After unsuccessfully commercializing the success of 1916 with it's follow up March or Die, the band returned to their roots: being loud and fast. Bastards is cited by the band as being one of their best works. In the documentary: The Guts and the Glory, guitarist Phil Campbell enthuses "We worked so fucking hard on that. The songs were there, the commitment was there, production was there, everything was there... I'm so proud of that album. Nothing wrong with that album. Some great songs." In his autobiography White Line Fever Lemmy calls it "one of the best albums we ever did." but laments that the band's record label, the German ZYX , did not promote it outside of Germany. "It's just so disappointing"-- Lemmy writes --"When you pull out all the stops for an album and you're really thrilled with it and nobody else cares, not even your record company." The lyrical themes range from social criticism (On Your Feet or On Your Knees), war (Death or Glory, and I Am The Sword), to child abuse (Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me). Lemmy also stated that he offered Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me to both Joan Jett and Lita Ford "cause I felt a girl should sing it, but no one ever took it up." Born to Raise Hell was later recorded with Ice-T and Whitfield Crane and released as a single (including a version on Picture Disc, this version of the song was featured in the movie Airheads.
The Sleeve
Joe Petagno, long time Motorhead sleeve artist, revealed in a rare interview on the Inferno 30th Aniversarry Edition bonus DVD that the album was originally to be titled Devils and had already drawn up a cover to reflect the title when it was changed. As well as alluding to the original title of the album, Joe Petagno also had this insight as to the albums original title.
"Bastards was a design I did in reply to March or Die. That fucking horrible sleeve. It pissed me off. It was the worst thing I'd ever seen in my life. So I thought, okay, they want something like that. I'll do it properly. I sent it to the Motorheadbangers fan club, Allan Burridge, and he liked it so much he put it on the cover of the fan magazine. When Lemmy saw it, he wanted it. So Devils became Bastards."
Bastards reached #28 in Germany and also charted in Sweden and Japan. Allmusic: "Gloriously distorted thrashers such as On Your Feet or On You Knees and Death or Glory set the pace, and Born to Raise Hell is undoubtedly one of the band's greatest latter-day classics" Ultimate Classic Rock rated Bastards as the 4th best Motorhead album, commenting "Motorheads remarkably efficient response to the all time career low of March or Die, 1993's Bastards now stands as one of the band's greatest achievements."
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| Ltd. Grey 180 gram RM, Velvet Cvr. (Cleopatra) |
Track Listing:
On You Feet or On Your Knees
Burner
Death or Glory
I Am The Sword
Born to Raise Hell
Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me
Bad Woman
Liar
Lost in the Ozone
I'm The Man
We Bring the Shake
Devils
Worldwide Releases: (label - Cat.# - Country - Format - Year)
- ZYX Music - ZYX20263-2 - Germany - L.P. (red) - 1993
- Snake's Music - SM0041 - Poland - CD - 1993
- ZYX Music - ZYX3609-2 - France - CD - 1993
- ZYX Music - ZYX20263-2 - Germany - L.P. (blk) - 1993
- Star - 693 - Poland - Cass - 1993
- ZYX Music - ZYX20263-4 - Germany Cass. - 1993
- ELBO - 1527 - Poland - Cass., L.P., CD (Unofficial) - 1993
- ZYX Music - 20263-1 - L.P. - Europe - 1993
- ToCo International - 920956-1 - Brazil - L.P. - 1993
- ZYX Music - 20263-1 - Europe - L.P. - 1993
- ToCo International - RT3423 - South Korea - L.P. - 1993
- Golden Core Records - GCR20002-1 - Germany - Pic. Disc - 1993
- Musidisc (4) - 8286972 - Argentina - CD - 1994
- ZYX, Metal Mania - TECX-25664 - CD - Japan - 1994
- Western Thunder Records - WT-0244 - Ukraine - Cass. - 1994 (Unofficial)
- Western Thunder Records - WT-0244 - Ukraine - Cass. - 1994 (unofficial)
- Steamhammer - SPV76-7642CD - Germany - CD - 2001
- Steamhammer - SPV76-764ACD - U.S.A. - CD(RE) - 2001
- Концерн «Группа Союз» - SPV076-72642 - Russia - CD - 2001
- Vinyl Maniacs - VMLP011 - Sweden - Ltd. Pic. Disc - 2004
- Golden Core - GCR20002-1D - Germany - L.P. - 2007
- Metal Mind - MASSCD DG 1019 - Poland - CD,Dig. - 2007
- Golden Core - GCR200022-1D - Germany - L.P.2007
- Babylon SA - 1508-2 - Argentina - CD - 2008
- Golden Core - GCR20002-1N - Germany - L.P. - 2013
- (Death or Glory) Vinyl Passion - VP 08029 - Netherlands - L.P.180g - 2013
- Golden Core - GCR200021-D - Germany - L.P - 2014
- Cleopatra - CLP1748 - U.S.A. - Dlx Ltd. Num.,RM, RP, 180g L.P. - 2014
- ZYX (2) - ZYX 20263-2 - xxxx - CD - Unknown (Unofficial)
- MG Records (2) - MG1-144 - Poland - Cass. - Unknown
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| "Death or Glory" re-package of "Bastards" 180g, Netherlands |
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| Ltd. Velvet Sleeve, Remastered 180 gram vinyl Grey or Red Splatter Vinyl Num. (Cleopatra) 2014 |
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