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Save Yourself (McAuley Schenker Group album)

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Save Yourself
Studio album by
McAuley Schenker Group
ReleasedOctober 10, 1989
StudioOne on One Recording, Los Angeles, California, USA
GenreHard rock, glam metal
Length50:45
LabelCapitol / EMI
ProducerFrank 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
  1. "Anytime"
    Released: April 1990[1]
  2. "Save Yourself"
    Released: 1990
  3. "This Is My Heart"
    Released: 1990

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 peaked at No. 92 on Billboard 200 Album chart.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[4]

Pan-European magazine Music & Media called album – "a truly commanding hard-rock record" with "its dramatic build-ups, solid hooks and electrifying guitars." Reviewer praised "inspired, urgent vocals" of Robin McAuley and "classy production" of Frank Filipetti, as well as Steve Mann performance and expressed a hope that their efforts "should give the band the international breakthrough they deserve."[5]

Track listing

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  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

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  2. "Save Yourself" (single edit) (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:59
  3. "Anytime" (single edit) (Mann, McAuley) – 5:10
  4. "Vicious" (bonus track) (McAuley, Schenker) – 3:38

Personnel

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Band members
  • Robin McAuley – lead & backing vocals
  • Michael Schenker – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
  • Steve Mann – rhythm & acoustic guitars, guitar solos on track 10, middle co-solo on track 3, 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

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 720. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ "Save Yourself Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  3. ^ Adams, Bret. "McAuley-Schenker Save Yourself review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 318. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  5. ^ "Previews: Albums: MSG – Save Yourself" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 44. Amsterdam: European Music Report BV. 4 November 1989. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – McAuley Schenker Group – Save Yourself" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – McAuley Schenker Group – Save Yourself". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "Michael Schenker Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  10. ^ "Michael Schenker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  11. ^ "Michael Schenker Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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