Nö Sleep at All is the third live album by the English rock band Motörhead. Released in October 1988 by GWR Records, it was their only live album and last release with the label as legal matters continued between the parties.
Background Motörhead and their record label GWR disagreed over the choice of a single from the album; the band wanted to release "Traitor," which had appeared on their most recent LP Rock 'N' Roll, while the label argued for the Motörhead classic "Ace of Spades". This led to a lawsuit and a parting of the ways. In the book Overkill: The Untold Story of Motörhead, author Joel McIver sums up the band's perilous situation:
Guitarist Würzel is quoted in the insert of the re-mastered CD release, saying;
To promote the album, the band engaged in a tour of North America, opening for Slayer. Lemmy admits that the album was a mistake and failed sales-wise, but considers it to be "all right" and believes it was the mix that let them down,Kilmister, Ian and Garza, Janiss White Line Fever (2002) – Simon & Schuster p. 211. . explaining:
Release EMI Greece pressed a 7" vinyl called "Live in Athens", featuring "Acropolis (Metropolis)" on the A-side and "Orgasmatron" on the B-side; it was shrinkwrapped to the first 1,000 copies of the album. The songs had been taped for the Greek Antenna Metal Show, for which Lemmy retitled "Metropolis" to suit the occasion.
Track listing
NOTE: "Metropolis" was recorded on 23 December in 1987 at the Brixton Academy which was later released on Live at Brixton '87
Personnel Motörhead Lemmy – lead vocals, bass Phil "Wizzö" Campbell – guitar Michael "Würzel" Burston – guitars Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums
Production Guy Bidmead - producer Richard Dowling - engineer Steve Orchard - engineer PRT Studios, London - mixing Motörhead - executive producers John F McGill - design Ray Palmer - photography Joe Petagno - Snaggletooth
Charts Chart (1988) Peakposition Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 18
Chart (2014) Peakposition
References
External links Motörhead official website