"Orgasmatron" was produced by maverick songwriter and musician Bill Laswell, who had previously produced acts as varied as Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, and PIL. The album was recorded in eleven days at Master Rock Studios in London. It was the band's first full studio album in three years and got Motörhead back on track after the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful 1983 album "Another Perfect Day", making it to number 21 in the UK charts. In his autobiography "White Line Fever", Lemmy states: