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AllMusic [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

The Michael Schenker Group is the first album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group.

Made #1 on KTUH's charts on the week of September 29, 1980.[3]

The song "Armed and Ready" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Metallica.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Schenker and Gary Barden unless otherwise noted.

Side one
  1. "Armed and Ready" - 4:05
  2. "Cry for the Nations" - 5:08
  3. "Victim of Illusion" - 4:41
  4. "Bijou Pleasurette" (Schenker) - 2:16
  5. "Feels Like a Good Thing" - 3:44
Side two
  2. "Into the Arena" (Schenker) - 4:10
  3. "Looking Out from Nowhere" - 4:28
  4. "Tales of Mystery" - 3:16
  5. "Lost Horizons" - 7:04

2009 Reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Just a Lover" (demo) - 4:34
  3. "Looking Out from Nowhere" (demo) - 5:13
  4. "Get Up and Get Down" (demo) - 3:59
  5. "After Midnight" (demo) - 4:31
  6. "Breakout" (demo) - 4:42
  7. "Cry for the Nations" (radio edit) - 3:35
  8. "Armed and Ready" (live at the Manchester Apollo) - 4:40
  9. "Into the Arena" (live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London)

Personnel

Original album

Michael Schenker Group

Session musicians

Production

  • Roger Glover - producer
  • Jeremy Allom, Gareth Edwards - engineers

1979 demos on 2009 reissue

Charts

Year Chart Peak position Sales Weeks on Chart
1980 UK[4] 8 - 8
1980 Japan 59 12,600 7
1980 US[5] 100 - -

References

  1. ^ Hinds, Andy. "Michael Schenker The Michael Schenker Group review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 316. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  3. ^ [1] KTUH FM Honolulu - Charts - September 29th, 1980. URL:http://ktuh.fm/charts/1980/09/29
  4. ^ "Michael Schenker Group chart stats". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
  5. ^ "The Michael Schenker Group Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
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