Shock Tactics

Shock Tactics
Studio album by Samson
Released	May, 1981
Recorded	Battery Studios, London, 1981
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	39:46
Label	RCA
Producer	Tony Platt
Samson chronology
Head on (1980) Shock Tactics (1981) Before the Storm (1982)

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Shock Tactics is an album by British heavy metal band Samson. It was released in 1981 as the band's third studio album and singer Bruce Dickinson's last one with the band before joining Iron Maiden (who were ironically recording Killers, their last album with Paul Di'Anno, in the same studio).^[2]

Track listing

All tracks by Dickinson, Samson, Aylmer, Thunderstick except "Riding with the Angels" by Russ Ballard.

1. "Riding with the Angels" - 3:42
2. "Earth Mother" - 4:40
3. "Nice Girl" - 3:19
4. "Blood Lust" - 6:00
5. "Go to Hell" - 3:18
6. "Bright Lights" - 3:07
7. "Once Bitten" - 4:36
8. "Grime Crime" - 4:32
9. "Communion" - 6:32

Re-Release bonus tracks

1. "Little Big Man"
2. "Pyramid to the Stars"
3. "Losing My Grip"

Personnel

• "Bruce Bruce" Dickinson – vocals
• Paul Samson – guitar
• Chris Aylmer – bass guitar
• Thunderstick – drums

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