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The Michael Schenker Group (album)

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Released
  
August 1980

The Michael Schenker Group (1980)
  
MSG (1981)

Artist
  
Michael Schenker Group

Producer
  
Roger Glover

Genres
  
Hard rock, Heavy metal

Length
  
39:28

The Michael Schenker Group (1980)
  
MSG (1981)

Release date
  
August 1980

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

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Recorded
  
Wessex Studios, London, May - July 1980

Similar
  
Michael Schenker Group albums, Hard rock albums

Msg cry for the nations


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

Contents

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

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
  1. "Into the Arena" (Schenker) - 4:10
  2. "Looking Out from Nowhere" - 4:28
  3. "Tales of Mystery" - 3:16
  4. "Lost Horizons" - 7:04

2009 Reissue bonus tracks

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

Michael Schenker Group

  • Michael Schenker - guitar
  • Gary Barden - vocals

    • Session musicians

  • Don Airey - keyboards
  • Mo Foster - bass
  • Simon Phillips - drums

    • Production

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

    • 1979 demos on 2009 reissue

  • Gary Barden - vocals
  • Michael Schenker - guitar
  • Billy Sheehan - bass
  • Denny Carmassi - drums

    • Songs

    1Armed and Ready4:09
    2Cry for the Nations5:11
    3Victim of Illusion4:45

    References

    The Michael Schenker Group (album) Wikipedia
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