Motörhead’s Another Perfect Day to Receive 40th Anniversary Expanded Reissue
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Motörhead‘s 1983 album Another Perfect Day is receiving an expanded 40th anniversary reissue including rarities, demos, and a period-specific concert recording. “Climber,” the original demo for the album track “Shine,” can be heard now ahead of the collection’s November 3rd release date.
Another Perfect Day is somewhat of an outlier in the Motörhead canon in that it’s the band’s only album to feature ex-Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian “Robbo” Robertson, who took over for Fast Eddie Clarke in 1982.
With the addition of Robertson, Motörhead took a more “musical” approach — in Lemmy Kilmister’s words — to Another Perfect Day. Rather than relying on flat-out speed and aggression as they had with Clarke, Lemmy and company hunkered down in the studio and crafted some of the most melodic and “produced” material to ever don the Motörhead name.
Robertson’s effects-laden guitar overdubs are the most striking difference between Another Perfect Day and the albums that came before and after it. Tracks like the aforementioned “Shine” and “I Got Mine” best showcase this altered approach, with Lemmy hitting some of the most melodic vocal lines of his career to match Robbo’s guitarwork.
As history would have it, the guitarist’s tenure in Motörhead would be short lived, as the lineup proved dysfunctional during the following tour in 1983. A previously unreleased concert recording from that tour, “Live at Hull City Hall, 22nd June 1983,” is included in the expanded edition of Another Perfect Day.
The 40th anniversary collection will be available in both 2-CD and triple LP vinyl formats, each including a hardback book featuring the story of the album, perviously unseen photos, and ephemera. A standalone single LP version of Another Perfect Day will also be available in a blue-black swirl colorway.
Pre-order the 3-LP vinyl edition here. Below you can stream the “Climber” demo and see product photos and a complete tracklist.
Another Perfect Day 40th Anniversary Tracklist:
Disc 1 (original album plus bonus tracks)
01. Back At The Funny Farm
02. Shine
03. Dancing On Your Grave
04. Rock It
05. One Track Mind
06. Another Perfect Day
07. Off To War
08. I Got Mine
09. Tales Of Glory
10. Die You Bastard
11. Turn You Round Again (I Got Mine, B-Side)
12. Hoochie Coochie Man (Live, Shine B-Side)
13. (Don’t Need) Religion (Live, Shine B-Side)
14. Climber (Demo)
15. Fast One (Demo)
16. Chinese (Demo)
17. Climber (Instrumental Demo)
Disc 2 (Live at Hull City Hall, 22nd June 1983)
01. Back at the Funny Farm
02. Heart of Stone
03. Shoot You in the Back
04. Marching Off to War
05. Iron Horse / Born to Lose
06. Another Perfect Day
07. Hoochie Coochie Man
08. (Don’t Need) Religion
09. One Track Mind
10. Go to Hell
11. America
12. Shine
13. Dancing on Your Grave
14. Rock It
15. Bite the Bullet
16. The Chase Is Better Than the Catch
Motörhead’s Another Perfect Day to Receive 40th Anniversary Expanded Reissue
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