Built to Destroy (Michael Schenker Group album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Built to Destroy
| type = Album
| artist = The Michael Schenker Group
| cover = Built to Destroy.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2 September 1983{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1983/Music-Week-1983-08-27.pdf|title=Music Week|page=33}}
| recorded = *Ridge Farm Studios Dorking, Rusper, England
- Townhouse Studios, London, England
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
- Hard rock
- heavy metal
- pop metal{{Cite web|last=Downing|first=Brian|title=Built to Destroy - AllMusic Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859|access-date=October 17, 2021|website=AllMusic}}
| length = 41:54
| label = Chrysalis
| producer = MSG, Louis Austin
| prev_title = Assault Attack
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Rock Will Never Die
| next_year = 1984
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-r17484/review | title = Michael Schenker Built to Destroy review | accessdate = 2011-07-19 | last = Downing | first = Brian | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2Score = 9/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 317}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Built to Destroy is the fourth studio album by the hard rock band The Michael Schenker Group. Gary Barden returned to the group on vocals, following the departure of Graham Bonnet amidst tensions with Michael Schenker. This was the band's final studio album prior to their disbanding and Schenker moving on to form the McAuley Schenker Group with vocalist Robin McAuley. New material released under the Michael Schenker Group name would not appear for over a decade.
The song "Captain Nemo" is the theme song for Eddie Trunk's radio shows Friday Night Rocks on WAXQ and Trunk Nation on XM Radio's Hair Nation Channel.
Track listing
= (UK and Japan LP) =
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Rock My Nights Away
| writer1 = Andy Nye, Gary Barden
| length1 = 4:09
| title2 = I'm Gonna Make You Mine
| writer2 = Nye, Barden, Michael Schenker, Ted McKenna
| length2 = 4:18
| title3 = The Dogs of War
| writer3 = Schenker, Barden
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = Systems Failing
| writer4 = Schenker, Barden
| length4 = 4:25
| title5 = Captain Nemo
| writer5 = Schenker
| length5 = 3:22
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| total_length= 41:54
| title6 = Still Love That Little Devil
| writer6 = Schenker, Barden
| length6 = 3:24
| title7 = Red Sky
| writer7 = Schenker, Barden, Chris Glen, McKenna, José Luis Campuzano
| length7 = 5:15
| title8 = Time Waits (For No One)
| writer8 = Nye, Barden
| length8 = 3:58
| title9 = Walk the Stage
| writer9 = Schenker, Barden
| length9 = 5:55
}}
= (US Remix LP) =
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = I'm Gonna Make You Mine
| writer1 = Nye, Barden, Schenker, McKenna
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Time Waits (For No One)
| writer2 = Nye, Barden
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Systems Failing
| writer3 = Schenker, Barden
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Rock Will Never Die (Walk the Stage)
| writer4 = Schenker, Barden
| length4 = 5:40
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| total_length= 40:18
| title5 = Red Sky
| writer5 = Schenker, Barden, Glen, McKenna, José Luis Campuzano
| length5 = 5:06
| title6 = Rock My Nights Away
| writer6 = Nye, Barden
| length6 = 4:37
| title7 = Captain Nemo
| writer7 = Schenker
| length7 = 3:22
| title8 = The Dogs of War
| writer8 = Schenker, Barden
| length8 = 4:52
| title9 = Still Love That Little Devil
| writer9 = Schenker, Barden
| length9 = 3:41
}}
- The 2009 EMI Remaster CD includes both UK and US mixes of all songs (18 tracks) with the UK ones listed first. The original title "Walk the Stage", then to be changed to "Rock Will Never Die", on this remaster is listed as "Rock Will Never Die (Walk the Stage)".
- The song "Walk the Stage" has various name changes for different releases:
Built to Destroy: "Walk the Stage" (UK), "Rock Will Never Die (Walk the Stage)" (US and worldwide);
Rock Will Never Die (LP): "Rock Will Never Die";
Rock Will Never Die (VHS): "Dream On (Rock Will Never Die)".
Personnel
;Band members
- Michael Schenker – guitars
- Gary Barden – vocals
- Chris Glen – bass
- Ted McKenna – drums
- Andy Nye – keyboards
- Derek St. Holmes – vocals on the American Remix of "Still Love That Little Devil"; Gary Barden sings the verses and chorus on the UK Mix.
Credits
- Produced and mixed – MSG & Louis Austin
- Recorded and mixed at – Ridge Farm Studios Dorking
- Additional recording and mixing at – Townhouse Studios
- Engineer – Louis Austin
- Assistant engineer – Richard Manwaring[https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859 AllMusic]
- Tape Operator – George Chambers[https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859 AllMusic]
- Tape Operator – Gavin MacKillop[https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859 AllMusic]
- Additional mixes at – RG Jones[https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859 AllMusic]
- Mastered at – Townhouse Cutting Rooms
- Cover concept – Michael Schenker
- Art direction – John Pasche
- Cover photos – John Shaw
- Cover model – Caroline Dodd
- Inner sleeve photography – Brian Aris
- Project coordinator – Nigel Reeve[https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859 AllMusic]
- Project coordinator – Hugh Gilmour[https://www.allmusic.com/album/built-to-destroy-mw0000310859 AllMusic]
- Bonus tracks remixed at the Record Plant, New York City by Jack Douglas and mastered at Sterling Sound
- José Luis Campuzano, credited as co-writer of "Red Sky", is the bassist and singer of the Spanish heavy metal band Barón Rojo. He is also known as "Sherpa".
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1983)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 6 |
| {{Album chart|Sweden|32|artist= Michael Schenker Group|album=Assault Attack|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|UK2|23|date=19830911|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}} |
References
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