The Unforgiven (album)
Appearance
The Unforgiven | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 11 February 1999 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 57:46 | |||
Label | SPV/Steamhammer | |||
Producer | Michael Schenker, Mike Varney | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
The Unforgiven is the ninth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups and the sixth studio album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group released in 1999 .
Track listing
[edit]All music by Michael Schenker, all lyrics by Kelly Keeling
- "Rude Awakening" – 5:02
- "The Mess I've Made" – 4:31
- "In and Out of Time" – 3:44
- "Hello Angel" – 5:13
- "Fat City N.O." – 4:16
- "Tower" – 5:11
- "Pilot of Your Soul" – 4:25
- "Forever and More" – 5:43
- "Turning off the Emotion" – 5:15
- "Live for Today" – 4:40
- "Illusion" – 3:57
- "The Storm" – 5:18
Personnel
[edit]- Band members
- Kelly Keeling - lead vocals
- Michael Schenker - lead and rhythm guitars
- Seth "Sneef" Bernstein - keyboards and additional rhythm guitars
- John Onder - bass guitar
- Shane Gaalaas - drums
- Additional musicians
- Jesse Bradman - keyboards on tracks 4, 8, 12 and background vocals on tracks 5, 11
- Louis Maldonado - rhythm guitar on "Rude Awakening" and background vocals on "Fat City N.O."
- Production
- Michael Schenker, Mike Varney - producers
- Mark 'Mooka' Rennick, Ralph Patlan - engineers, mixing
- Joe Marquez - engineer
- Gene Cornelius, Robert McGraw - assistant engineers
- Greg Schnitzer - mastering at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California
- Dave Stephens - graphic design
Charts
[edit]Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] | 92 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 58 |
References
[edit]- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Michael Schenker The Unforgiven". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Michael Schenker Group – The Unforgiven" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.