Save Yourself (McAuley Schenker Group album)

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Save Yourself
File:Save Yourself.jpg
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)Perfect Timing1987
Save Yourself
(1989)
M.S.G.
(1992)M.S.G.1992
Michael Schenker chronology
Perfect Timing
(1987)
Save Yourself
(1989)
Contraband
(1991)
Singles from Save Yourself
  1. "Anytime" / "What We Need"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Save Yourself" / "Destiny"
    Released: 1990
  3. "This Is My Heart" / "Vicious"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars [1]
Martin Popoff 5/10 stars[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

  1. "Save Yourself" (single edit) (McAuley, Schenker) - 4:59
  2. "Anytime" (single edit) (Mann, McAuley) - 5:10
  3. "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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)[3]

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 92

Singles - Billboard (North America)[4]

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Anytime" Mainstream Rock 5
1990 "Anytime" The Billboard Hot 100 69

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