By the time this album was released, Motorhead had already gone through a major transformation and had two lead/rhythm guitarists added to replace Brian Robertson with Wurzel(Michael Burston) and Phil Campbell, and Pete Gill(ex-Saxon) took over the drum slot vacated by Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. Bronze Records decided to put out a "best of" collection that featured the classic Motorhead lineup of "Fast" Eddie Clarke, Lemmy(Ian Kilmeister) and "Philthy" most prominently, but Lemmy wasn't going to let the record label slip by with just that and not only got involved in the selecting of tracks, but also managed to get 4 new numbers by the current incarnation of the group onto the record.

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No Remorse is a phenomenal introduction to Motorhead and I think it features most of their classic material in the forms of Ace of Spades, Bomber, Metropolis, We Are the Roadcrew, No Class and Stay Clean, to name a few. Fast Eddie's tenure in the band although brief, compared to Phil Campbell,(whom remained Motorhead's guitarist until Lemmy's death) it does provide the blueprint for everything that Lemmy and co. would do within the future. The Sanctuary remaster is interesting in the offering of 5 bonus tracks added to expand on the original album and 2 of those tracks feature a collaboration with Plasmatics' singer Wendy O. Williams, namely No Class and the Tammy Wynette song, Stand By Your Man(??!!) Its rumored that Eddie had actually decided to leave the band because of Lemmy's choice to include "Man" as Motorhead's next single, but there were other factors involved which ultimately led to Clarke's departure and the result was a new project formed with former UFO bassist Pete Way and Humble Pie drummer, Jerry Shirley in the super group, Fastway. Nevertheless, the 4 new tracks in Snaggletooth, Steal Your Face, Locomotive and Killed by Death illustrate that Motorhead had not lost any speed or power to their sound but had merely enhanced it. These tracks display a band that has been reborn and the additions of two guitarists instead of one, proved to be an inspiring choice on Lemmy's part and would sustain the band for the next decade. 

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For anyone meaning to check out Motorhead for an overview, I highly recommend this release(preferably the Santuary remaster) above all and anything else.

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Rating Grade- A+