Heavy Hitters

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{{Infobox album

| name = Heavy Hitters

| type = studio

| artist = Michael Schenker Group

| cover = MSG heavy hitters.jpg

| alt =

| released = 12 July 2005

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Office Studios, Van Nuys, California

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 49:38
74:33 (2008 re-release)

| label = Deadline/Cleopatra

| producer = Bob Kulick, Brett Chassen, Brian Perera

| prev_title = Arachnophobiac

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Tales of Rock'n'Roll

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Michael Schenker

| type = studio

| prev_title = The Endless Jam Continues

| prev_year = 2005

| title = Heavy Hitters

| year = 2005

| next_title = Tales of Rock'n'Roll

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = 2008 re-release cover

| type = studio

| cover = Doctor_Doctor_Kulick.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = "Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions" with rounded title

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = 2011 re-release cover

| type = studio

| cover = MSG by invitation only.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = By Invitation Only 2011 re-issue cover

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/heavy-hitters-r782353/review | title = Michael Schenker Heavy Hitters review | access-date = 2011-08-18 | last = Prato | first = Greg | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

| rev2 =AllMusic (2008 edition)

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/doctor-doctor-the-kulick-sessions-r1311566/review | title = Michael Schenker Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions review | access-date = 2011-08-18 | last = Jurek | first = Thom | work = AllMusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Heavy Hitters is a 2005 album of cover songs by the Michael Schenker Group. Originally planned by Schenker as a collection of covers featuring himself and a "revolving all-star cast of guest musicians," the album was labeled and marketed as an MSG album, with the result that Schenker received only a flat fee.{{cite news | last = Gill | first = Chris | title = Brick by Brick | work = Guitar World | pages = 44–52 | date = September 2008 | url =http://www.guitarworld.com/michael-schenker-brick-brick | access-date = 2009-08-17}}

In 2008,{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/doctor-doctor-the-kulick-sessions-mw0000586432|title=Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions - Michael Schenker | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=2020-02-24}} it was re-released as a Michael Schenker solo album under the title Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions and included four additional tracks (1-2 and 13-14). A Deluxe Digital version of this release is available under the "Guitar Masters: The Kulick Sessions" title. This contains instrumental versions of all the songs on the album except 'Save Yourself'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Masters-Sessions-Digital-Version/dp/B001G2O9NK/ref=sr_1_1?|title=Guitar Masters - the Kulick Sessions|website=Amazon UK}} The album was re-issued again in 2011 with the title By Invitation Only by the Store For Music label, including the song "Run to the Hills", which Schenker and McAuley had recorded for the Iron Maiden tribute album Numbers from the Beast.{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158196 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120910112638/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158196 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 September 2012 | title = MICHAEL SCHENKER: 'By Invitation Only' Covers Album Detailed | access-date = 2011-09-04 | date = 16 May 2011 | work = Blabbermouth.net | publisher = Roadrunner Records }}