Hit and Run (Girlschool album)
| Hit and Run | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by Girlschool | ||||
| Released | 20 April 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Jackson's Studios, Rickmansworth, UK, December 1980 – January 1981 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length |
35:51 62:18 (re-issue) | |||
| Label |
Bronze (UK) Stiff America (US) | |||
| Producer | Vic Maile | |||
| Girlschool chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Hit and Run | ||||
|
||||
Hit and Run is the second studio album by the British heavy metal band, Girlschool, released in 1981 on Bronze Records.
Like its predecessor Demolition (1980), it was recorded at Jackson's Studios, England, in December 1980 and January 1981. Vic Maile was again the producer.
Hit and Run is the most successful Girlschool album, having reached No. 5 in the UK Albums Chart,[1] with the single of the title track climbimng to No. 32 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The band appeared on the BBC show Top of the Pops to play the hit song. The 7-inch single (Bronze BRO 118) had "Tonight" as B-side, with the 10-inch adding the cover version of the famous ZZ Top song "Tush".
The car on the cover is a 1972 Buick Riviera.[3]
The album was reissued on CD in 2004 by Castle, a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records, with bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes by Record Collector's Joe Geesin.[4]
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Martin Popoff | [6] |
In 2005, Hit and Run was ranked number 289 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[7]
Track listings
- Side one
- "C'mon Let's Go" (Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson) – 3:37
- "The Hunter" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:15
- "(I'm Your) Victim" (McAuliffe, Denise Dufort) – 2:42
- "Kick It Down" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:03
- "Following the Crowd" (Enid Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:08
- "Tush" (Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard) – 2:16
- Side two
- "Hit and Run" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:08
- "Watch Your Step" (Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:22
- "Back to Start" (Johnson, Willams) – 3:32
- "Yeah Right" (McAuliffe, Johnson, Dufort) – 3:21
- "Future Flash" (Johnson, McAuliffe) – 4:27
- 2004 remastered CD edition bonus tracks
- "Please Don't Touch" (Johnny Kidd, Guy Robinson) – 2:49 (Single recorded with Motörhead)
- "Bomber" (Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor) – 3:28 (B-side to "Please Don't Touch", being a cover of a Motörhead song)
- "Tonight" (Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson, Dufort) – 2:34 (B-side to "Hit and Run")
- "Demolition Boys" (live) (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:07 (B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" 10-inch single)
- "Tonight" (live) – 2:40 (B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" single)
- "Yeah Right" – 2:35
- "The Hunter" – 3:00
- "Kick It Down" – 3:06
- "Watch Your Step" – 3:08
- Tracks 17–20 are a BBC Radio session, broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show, 26 January 1981. These tracks had not been available commercially before.
- The album as such did not get a US release, but in 1982 Stiff Records released an album titled Hit and Run that was actually a compilation of songs from this album and Demolition. The track-listing for this US-only release was "Hit and Run"/ "Watch Your Step"/ "Race with the Devil"/ "Yeah Right"/ "Not for Sale"/ "Future Flash"/ "C'mon Let's Go"/ "The Hunter"/ "Kick It Down"/ "Take It All Away".[8]
Personnel
- Band members
- Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar, vocals on track 4
- Kelly Johnson – lead guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 11, 12
- Enid Williams – bass, vocals on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14
- Denise Dufort – drums
- Production
- Vic Maile – producer, engineer, mixing
Release history
| Date | Region | Label | Catalogue | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 1981 | UK | Bronze | BRON 534 | vinyl | [4] included a limited pressing in red vinyl |
| 1981 | Europe | Bronze | 203,556-320 | vinyl | |
| 1981 | Japan | Bronze | VIP-6779 | vinyl | |
| 1981 | Canada | Solid Gold | SGR 1003 | vinyl | |
| 1981 | USA | Stiff | USE 18 | vinyl | actually a compilation of songs from Demolition and Hit and Run |
| 1991 | UK | Dojo/Castle | LOMA CD1 | CD | published in a double album compilation with Demolition |
| 2004 | Worldwide | Castle/Sanctuary | CMRCD950 | CD |
Certifications
| Country | Organization | Year | Sales |
| Canada | CRIA | 1981 | Gold (+ 50,000)[9] |
References
- ↑ "Girlschool – Hit and Run chart stats". Chartarchive.org. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Girlschool – Hit and Run (single) chart stats". Chartarchive.org. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Buick Riviera 3rd generation versions & types". Automobile-catalog.com. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Girlschool Hit and Run (1981)" (in German). Musik Sammler.de. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Girlschool Hit & Run review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 97. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
- ↑ "Girlschool – Hit and Run". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Girlschool". Music Canada. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
