Screaming Blue Murder (Girlschool album)

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Screaming Blue Murder
Girlschool sbm.jpg
Studio album by
Released7 June 1982
RecordedFebruary–March 1982
Studio Surrey Sound Studio, Leatherhead, England
Genre Heavy metal
Length31:07
68:22 (re-issue)
Label Bronze (UK)
Mercury (U.S.)
Producer Nigel Gray
Girlschool chronology
Wildlife EP
(1982)
Screaming Blue Murder
(1982)
1-2-3-4 Rock and Roll
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 4/10 [2]

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.

Contents

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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Screaming Blue Murder" Kelly Johnson, Kim McAuliffe, Gil Weston3:34
2."Live with Me" ( The Rolling Stones cover) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 3:20
3."Take It from Me"McAuliffe, Johnson, Weston, Denise Dufort2:51
4."Wildlife"Johnson, McAuliffe, Enid Williams2:48
5."Turns Your Head Around"McAuliffe, Johnson3:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Don't Call It Love"McAuliffe, Johnson3:42
7."Hellrazor"McAuliffe, Johnson, Weston, Dufort2:38
8."When Your Blood Runs Cold"Johnson, McAuliffe, Weston3:23
9."You Got Me"McAuliffe, Johnson3:16
10."Flesh & Blood"McAuliffe, Johnson, Weston, Dufort2:27
2004 remastered CD release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Don't Stop" (B-side of the EP Wildlife , with Enid Williams on lead vocals)McAuliffe, Johnson, Williams, Dufort2:43
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, Johnson3:04
16."Turns Your Head Around" 3:48
17."Wildlife" 2:46
18."Take It All Away"McAuliffe3:37
19."Emergency"McAuliffe, Johnson, Williams, Dufort3:44
20."C'mon Let's Go"McAuliffe, Johnson3:15
21."Tush" ( ZZ Top cover) Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard 2:37

Credits

Band members
Production

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 84
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [5] 30
UK Albums (OCC) [6] 27

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