"This is a very good album", vocalist and bassist Lemmy wrote in the sleeve notes, "Put it in your system and your girlfriend's clothes fall off.

"[2] Lemmy views Sacrifice as one of his favourite records the band has made, despite the difficulties involved, which he explained as: "Howard was producing us again, but he'd also just got an A&R gig with a label called Giant.

So his mind was in at least two or three different places, and half the time the engineer, Ryan Dorn, was holding it all together, following the direction Howard gave him.

"[3]In the documentary The Guts and the Glory, all three band members express regret over Würzel's departure, but insist it was inevitable, with drummer Mikkey Dee commenting: "I remember when it happened, it was both panic and satisfaction at the same time because Würzel was also very tired of us and we were very tired of him.

"In the same film, Lemmy reveals that Würzel began to suspect that he was being ripped off financially: "He only played one solo on the whole album.

"The band went into the studio with some great songs, Lemmy recalls, although "Sex & Death" was written in ten minutes on the last day of recording, "In Another Time" was altered beyond all recognition and there were three sets of lyrics for "Make 'Em Blind".

"Make 'Em Blind" came from improvisation, with Campbell recording the solo in one take, falling over the couch and onto his back laughing uproariously.

With a new label it was released correctly, compared to Bastards, and the title track has stayed in the live set for some time, but there hasn't been much written about this album that is noteworthy.

[5] The American version of the album cover had Würzel airbrushed out but, according to Joel McIver's book Overkill: The Untold Story of Motörhead, Lemmy insists that this was the record label's idea, not theirs: "It's stupid, seeing how Würzel could sue us and he'd be right, because he's on the album.

It's just straight-ahead, breakneck fast, ear-shatteringly loud Motörhead, with buzzing guitars, near-martial rhythms, and surprisingly catchy hooks.

All tracks are written by Kilmister, Campbell, Burston, Dee except where notedPer the Sacrifice liner notes.