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Ace of Spades

Artist Motörhead Released 1980 Type album

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Fifth of the 23 Motörhead records held here. It came five years into a run that began in 1975. 1980 puts it a year ahead of the genre it is filed under: this tree dates Speed metal from 1981. It is one of the four records Speed metal is listed as starting from.

From Wikipedia

Ace of Spades is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Motörhead, released in October 1980 via Bronze Records. It is the band's most commercially successful album, peaking at number four on the UK Albums Chart and reaching gold status in the UK by March 1981. It was preceded by the release of the title track as a single in October, which peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart inearly November.

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