Motörhead – Ace Of Spades - Import - LP

The "Ace of Spades" generally refers to the highest-ranking card in a standard deck of playing cards. It is heavily tied to English tax history, cultural symbolism, a famous heavy metal song, and pop culture.  

This is Motörhead's most famous song; it is about gambling and risks. Lemmy recalled writing the song in an interview with Mojo magazine February 2011: "'Ace of Spades' is unbeatable, apparently, but I never knew it was such a good song. Writing it was just a word-exercise on gambling, all the clichés. 

I'm glad we got famous for that rather than for some turkey, but I sang 'the eight of spades' for two years and nobody noticed."

The "Ace Of Spades" is the dead man's hand, which was Wild Bill Hickok's hand as he was shot dead during a game of poker in 1876. The hand consists of aces and eights, including the ace of spades. 

After playing this for years, Lemmy admitted he was sick of the song, but said he kept it in the setlist because, "If I went to a Little Richard concert, I'd expect to hear Long Tall Sally."   

Ace Of Spades    
Love Me Like A Reptile    
Shoot You In The Back    
Live To Win    
Fast And Loose    
(We Are) The Road Crew    
Fire, Fire    
Jailbait    
Dance    
Bite The Bullet    
The Chase Is Better Than The Catch    
The Hammer