Running Wild is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Girlschool, released on Mercury Records in 1985.
| Running Wild | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 12 August 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 1984–February 1985[2] | |||
| Studio | Air Studios and Battery Studios, London, The Manor, Oxfordshire, England | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 37:48 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Nick Tauber | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 3/10[4] |
| Kerrang! |  [5] |
It is the only studio work released as a five-piece group by Girlschool, after original lead guitarist Kelly Johnson had left the band. Vocals duties on the album are shared by Jackie Bodimead and Kim McAuliffe.
Running Wild was released only in America. It was produced by Nick Tauber, previously known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Marillion, and Toyah.
"Do You Love Me?" is a cover of the song from Kiss' album Destroyer (1976).[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let Me Go" | Kim McAuliffe, Jackie Bodimead, Cris Bonacci | 3:48 |
| 2. | "Running Wild" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Do You Love Me?" (KISS cover) | Paul Stanley, Kim Fowley, Bob Ezrin | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Something for Nothing" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci, Denise Dufort, Gil Weston-Jones | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Are You Ready?" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci, Dufort, Weston-Jones | 3:37 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Nowhere to Run" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci | 3:43 |
| 7. | "I Want You Back" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci | 4:33 |
| 8. | "Nasty Nasty" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci, Dufort, Weston-Jones | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Love Is a Lie" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci, Dufort, Weston-Jones | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Can't You See?" | McAuliffe, Bodimead, Bonacci, Dufort, Weston-Jones | 4:55 |
Personnel
edit- Band members
- Jackie Bodimead – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
- Kim McAulliffe – rhythm guitar, lead vocals on tracks 3, 8, backing vocals,
- Cris Bonacci – lead guitar
- Gil Weston-Jones – bass
- Denise Dufort – drums
- Production
- Nick Tauber - producer
- Paul O'Duffy - engineer, mixing
- Neil Kernon - remixing of tracks 1, 2, 6
References
edit- ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 2 August 1985. p. 32. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Running Wild (LP liner notes). Mercury Records. 1985.
- ^ "Girlschool Running Wild". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1894959315.
- ^ Johnson, Howard (3 October 1985). "Girlschool - Running Wild". Kerrang!. No. 104. p. 14.
- ^ "Girlschool - Running Wild". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 14 March 2010.