Save Yourself (McAuley Schenker Group album)

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Save Yourself
Save Yourself.jpg
Studio album by
McAuley Schenker Group
ReleasedOctober 10, 1989
StudioOne on One Recording, Los Angeles, California, USA
GenreHard rock, glam metal
Length50:45
LabelCapitol / EMI
ProducerFrank Filipetti
McAuley Schenker Group chronology
Perfect Timing
(1987) 		Save Yourself
(1989) 		M.S.G.
(1992)
Michael Schenker chronology
Perfect Timing
(1987) 		Save Yourself
(1989) 		Contraband
(1991)
Singles from Save Yourself
  1. "Anytime"
    Released: April 1990[1]
  2. "Save Yourself"
    Released: 1990
  3. "This Is My Heart"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]

Save Yourself is the sixth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups, and the second album credited specifically to McAuley Schenker Group. It was released in 1989 on Capitol Records. "Save Yourself", "Anytime" and "This Is My Heart" were all singles released from the record. The album peaked at No. 92 on Billboard 200 Album chart.[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Save Yourself" (Robin McAuley, Michael Schenker) – 6:16
  2. "Bad Boys" (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:04
  3. "Anytime" (Steve Mann, McAuley) – 5:44
  4. "Get Down to Bizness" (McAuley, Rocky Newton) – 4:22
  5. "Shadow of the Night" (McAuley, Schenker) – 5:20
  6. "What We Need" (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:13
  7. "I Am Your Radio" (Newton, Kenny Stewart) – 4:47
  8. "There Has to Be Another Way" (instrumental) (Schenker) – 1:49
  9. "This Is My Heart" (Newton, McAuley, Schenker, Mann, Bodo Schopf, Allan Nelson) – 4:57
  10. "Destiny" (Mann, McAuley) – 4:33
  11. "Take Me Back" (Newton, Stewart) – 4:50

2000 Japanese remaster bonus tracks[edit]

  2. "Save Yourself" (single edit) (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:59
  3. "Anytime" (single edit) (Mann, McAuley) – 5:10
  4. "Vicious" (bonus track) (McAuley, Schenker) – 3:38

Personnel[edit]

Band members
  • Robin McAuley – lead & backing vocals
  • Michael Schenker – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Steve Mann – rhythm & acoustic guitars, guitar solos on track 10, middle co-solo on track 3, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Rocky Newton – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Bodo Schopf – drums
Additional musicians
  • Emi Canyn, Donna McDaniel, Dave Amato, Chris Post – additional backing vocals
Production

Charts[edit]

Album - Billboard (United States)[4]

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 92

Singles - Billboard (United States)[5]

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Anytime" Mainstream Rock 5
1990 "Anytime" The Billboard Hot 100 69

References[edit]

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 720. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ Adams, Bret. "McAuley-Schenker Save Yourself review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 318. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ a b "Save Yourself Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  5. ^ "Save Yourself Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
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