Save Yourself (McAuley Schenker Group album)

Save Yourself
Studio album by McAuley Schenker Group
Released	October 10, 1989
Recorded	One on One Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	50:45
Label	Capitol / EMI
Producer	Frank Filipetti
McAuley Schenker Group chronology
Perfect Timing (1987) Save Yourself (1989) M.S.G. (1992)
Michael Schenker chronology
Perfect Timing (1987) Save Yourself (1989) Contraband (1991)
Singles from Save Yourself
"Anytime" / "What We Need" Released: 1989 "Save Yourself" / "Destiny" Released: 1990 "This Is My Heart" / "Vicious" Released: 1990

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Martin Popoff	[2]

Save Yourself is the sixth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups, and the second album credited specifically to McAuley Schenker Group. It was released in 1989 on Capitol Records. "Save Yourself", "Anytime" and "This Is My Heart" were all singles released from the record. The album entered the Billboard chart at No. 92.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Save Yourself" (Robin McAuley, Michael Schenker) - 6:16
2. "Bad Boys" (McAuley, Schenker) - 4:04
3. "Anytime" (Steve Mann, McAuley) - 5:44
4. "Get Down to Bizness" (McAuley, Rocky Newton) - 4:22
5. "Shadow of the Night" (McAuley, Schenker) - 5:20
6. "What We Need" (McAuley, Schenker) - 4:13
7. "I Am Your Radio" (Newton, Kenny Stewart) - 4:47
8. "There Has to Be Another Way" (instrumental) (Schenker) - 1:49
9. "This Is My Heart" (Newton, McAuley, Schenker, Mann, Bodo Schopf, Allan Nelson) - 4:57
10. "Destiny" (Mann, McAuley) - 4:33
11. "Take Me Back" (Newton, Stewart) - 4:50

2000 Japanese remaster bonus tracks

12. "Save Yourself" (single edit) (McAuley, Schenker) - 4:59
13. "Anytime" (single edit) (Mann, McAuley) - 5:10
14. "Vicious" (bonus track) (McAuley, Schenker) - 3:38

Personnel

Band members

• Robin McAuley - lead & backing vocals
• Michael Schenker - lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
• Steve Mann - rhythm & acoustic guitars, guitar solos on #10, middle co-solo on #03; keyboards; backing vocals
• Rocky Newton - bass guitar; backing vocals
• Bodo Schopf - drums

Additional musicians

• Emi Canyn, Donna McDaniel, Dave Amato, Chris Post - additional backing vocals

Production

• Frank Filipetti - producer, mixing
• Russell Anderson, John Herman, Mike Tacci - engineers
• Ted Jensen - mastering

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)^[3]

Singles - Billboard (North America)^[4]

References

1. ↑ Adams, Bret. "McAuley-Schenker Save Yourself review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-23. 
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Save Yourself Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-29. 
4. ↑ "Save Yourself Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-29.