Perfect Timing (McAuley Schenker Group album)
Perfect Timing | ||||
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Released | 12 October 1987 | |||
Recorded | PUK Studios, Denmark Scorpio Sound Studios and Studio M., Germany Sound City Studios and Baby 'O Recorders, Los Angeles, USA | |||
Genre | Hard rock, glam metal | |||
Length | 42:57 | |||
Label | Capitol / EMI | |||
Producer | Andy Johns | |||
McAuley Schenker Group chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[2] |
Perfect Timing is the fifth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups and the first album by the McAuley Schenker Group. It was the first collaboration between Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley (ex-Grand Prix and Far Corporation), resulting in Schenker's first top 100 US hit with the song "Gimme Your Love."
At this point, the band featured an eclectic mix of musicians in terms of nationalities. McAuley hails from Ireland originally, while Schenker and drummer Bodo Schopf are both from Germany. American guitarist Mitch Perry (aka Mitch Brownstein from the band The Kydz)[3] had originally played in bass virtuoso Billy Sheehan's band, Talas (and had later joined the revamped Australian/American version of the band Heaven), while bassist Rocky Newton and guest keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Steve Mann were British and had previously been members of the band Lionheart. Mann would officially join the band for MSG's next album, replacing Perry.
Track listing[]
- "Gimme Your Love" (Rocky Newton, Robin McAuley) - 4:52
- "Here Today—Gone Tomorrow" (Michael Schenker, McAuley) - 4:38
- "Don't Stop Me Now" (Schenker, McAuley) - 3:56
- "No Time for Losers" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:13
- "Follow the Night" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:39
- "Get Out" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:07
- "Love Is Not a Game" (Newton, McAuley, Alan Nelson) - 4:12
- "Time" (Schenker, McAuley, Newton) - 4:00
- "I Don't Wanna Lose" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:15
- "Rock 'Til You're Crazy" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:05
2000 Japanese remaster bonus tracks[]
- "Gimme Your Love" (Edit) (Newton, McAuley) - 4:25
- "Follow the Night" (Edit) (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:21
Personnel[]
- Band members
- Robin McAuley - lead vocals
- Michael Schenker - lead guitar
- Mitch Perry - rhythm guitar, additional lead guitar on tracks 1 and 6, backing vocals
- Rocky Newton - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Bodo Schopf - drums
- Additional musicians
- Steve Mann - keyboards and rhythm guitars
- Production
- Andy Johns - producer, engineer, mixing
- Henrik Nilsson, Frank Wuttke, Jan Nemec, John Hanlon, Mark Stebbeds - engineers
- Paul Wertheimer - mixing
- Stephen Marcussen - mastering
Charts[]
Album - Billboard (United States)[4]
Year | Chart | Position |
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1987 | The Billboard 200 | 95 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)[5]
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1987 | "Gimme Your Love" | Mainstream Rock | 40 |
Singles - UK Singles Chart[6]
Year | Single | Position |
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1988 | "Love Is Not a Game" | 79 |
References[]
- ^ "McAuley-Schenker Group Perfect Timing review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://smg.photobucket.com/user/MadScntst/media/music/magscans/KYDZINRAGMAG.jpg.html
- ^ "Perfect Timing Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ "Perfect Timing Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ "McAulay Schenker Group The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
- 1987 debut albums
- McAuley Schenker Group albums
- Albums produced by Andy Johns
- Capitol Records albums
- Albums recorded at Sound City Studios