Motörhead - The Wörld Is Yours

Published January 23 2011

*=Staff's pick	Born To Lose* I Know How To Die Get Back In Line Devils In My Head Rock 'n' Roll Music Waiting For The Snake Brotherhood Of Man* Outlaw* I Know What You Need Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye

Genre	Rock 'n' Roll	Lemmy Kilmister	Vocals
Tracks	10	Phil Campbell	Guitar
Runningtime	39 Min.	-	Guitar
Label	EMI	Lemmy Kilmister	Bass
Release	13 December 2010	Mikkey Dee	Drums
Country	England	-	Keyboard
Producer	Cameron Webb
Similar artists	---

The godfathers of rock 'n' roll are back and they need no introduction whatsoever. The Wörld Is Yours is the twentieth Motörhead album and it holds no surprises, for better or for worse.

Regardless of some mixed feelings of mine regarding the recycling of an old song title, Born To Lose is a perfect opening track which sounds just as a great Motörhead song should. Speaking of sound, the production follows in the footsteps of the last few albums, which strikes me both as something positive and as something negative. Some of the songs kind of seem to melt together to me, such as I Know How To Die, Get Back In Line, Devils In My Head and Waiting For The Snake. It's not that they are bad but they strike me as half-hearted reruns of songs we've heard many times before.

One song that breaks the pattern, which I appreciate, is Rock 'n' Roll Music. It stands out with a more boogie-like feeling than the preceding songs. Some of the lyrics may be a little cheesy ("Rock 'n' roll music is the true religion") but that's forgivable as it's a pretty enjoyable song.

Brotherhood Of Man is another song that takes a different approach. It's a sort of slow, heavy song reminding me somewhat of Wake The Dead from We Are Motörhead. I love what Lemmy's doing with his voice here - that threatening and somewhat scary tone - and this is actually my favourite on the entire album. The following song, Outlaw, is another great track - a classical, fast Motörhead song with a really strong chorus. It almost takes me back to the feeling of the monumental Inferno.

However, the last two tracks - I Know What You Need and Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye - don't really do anything for me. There are some qualities there, of course, but I had hoped for a stronger finish and all in all I'm left feeling kind of disappointed when the 39 minutes have passed.

Criticizing a Motörhead album is hard. The Wörld Is Yours is of course exactly what we expect it to be: another Motörhead album. If you love Motörhead (And why shouldn't you?), check it out. It isn't that I dislike the album; there are a few great songs but as a whole I'm just not that impressed. If I were to feel an urge for "modern" Motörhead, I can't say that I would ever choose The Wörld Is Yours over Inferno or Kiss Of Death.

See also review of: Bad Magic , Aftershock , Motörizer , Better Motörhead Than Dead

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	7	7	8	5

Summary
5 chalices of 10 - Bjorn