Line #7 Music/AceOfSpades


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/motorhead_ace_of_sapdes_3170.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''I don't share your greed, the only card I need is the Ace of Spades''.]]
3
4	->''"Who the hell are these three Mexicans and how do they play so fast?!"''
5	-->-- '''Scott Ian''', Music/{{Anthrax}}
6
7	''Ace of Spades'' is the fourth studio album by Music/{{Motorhead}}, released in 1980. The album is most famous for its title track, which became a SignatureSong for the band. While it reached classic status in hard rock and metal circles, Lemmy always considered it just another album.
8
9	A documentary about the creative process behind the making of this album can be seen in the ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' TV documentary series.
10
11	----
12	!! Tracklist:
13
14	[[AC: Side One]]
15
16	# "Ace of Spades" (2:49)
17	# "Love Me Like a Reptile" (3:23)
18	# "Shoot You in the Back" (2:39)
19	# "Live to Win" (3:37)
20	# "Fast and Loose" (3:23)
21	# "(We Are) The Road Crew" (3:13)
22
23	[[AC: Side Two]]
24
25	# "Fire, Fire" (2:44)
26	# "Jailbait" (3:33)
27	# "Dance" (2:38)
28	# "Bite the Bullet" (1:38)
29	# "The Chase Is Better than the Catch" (4:18)
30	# "The Hammer" (2:48)
31
32	----
33	!! Bonus Tracks (1996 Reissue):
34
35	# "Dirty Love" (2:57)
36	# "Please Don't Touch" (2:49)
37	# "Emergence" (3:00)
38
39	----
40	!!Principal Members:
41
42	* "Fast" Eddie Clarke - guitar, vocals
43	* Lemmy Kilmister - lead vocals, bass
44	* Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor - drums
45
46	----
47	!! Ace of Tropes:
48	* AceOfSpades: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
49	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''F'''ire, '''F'''ire", "'''B'''ite the '''B'''ullet".
50	* AnimalMotifs: "Love Me Like a Reptile", where a lizard, black mamba, rattlesnake and a electric eel are brought up.
51	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It's not sure why an electric eel is brought up in "Love Me Like a Reptile", for eels are fishes, not reptiles.
52	* AudienceParticipationSong: Invoked in "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch" where, during the break, Lemmy repeatedly sings "Let me hear ya".
53	* BornUnlucky: "Ace of Spades"
54	--> ''You know I'm born to lose''
55	* CoversAlwaysLie: The album cover appears to be shot in an American desert, but in reality it was on a sandy hill photographed in Barney, England (just outside UsefulNotes/{{London}}) and the air was airbrushed in.
56	* DeadMansHand: "Ace of Spades".
57	--> ''Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again''
58	* DrivenToSuicide: "Bite the Bullet", about a broken love affair.
59	* FaceOnTheCover: The band posing as cowboys.
60	* TheGamblingAddict: "Ace of Spades".
61	--> ''You know I'm born to lose and gambling's for fools''
62	--> ''But that's the way I like it baby''
63	--> ''I don't wanna live forever''
64	--> ''And don't forget the joker!''
65	* IntercourseWithYou: "Love Me Like a Reptile", "Jailbait" and "Fast & Loose".
66	* InTheBack: "Shoot You in the Back".
67	--> ''The rider wearing black, he's gonna shoot you in the back''
68	* MisogynySong: "Jailbait", about having a sex with groupie, not caring about her age or name. It does stress the importance of consent though.
69	* OneWordTitle: "Jailbait", "Dance".
70	* PepTalkSong: "Live To Win".
71	--> ''They've got the power now,''
72	--> ''But soon it's our hour now,''
73	--> ''We all know where we been,''
74	--> ''All we do is live To win''
75	* PlayingCardMotifs: "Ace of Spades" is built around gambling metaphors.
76	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: "Love Me Like a Reptile".
77	--> ''Thunder lizard, stony eye, you got me hypnotised''
78	--> ''Hot tongue breaks in and out and I can't believe my eyes''
79	--> ''And your soft white belly, next to mine''
80	--> ''Scaly baby, see you shine''
81	--> ''Love me like a reptile, you're murder in disguise''
82	--> ''Black mamba, murder in disguise''
83	* ShoutOut:
84	** Mötörhead performed the title track in the episode "Bambi" of ''Series/TheYoungOnes''.
85	* SpeedMetal: One of the TropeMakers. Motorhead was the first band to consistently crank the aggression and speed up to eleven. This album on particular was the hardest they had released to date, inspiring Extreme Metal as a whole.
86	* SwordOfDamocles: "The Hammer".
87	--> ''Don't try to run, don't try to scream''
88	--> ''Believe me, the hammer's gonna smash your dream''
89	* TitleTrack: "Ace of Spades"
90	--> ''I don't share your greed, the only card I need is the ace of spades''
91	* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: "The Chase Is Better Than the Catch".
92	* TheWildWest: The band members are dressed like cowboys on the album cover. Lemmy is dressed as Series/{{Maverick}}, Phil like Creator/MarlonBrando in ''Film/OneEyedJacks'' and Eddie as Creator/ClintEastwood.
93	* WorldTour: "(We Are) The Road Crew".
94	--> ''Another hotel we can burn,''
95	--> ''Another screw, another turn,''
96	--> ''Another Europe map to learn,''
97	--> ''Another truck stop on the way,''
98	--> ''Another game I learn to play,''
99	--> ''Another word I learn to say,''
100	--> ''Another bloody customs post,''
101	--> ''Another fucking foreign coast,''
102	--> ''Another set of scars to boast,''
103	--> ''We Are The Road Crew''

Context Music / AceOfSpades