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When Motorhead Returned as a Power Trio on ‘Overnight Sensation’

Despite having already released a dozen albums over their two decades together, Motorhead were as strong as ever in the mid-'90s. Projects such as 1991's 1916 and 1995's Sacrifice had already proven that founding frontman Lemmy Kilmister and company had lost no fire, and with 1996's Overnight Sensation , the band delivered one of their finest slabs of the decade.

With the post- Sacrifice departure of guitarist Michael "Würzel" Burston, Overnight Sensation found Kilmister, drummer Mikkey Dee (who joined in 1992) and guitarist Phil Campbell (1984) abandoning the four-piece lineup they had employed for the past decade, and returning to the group's roots as a power trio. This three-piece lineup would become Motorhead's most stable, remaining intact until Lemmy's death in 2015 .

The album's tongue-in-cheek title proved the hard-working, commercially underappreciated band's sense of humor was as sharp as ever. But Overnight Sensation 's cover art - featuring a simple photograph of the group instead of the their famous mascot Snaggletooth - strongly reflected the no-nonsense approach of the music inside.

"Civil War" is another one of the band's typically awesome opening tracks, kicking things off in traditional Motorhead fashion. Before the smoke has cleared, "Crazy Like A Fox" blasts in showing the band have lost not one sliver of power or attitude. They shift gears a bit on "I Don't Believe A Word," which features an almost spoken word-delivery from Lemmy in the verses of the song, somewhat reminiscent of his approach on the old Hawkwind song "The Watcher." With lyrics that are dark, powerful and personal it's one of the album's strongest tracks.

This Oct. 15, 1996 release's title track also certainly ranks among their finest, with its head-banging rhythm, slashing guitar and strong melody. The use of driving acoustic guitar mid-song adds an unexpected element that works perfectly, setting it apart from the band's expected formula.

Motorhead gel perfectly together throughout, something guitarist Phil Campbell made note of in a 1996 interview. "We just want what's right for the band," he told Chronicles of Chaos . "Lem's never once said anything like you have to play this part, you have to play like this and that. It's a very democratic thing, he's never controlled us. If me and Mikkey vote not to do something, he'll go along with that. I got to give a lot of credit to Lem for that: He's good as gold man; he's fucking brilliant."

The album's finest moment, however, comes with the final song, "Listen To Your Heart." This is, in many ways, the true essence of Motorhead's spirit. The song takes a very traditional rock and roll approach, almost Buddy Holly-esque in its arrangement, with a very dominant acoustic guitar again driving the song. Harmonies are added in to make this perhaps one the band's most "pop" moments, but without giving up their full-throttle style.

It proved to any non-believers, once and for all, how versatile Motorhead could be – without ever losing their identity.

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1 . Civil War 2 . Crazy Like A Fox 3 . I Don't Believe A Word 4 . Eat The Gun 5 . Overnight Sensation 6 . Love Can't Buy You Money 7 . Broken 8 . Them Not Me 9 . Murder Show 10 . Shake The World 11 . Listen To Your Heart

Review by Felix on December 29, 2019.

Even four years after Lemmy’s last drink (on earth), one question is still unanswered. That’s surprising, because the relevance of this open issue cannot be over-estimated. Who the hell is the man in the center of the cover? A goddamned beardless doppelganger of Lemmy? Must be something like that, I guess. Anyway, Overnight Sensation , probably the most ironical or even cynical album title of Motörhead , is no album that needed an ugly artwork to be overlooked. Back in 1996, Motörhead and everything else that called itself metal was totally out. Okay, there were some obviously imbecile children in Norway that entertained a small circle of probably equally insane creatures with a crude mix of noise, suicide and murder. But a movement whose main protagonists were mostly criminals could not last very long, right? So, one could be happy that Lemmy tried to hold high the banner of real metal - even before Darkthrone’s Fenriz had opened the doors to the altar of the eponymous church.

But Norway aside, the presumably shabbiest trio in the history of our music offered eleven tracks that gave a little hope in the dark times of metal. The most unusual song is “ I Don’t Believe a Word ”, a semi-ballad and a kind of trivial backyard drama with well-hung guitar lines and a multiple Lemmy who accompanies himself while singing both the frustrated lead vocals and the pretty consumptive background choirs. Anyway, Lemmy here proved once again that it does not need a powerful, well-developed voice to sound charismatic. By contrast, the faster songs did not offer much room for expressive vocals – and there were some pieces that gave full speed ahead. Motörhead were flirting with speed metal in tracks like “ Civil War ”, “ Shoot That Gun ” or “ Them Not Me ”. Of course, their albums had never been known for inextricable complexity and in these short and poisonous outbursts Motörhead made clear what they could do best. Nevertheless, Overnight Sensation does not put all its eggs in one basket. “ Broken ”, for example, is a casual headbanger that surprises with an earworm-chorus. We can assume that Lemmy had found out relatively early in his life that melodies can make a song better, but mostly he preferred to keep this finding private. Given this situation, “ Broken ” marks a welcome exception.

Overnight Sensation was neither an album that catapulted the reputation of the band into new dizzying heights nor did it cause any kind of damage. Even the pretty superfluous harmonica in “ Crazy Like a Fox ” is endurable. During their entire career, Motörhead had been an authentic unit and the here presented album underlines this due to its non-experimental character. On the other hand, this means that the full-length is prone to run-of-the-mill tracks from time to time. Of course, the manual dexterity is out of question and to be honest, Mikkey Dee’s drumming is not that difficult – but technical flawlessness alone has never shaped a good tune. Aside from this self-evident fact, the album with the surprisingly conciliatory closer (a soft yet acceptable song) fulfilled its mission, because it came as a more than sufficient sign of life; both Motörhead and heavy metal were still living. And as if this hadn’t been enough, Lemmy added another very important statement in the booklet, a message of barely assessable implications. “Lemmy Sez: Blah Blah Woof Woofa.” Frankly speaking, he was simply right. As always. And of course, I agree. Especially to Woofa. Rest in peace, hero of the four strings. Can’t say that I miss you every day, but the history of metal without your contribution in terms of music, lyrics and attitude is hardly imaginable.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

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