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Bomber was the third Motörhead album to be released (although the fourth to be recorded - see On Parole). It was recorded in 1979, the same year as Overkill. The album reached number 12 on the UK charts and brought some of Motörhead's most popular songs, like "Bomber", "Dead Men Tell No Tales" and "Stone Dead Forever".
During the recording of this album, the producer Jimmy Miller was increasingly under the influence of heroin, at one point disappearing entirely from the studio, later being found asleep at the wheel of his car. Ironically the album features the band's first anti-heroin song - "Dead Men Tell No Tales". This album caught Lemmy at his most ferocious, hitting hard at the police in "Lawman", marriage and how his father left him and his mother in "Poison", television in "Talking Head" and show business in "All the Aces". The title track was inspired by Len Deighton's novel Bomber. On one track, "Step Down", "Fast" Eddie Clarke is featured on vocals. The single "Bomber" was released on November 23, 1979, one month ahead of the album, the single's initial pressing of 20,000 blue vinyls were soon sold out and was replaced by black vinyl. The 'Bomber Tour' followed, for which a forty foot aluminium tube replica of a Heinkel He 111 bomber was made. This lighting rig could fly backwards and forwards, and side to side - the first to be able to do so. The album was released on October 27, 1979 and like the single was pressed in blue vinyl. A special double CD reissue of Bomber was released in June 2005 to coincide with Motörhead's 30th anniversary tour. The bonus tracks (bar one) on the second CD, however, have all previously been available. Track listing: All tracks composed by Lemmy, Phil Taylor, Eddie Clarke except where noted. Original album 1. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" – 3:07 2. "Lawman" – 3:56 3. "Sweet Revenge" – 4:10 4. "Sharpshooter" – 3:19 5. "Poison" – 2:54 6. "Stone Dead Forever" – 4:54 7. "All the Aces" – 3:24 8. "Step Down" – 3:41 9. "Talking Head" – 3:40 10. "Bomber" – 3:43 Bonus Tracks The CD re-issues have added tracks; 11. "Over the Top" – 3:21 12. "Leaving Here [Live]" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland) – 3:02 13. "Stone Dead Forever [Live]" – 5:20 14. "Dead Men Tell No Tales [Live]" – 2:54 15. "Too Late Too Late [Live]" – 3:21 * Tracks 12 through 15 were taken from the band's successful The Golden Years EP, released the following year. Deluxe Edition Disc 1 1. "Dead Men Tell No Tales" – 3:07 2. "Lawman" – 3:56 3. "Sweet Revenge" – 4:10 4. "Sharpshooter" – 3:19 5. "Poison" – 2:54 6. "Stone Dead Forever" – 4:54 7. "All the Aces" – 3:24 8. "Step Down" – 3:41 9. "Talking Head" – 3:40 10. "Bomber" – 3:43 Disc 2 1. "Over the Top" - 3:20 2. "Stone Dead Forever [Alternative Version]" - 4:34 3. "Sharpshooter" [Alternative Version]" - 3:16 4. "Bomber [Alternative Version]" - 3:35 5. "Step Down [Alternative Version]" - 3:29 6. "Leaving Here [Live]" (Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland) - 3:02 7. "Stone Dead Forever [Live]" - 5:31 8. "Dead Men Tell No Tales [Live]" - 2:44 9. "Too Late Too Late [Live]" - 3:20 10. "Step Down [Live]" - 3:49 | |||||||||||||||
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