Motorhead - Motorizer - Reviews

Pitchfork
Motorhead do what they do best: be Motorhead.
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PopMatters
It’s that intangible quality that Lemmy brings to every single Motorhead record, something the superb Motorizer has, ‘scuse the pun, in spades.
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All Music Guide
Motorizer falls short of essential and isn't quite in a class with Motorhead's best late-'70s/early-'80s output, but this album is definitely respectable.
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The Phoenix
Motorizer, much of which the band recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 outside LA, is Motorhead’s first studio album since... well, actually, only since 2006, when they released "Kiss of Death," which sounded pretty much exactly like this one (not to mention the 22 before it).
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Metallica - Death Magnetic - Reviews

The Phoenix
Of special note is the 10-minute instrumental 'Suicide and Redemption': listening to it, you almost forget that there are supposed to be words in rock songs, since it’s filled with building riffs, escalating volleys of tension and release, and moments of frantic drum abandon from Lars Ulrich that should do a lot to redeem his standing in Modern Drummer’s Drummer of the Year polls.
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Entertainment Weekly
Sometimes the album's mini-epics come off as we've still got it! stunts. But when it's working, the effect is like ceding your senses to a particularly well-engineered roller coaster in the dark.
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Uncut
Like all the best heavy rock albums, it suspends your disbelief, demands your attention and connects directly with your inner adolescent.
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Rolling Stone
The musicianship feels thrillingly live throughout, and nimble new bassist Robert Trujillo helps, even though he's mostly heard as a distant, ominous rumble.
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