Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack
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Artist: Michael Schenker GroupEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-05-24
Music Label: EMI Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Assault Attack
- Rock You To The Ground
- Dancer
- Samurai
- Desert Song
- Broken Promises
- Searching For A Reason
- Ulcer
- Girl From Uptown
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Free Music Review: Acquired Taste
Hit: 5 Stars
Having lost both Cozy Powell on drums and Gary Barden on vocals, many fans waited with baited breath to hear the next MSG studio offering back in `82. Then came album no. 4 "Assault Attack", still trademark Schenker but sounding very different with renowned new vocalist Graham Bonnet.
I think that Graham Bonnet is very much an acquired taste. I was not happy back in '82 when I found out that the screamer was replacing Barden in the line up. I was also more than pleased when Barden returned, Mr. Bonnet having left rather abruptly after one album and a solitary performance in Sheffield. But you have to admit that the dynamic vocals do help to make this a good album with quality performances by both Bonnet and Schenker.
"Desert Song" is easily the best track, a beautifully constructed atmospheric number powerfully sung. The title track "Assault Attack" was recently used as a tour opener when I saw him only last month and is a powerful rocker. My other stand outs are "Broken Promises" and the timeless bluesy guitar number "Rock you to the Ground". "Dancer" was the attempt at a more commercial style and recorded as a single and along with "Searching for a Reason" are perhaps the weaker songs. To Mr. Bonnet's credit I guess there are very few singers around with the vocal range and power to pull off these numbers live to the same intensity. I therefore feel that despite a huge catalogue of material to choose from for live gigs these songs are largely ancient history.
I admit to preferring the first three albums with Mr. Barden over this one. I do on reflection appreciate this album a lot more now than when it first came out. Bonnet received criticism for not being a good song writer but I think he gets away with it on this album due to the quality of the music, some long instrumental sections and the Martin Birch production.
I would certainly buy the first three albums before this one to hear the best MSG work. A good overview can be heard on "Masters of Rock" for a very reasonable price if you are somehow new to Schenker and want a taster. I am not really a fan of the post 1984 Macaulay Schenker Group which is very AOR. I still like all his albums generally as the guitar work is always stunning. To be truthful the lyrical content and song structure is a repeated weakness of the later solo Schenker albums where B-list singers have repeatedly been employed. With the exception of "Written in Sand" which is excellent and the amazing cover versions on the Schenker Pattison Summit albums, this earlier stuff is best and still the main content of his live shows.
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Japanese digitally remastered reissue of the heavy metal act's 1982 release. Includes 2 bonus tracks 'Althuer' and 'Girl From Uptown'. 9 tracks in all. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.Rock Music CDs
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