Demolition (Girlschool album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Demolition

| type = studio

| artist = Girlschool

| cover = Girlschool demolition.jpg

| alt =

| released = 30 June 1980

| recorded = April–May 1980

| studio = Jackson's Studios, Rickmansworth, England

| genre = Heavy metal

| length = 34:32

| label = Bronze

| producer = Vic Maile

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = St. Valentine's Day Massacre

| next_year = 1981

| misc = {{singles

| name = Demolition

| type = studio

| single1 = Emergency / Furniture Fire

| single1date = January 1980

| single2 = Nothing to Lose / Baby Doll

| single2date = May 1980

| single3 = Race with the Devil / Take It All Away

| single3date = July 1980

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |title=Girlschool Demolition review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/demolition-r38938/review |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=10 July 2011}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 6/10{{cite book |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |location=Burlington, ON |date=1 November 2005 |page=133 |isbn=978-1894959315}}

| noprose = yes

|rev3 = Classic Rock

|rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |author=Classic Rock |title=Girlschool: Demolition – Album Of The Week Club Review |url=https://www.loudersound.com/search?searchTerm=motorhead |publisher=Loudersound |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=5 February 2020}}

}}

Demolition is the first studio album by the British heavy metal band Girlschool. It was released in Europe on Bronze Records in 1980.

It was produced by experienced sound engineer Vic Maile. Demolition reached No. 28 in the UK Albums Chart, following the rising of the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon.{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |author-link=Martin C. Strong |title=The Great Rock Discography |url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro |url-access=registration |publisher=Canongate Books |location=Edinburgh, UK |year=1995 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/326 326] |isbn=0-86241-541-1}} The tour supporting the album included high-profile support slots at Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep shows.

"Race with the Devil" is a cover of the song originally performed by the British rock band The Gun.

The 2004 CD edition issued by Castle, a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records, contains bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes by Record Collector{{'}}s Joe Geesin.

Track listings

{{track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Demolition Boys

| writer1 = Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Not for Sale

| writer2 = Girlschool

| length2 = 3:31

| title3 = Race with the Devil

| writer3 = Adrian Gurvitz

| note3 = The Gun cover

| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = Take It All Away

| writer4 = McAuliffe

| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Nothing to Lose

| writer5 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length5 = 4:30

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title6 = Breakdown

| writer6 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length6 = 3:05

| title7 = Midnight Ride

| writer7 = McAuliffe, Johnson, Enid Williams

| length7 = 3:16

| title8 = Emergency

| writer8 = Girlschool

| length8 = 2:50

| title9 = Baby Doll

| writer9 = Girlschool

| length9 = 4:13

| title10 = Deadline

| writer10 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length10 = 2:54

}}

{{track listing

| headline = 2004 remastered CD release bonus tracks

| title11 = Take It All Away

| note11 = single version

| length11 = 3:12

| title12 = It Could Be Better

| note12 = single version

| length12 = 2:55

| title13 = Nothing to Lose

| note13 = demo version

| length13 = 3:47

| title14 = Not for Sale

| note14 = demo version

| length14 = 3:30

| title15 = Furniture Fire

| note15 = B-side of "Emergency" single

| length15 = 3:00

| title16 = Take It All Away

| length16 = 3:32

| title17 = Breakdown

| length17 = 3:24

| title18 = Demolition Boys

| length18 = 3:02

| title19 = Nothing to Lose

| length19 = 4:23

}}

Tracks 16–19 are a BBC radio session, broadcast on the Friday Rock Show on 1 August 1980. These tracks had not previously been commercially available.
The album as such did not get a US release, but in 1982 Stiff Records released an album titled Hit and Run that was actually a compilation of Demolition and the band's second album, Hit and Run. The track-listing for this US-only release was "Hit and Run" / "Watch Your Step" / "Race with the Devil" / "Yeah Right" / "Not for Sale" / "Future Flash" / "C'mon Let's Go" / "The Hunter" / "Kick It Down" / "Take It All Away".{{cite web |title=Girlschool – Demolition |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=9411 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum |access-date=21 June 2010}}

Personnel

;Band members

Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10
Kelly Johnson – lead guitar, vocals on tracks 6, 15
Enid Williams – bass, vocals on tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Denise Dufort – drums

;Production

Vic Maile – producer, engineer, mixing

Charts

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Chart (1980) ! Peak position
{{Album chart\|UK2\|28\|date=19800713\|rowheader=true\|access-date=8 November 2023}}

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Chart (1980)

! Peak
position

{{Album chart|UK2|28|date=19800713|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2023}}

Release history

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! Date

! Region

! Label

! Catalogue

! Format

! Notes

30 June 1980

| UK

| Bronze

| BRON 525

| vinyl

|{{cite web |title=Girlschool Demolition (1980) |url=http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/15863 |publisher=Musik Sammler.de |access-date=27 April 2013 |language=de}}

1980

| Germany

| Bronze

| 202,426-320

| vinyl

1980

| Italy

| Bronze

| BROL 34526

| vinyl

1980

| Japan