Screaming Blue Murder is the third studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool. It was released on Bronze Records in 1982, and featured one line-up change in bassist Ghislaine 'Gil' Weston, formerly of The Killjoys, replacing the recently departed founding member Enid Williams. Nigel Gray, who had previously worked with The Police, produced the album.
| Screaming Blue Murder | ||||
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| Released | 7 June 1982 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 1982 | |||
| Studio | Surrey Sound Studio, Leatherhead, England | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 31:07 68:22 (re-issue) | |||
| Label | Bronze (UK) Mercury (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Nigel Gray | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[2] |
The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve, although in the UK initial copies were accidentally shipped with a plain, generic liner. Rock magazine Kerrang! relayed, from Bronze Records, the advice to write to the label so that they could post the missing lyric sheet in return.
The UK-release was somewhat delayed, and the band had already started their 20-date UK tour, which ran through May 1982.
Castle Music issued what is considered the definitive edition of the CD 14 June 2004, adding eleven bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes by Record Collector magazine's Joe Geesin. The album had previously been issued on a 2-on-1 CD in the UK, coupled with Play Dirty; that release (LOMA CD4) featured no bonus material.[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Screaming Blue Murder" | Kelly Johnson, Kim McAuliffe, Gil Weston | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Live with Me" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Take It from Me" | McAuliffe, Johnson, Weston, Denise Dufort | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Wildlife" | Johnson, McAuliffe, Enid Williams | 2:48 |
| 5. | "Turns Your Head Around" | McAuliffe, Johnson | 3:08 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Don't Call It Love" | McAuliffe, Johnson | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Hellrazor" | McAuliffe, Johnson, Weston, Dufort | 2:38 |
| 8. | "When Your Blood Runs Cold" | Johnson, McAuliffe, Weston | 3:23 |
| 9. | "You Got Me" | McAuliffe, Johnson | 3:16 |
| 10. | "Flesh & Blood" | McAuliffe, Johnson, Weston, Dufort | 2:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Don't Stop" (B-side of the EP Wildlife, with Enid Williams on lead vocals) | McAuliffe, Johnson, Williams, Dufort | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Screaming Blue Murder" | 3:48 | |
| 13. | "You Got Me" | 3:45 | |
| 14. | "When Your Blood Runs Cold" | 4:08 | |
| 15. | "Hit and Run" | McAuliffe, Johnson | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Turns Your Head Around" | 3:48 | |
| 17. | "Wildlife" | 2:46 | |
| 18. | "Take It All Away" | McAuliffe | 3:37 |
| 19. | "Emergency" | McAuliffe, Johnson, Williams, Dufort | 3:44 |
| 20. | "C'mon Let's Go" | McAuliffe, Johnson | 3:15 |
| 21. | "Tush" (ZZ Top cover) | Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard | 2:37 |
- Tracks 12-21 are a BBC Radio 1 In Concert broadcast, recorded live in London on June 9, 1982. These tracks had previously not been made commercially available.
Credits
edit- Band members
- Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
- Kelly Johnson – lead guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 6, 9
- Enid Williams – bass, lead vocals on track 11
- Gil Weston – bass, lead vocals on tracks 7, 10
- Denise Dufort – drums
- Production
- Nigel Gray – producer, engineer
Charts
edit| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4] | 84 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[5] | 30 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 27 |
References
edit- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Girlschool Screaming Blue Murder review". 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.
- ^ "Girlschool - Screaming Blue Murder". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6949b". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
