Save the World (Geordie album)

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Save the World
Save The World GEORDIE.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 August 1976
Recorded1974-76
Genre
Length38:00
Label EMI
Producer Roberto Danova, Ellis Elias, Pip Williams
Geordie chronology
Don't Be Fooled by the Name
(1974)
Save the World
(1976)
No Good Woman
(1978)
Professional ratings
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Save the World is the third studio album by British hard rock band Geordie.

Contents

Cover

The font used to spell "Save the World" on the album's front cover would in the late 1970s be utilized by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden for their now-famous logo.

Track listing

All tracks 1976 Red Bus Records, except 2, 11 and 12, 1974 Red Bus Records, 3 and 9, 1975 Red Bus Records.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama's Gonna Take You Home" (Jericho a.k.a. Jericho Jones cover)Robert Huxley, Samy Birnbach2:53
2."She's a Teaser"Vic Malcolm, Joe D'Ambrosia3:15
3."Goodbye Love"Brian Alterman, Mike Green3:21
4."I Cried Today" Brian Johnson, Micky Bennison3:36
5."You Do This to Me"Brian Gibson, Holness, Knight3:07
6."Save the World" (Blackwater Junction cover)John Goodison, Rod Alexander, John Collier, Simon Byrne3:04
7."Rocking Horse"Phillip "Pip" Williams3:20
8."Fire Queen"Malcolm3:36
9."She's a Lady"Tom Hill, Johnson, Gibson, Bennison3:02
10."Light in My Window"Johnson, Bennison3:00
11."Ride on Baby"Malcolm, Peter Yellowstone, Roberto Danova2:37
12."We're All Right Now"Johnson, Hill, Gibson, Malcolm3:16
Total length:38:00

Personnel

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