, Duane Baron, Mark Dearnley
Mixed at
Olympic Studios, Britannia Row Studios, Eden Studios, Roundhouse Studios, The Gallery, Jake's Place, Office Studios
Engineered by
Trevor Hallesy, Ashley Howe, John Burns, Neil Richmond, Dave Edmunds, Fritz Fryer, Charles Harrowell, Jason Corsaro, Bill Laswell, Guy Bidmead, Casey McMackin, Ryan Dorn, Mark Dearnley, Bruce Bouillet
Label
Metal-is Records
Length
2:27:23

Line-up

  • Eddie Clarke · electric guitar, guitar, lead vocals
  • Lemmy Kilmister · electric bass guitar, lead vocals, bass guitar, background vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor · drums (drum set)
  • Denise Dufort · drums (drum set) · guest
  • Kelly Johnson · guitar, lead vocals, electric guitar · guest
  • Kim McAuliffe · guitar, electric guitar · guest
  • Enid Williams · bass guitar, electric bass guitar, lead vocals · guest
  • Phil Campbell · electric guitar, slide guitar
  • Pete Gill · drums (drum set) · guest
  • Würzel · electric guitar · guest
  • Lucas Fox · drums (drum set) · guest
  • Larry Wallis · electric guitar · guest
  • Dave Brock · synthesizer, guitar · guest
  • Simon House · synthesizer, mellotron, piano, Moog, violin · guest
  • Simon King · percussion, drums (drum set) · guest
  • Alan Powell · percussion, drums (drum set) · guest
  • Nik Turner · flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone · guest
  • Brian Robertson · guitar · guest
  • Mikkey Dee · drums (drum set) · guest

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 2000–200452
UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2000–20042
UK Independent Albums · 2000–200410
Finnish Albums · 201130
German Albums · 2000–200432
Austrian Albums · 201646
Scottish Albums · 2000–200451
Swiss Albums · 201674

Certifications

RegionCertification
United Kingdom · 2013Silver
United Kingdom · 2020Silver

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz; also seen: 2000-08-26 (wikidata)
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz28 August 2000
Wikipedia infobox28 August 2000
Wikidata26 August 2000
US release12 September 2000earliest US date
UK / Europe release28 August 2000earliest UK or European date
5 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
28 August 2000GBMetal-is Records5038456900228original
12 September 2000USSanctuary Records060768520127other
3 March 2008GBSanctuary Records5050749232625other
20 June 2012JPSanctuary Midline4988005712653other
8 August 2013XWSanctuary Records5414939550072other
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