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Released in 1991, ''1916'' is Music/{{Motorhead}}'s ninth studio album.

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Released in 1991, ''1916'' is Music/{{Motorhead}}'s ninth studio album.
album. It marks the return of the band with the ''Rock 'N' Roll'' lineup after the four year hiatus in new releases following the aforementioned record. Although most of the album continues the band's classic HeavyMetal sound, [[OutOfGenreExperience some songs dabble with styles and instruments new to the band]] like the UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne inspired title-track, which is a ballad with the only instrumentation being the keyboards and organ accompanying Lemmy's voice, or the copious saxophone-shred across "Angel City".

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* TakeThat!: The hidden message in “Nightmare/The Dreamtime” says this: "Now tell me, about your miserable little lives. I do not subscribe to your superstitious, narrow minded flights of paranoia. I and people like me, will always prevail! You will never stifle our free speech in any country in the world, 'coz we will fight forever." "In a single stroke, you poor, stupid, running dogs. Why is it..." The message probably was an attack on the [[MoralGuardians Parents Music Resource Center]], who were trying to censor rock and heavy metal.

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* TakeThat!: The hidden message in “Nightmare/The Dreamtime” says this: "Now tell me, about your miserable little lives. I do not subscribe to your superstitious, narrow minded flights of paranoia. I and people like me, will always prevail! You will never stifle our free speech in any country in the world, 'coz we will fight forever." "In a single stroke, you poor, stupid, running dogs. Why is it..." The message probably was an attack on the [[MoralGuardians Parents Music Resource Center]], who were trying to censor rock and heavy metal.metal.
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* SpellingSong: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."

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* SpellingSong: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.""
* TakeThat!: The hidden message in “Nightmare/The Dreamtime” says this: "Now tell me, about your miserable little lives. I do not subscribe to your superstitious, narrow minded flights of paranoia. I and people like me, will always prevail! You will never stifle our free speech in any country in the world, 'coz we will fight forever." "In a single stroke, you poor, stupid, running dogs. Why is it..." The message probably was an attack on the [[MoralGuardians Parents Music Resource Center]], who were trying to censor rock and heavy metal.
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** "Shut You Down" is one too, though more in the sense of never wanting to see the other person again.


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* ThePowerOfRock: "I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)":
-->"I help the blind to see\\
Shoot 'em full of RAndB"


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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: "Angel City"
-->"I wanna backstage pass, drink Music/BonJovi's booze for free"
-->"I wanna get the crabs in my elegant rags"

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* HorribleHistoryMetal: The TitleTrack is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.



* PoliticiansKissBabies: Mentioned by name in "No Voices In The Sky"

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* PoliticiansKissBabies: Mentioned by name in "No Voices In The Sky"Sky":
-->"Politicians kissing babies for good luck"



* SpellingSong: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."
* WarIsHell: The TitleTrack is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

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* ReligionRantSong: "No Voices In The Sky" is a Type 2:
-->"You don't need no golden cross to tell you wrong from right\\
The world's worst murderers were those who saw the light"
* RockStarSong:
** "Angel City" is a LocationSong about wanting to live the rock star lifestyle in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.
** "Going To UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}" is about a plane flight.
* SpellingSong: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."
* WarIsHell: The TitleTrack is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* WarIsHell: The title track is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

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* WarIsHell: The title track TitleTrack is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"I'm so bad, baby I don't care"'']]



Released in 1991, ''1916'' is Music/{{Motorhead}}'s ninth studio album.


!! Tracklist:
# "The One To Sing The Blues"
# "I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)"
# "No Voices In The Sky"
# "Going To Brazil"
# "Nightmare/The Dreamtime"
# "Love Me Forever"
# "Angel City"
# "Make My Day"
# "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."
# "Shut You Down"
# "1916"

!! Personnel:
* Lemmy- Vocals, Bass
* Phil Campbell, Wurzel - Guitar
* Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - Drums


!! "No Tropes In The Sky":
* BadassBoast: "I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)" is all about this trope.
-->"I make love to mountain lions\\
Sleep on red-hot branding irons\\
When I walk, the roadway shakes\\
Bed's a mess of rattlesnakes"
* BreakupSong: "The One To Sing The Blues"
-->"Listen to me faking even though my heart is breaking\\
Miss you now you're gone I'm the one to sing the blues"
* {{Homage}}: [[Music/TheRamones "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."]]
* IAmSong: "I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)"
* IntercourseWithYou: "Make My Day":
-->"Tell you what, you're red hot\\
Let's go do it in the parking lot"
* LampshadeWearing: "I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)"
-->"Overkill, walk the line\\
Kill the lights, it's lampshade time"
* MinisculeRocking: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.", in the spirit of the band themselves, is '''1:26'''. The longest song, "Love Me Forever," is 5:28.
* PoliticiansKissBabies: Mentioned by name in "No Voices In The Sky"
* RecordProducer: Ed Stasium, Peter Solley
* SpellingSong: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S."
* WarIsHell: The title track is about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

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