Hit and Run (Girlschool album)

The album represented Girlschool's sophomore effort, and like its predecessor Demolition (1980) it was recorded at Jackson's Studios, England. The band were in the studio from December 1980 to January 1981 with Vic Maile again serving as producer.

Hit and Run is the most successful Girlschool album, having reached No. 5 in the UK Albums Chart,{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Hit+n'+Run | title = Girlschool – Hit and Run chart stats | accessdate = 28 April 2013 | publisher = Official Charts Company}} with the single of the title track climbing to No. 32 in the UK singles chart.{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Hit+And+Run | title = Girlschool – Hit and Run (single) chart stats | accessdate = 28 April 2013 | publisher = Official Charts Company}} The band appeared on the BBC show Top of the Pops on 16 April 1981, miming to the hit song. The 7-inch single (Bronze BRO 118) had "Tonight" as B-side, with the 10-inch adding the cover version of the famous ZZ Top song "Tush". Lead track "C'mon Let's Go" was featured in the Gemini Award winning 2005 documentary film Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

The car on the cover is a 1972 Buick Riviera.{{cite web | url = http://www.automobile-catalog.com/model/buick/riviera_3gen.html | title = Buick Riviera 3rd generation versions & types | accessdate = 19 July 2013 | publisher = Automobile-catalog.com}}

The album was reissued on CD in 2004 by Castle, a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records, with bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes by Record Collector's Joe Geesin.{{cite web | url = http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/15869 | title = Girlschool Hit and Run (1981) | accessdate = 28 April 2013 | publisher = Musik Sammler.de | language = German}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/hit-run-r38939/review | title = Girlschool Hit & Run review | accessdate = 10 July 2011 | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = AllMusic }}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2Score = 7/10{{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 | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 133}}

| rev3 =Sounds

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Millar |first=Robbi |date=4 April 1981 |title=One woman's personal paradise |magazine=Sounds}}

}}

In 2005, Hit and Run was ranked number 289 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal – Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=Rock Hard|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=97}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = C'mon Let's Go

| music1 = Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = The Hunter

| music2 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length2 = 3:15

| title3 = (I'm Your) Victim

| music3 = McAuliffe, Denise Dufort

| length3 = 2:42

| title4 = Kick It Down

| music4 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length4 = 3:03

| title5 = Following the Crowd

| music5 = Enid Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson

| length5 = 3:08

| title6 = Tush

| note6 = ZZ Top cover

| music6 = Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard

| length6 = 2:16

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title7 = Hit and Run

| music7 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length7 = 3:08

| title8 = Watch Your Step

| music8 = Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson

| length8 = 3:22

| title9 = Back to Start

| music9 = Johnson, Williams

| length9 = 3:32

| title10 = Yeah Right

| music10 = McAuliffe, Johnson, Dufort

| length10 = 3:21

| title11 = Future Flash

| music11 = Johnson, McAuliffe

| length11 = 4:27

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2004 remastered CD edition bonus tracks

| extra_column = Source

| total_length =

| title12 = Please Don't Touch

| note12 = Performed with Motörhead

| extra12 = St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP

| music12 = Johnny Kidd, Guy Robinson

| length12 = 2:49

| title13 = Bomber

| music13 = Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor

| note13 = Motörhead cover

| extra13 = St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP

| length13 = 3:28

| title14 = Tonight

| music14 = Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson, Dufort

| extra14 = B-side to "Hit and Run" single

| length14 = 2:34

| title15 = Demolition Boys

| note15 = live

|extra15 = B-Side to "C'mon Let's Go" single

| music15 = McAuliffe, Johnson

| length15 = 3:07

| title16 = Tonight

| note16 = live

| extra16 = B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" single

| length16 = 2:40

| title17 = Yeah Right

| extra17 = BBC Radio session broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show, 26 January 1981

| length17 = 2:35

| title18 = The Hunter

| extra18 = BBC Radio session broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show 26 January 1981

| length18 = 3:00

| title19 = Kick It Down

| extra19 = BBC Radio session broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show 26 January 1981

| length19 = 3:06

| title20 = Watch Your Step

| extra20 = BBC Radio session broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show 26 January 1981

| length20 = 3:08

}}

Hit and Run did not get a proper release in North America. Instead compilation albums featuring the title and artwork from Hit and Run, and tracks from both Demolition and Hit and Run, were released. Canada and the United States each received their own unique releases.

In the United States Stiff Records released an album titled Hit and Run on both vinyl and cassette.

{{track listing

| headline = 1981 US Release{{Cite web|title = Girlschool – Hit And Run (US Vinyl details)|url = http://www.discogs.com/Girlschool-Hit-And-Run/release/896129|publisher = Discogs| year=1981 |accessdate = 2015-11-03}}

| title1 = Hit and Run

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = Watch Your Step

| length2 = 3:20

| title3 = Race with the Devil

| length3 = 2:50

| title4 = Yeah Right

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Not for Sale

| length5 = 3:30

| title6 = Future Flash

| length6 = 4:26

| title7 = C'mon Let's Go

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = The Hunter

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = Kick It Down

| length9 = 3:02

| title10 = Take It All Away

| length10 = 3:40

}}

The Canadian release was put out by Solid Gold Records and featured the same songs as the American release, however the order of the tracks was different.

{{track listing

| headline = 1981 Canadian Vinyl Release{{Citation|title = Hit and Run|medium = vinyl|date = 1981|publisher = Solid Gold Records|location = Canada }}

| title1 = Race with the Devil

| length1 = 2:50

| title2 = Hit and Run

| length2 = 3:07

| title3 = Watch Your Step

| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = Yeah Right

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Take It All Away

| length5 = 3:40

| title6 = Future Flash

| length6 = 4:26

| title7 = C'mon Let's Go

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = The Hunter

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = Kick It Down

| length9 = 3:02

| title10 = Not for Sale

| length10 = 3:31

}}

;Band members

• Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar, vocals on track 4
• Kelly Johnson – lead guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 11, 12
• Enid Williams – bass, vocals on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14
• Denise Dufort – drums

;Production

• Vic Maile – producer, engineer, mixing

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{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160917180804/http://www.girlschool.co.uk/discography.htm Official Girlschool discography]

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