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Built to Destroy is the fourth studio album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group. Gary Barden returned to the group on vocals following the departure of Graham Bonnet amidst tensions with Michael Schenker. This was the band's final studio album prior to their disbanding, and Schenker moving on to form the McAuley Schenker Group with vocalist Robin McAuley. New material released under the Michael Schenker Group name would not appear for over a decade.

Built to Destroy
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1983
Recorded
  • Ridge Farm Studios, Rusper, England
  • Townhouse Studios, London, England
Genre
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
  • pop metal[1]
Length41:54
LabelChrysalis
ProducerMSG, Louis Austin
Michael Schenker Group chronology
Assault Attack
(1982)
Built to Destroy
(1983)
Rock Will Never Die
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[3]

The song "Captain Nemo" is the theme song for Eddie Trunk's radio shows Friday Night Rocks on WAXQ and Trunk Nation on XM Radio's Hair Nation Channel.


Track listing



(UK and Japan LP)


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rock My Nights Away"Andy Nye, Gary Barden4:09
2."I'm Gonna Make You Mine"Nye, Barden, Michael Schenker, Ted McKenna4:18
3."The Dogs of War"Barden, Schenker4:23
4."Systems Failing"Barden, Schenker4:25
5."Captain Nemo"Schenker3:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Still Love That Little Devil"Barden, Schenker3:24
7."Red Sky"Schenker, Barden, Chris Glen, McKenna, José Luis Campuzano5:15
8."Time Waits (For No One)"Nye, Barden3:58
9."Walk the Stage"Barden, Schenker5:55
Total length:41:54

(US Remix LP)


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Gonna Make You Mine"Nye, Barden, Schenker, McKenna4:33
2."Time Waits (For No One)"Nye, Barden4:06
3."Systems Failing"Barden, Schenker4:16
4."Rock Will Never Die"Barden, Schenker5:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Red Sky"Schenker, Barden, Glen, McKenna, José Luis Campuzano5:06
6."Rock My Nights Away"Nye, Barden4:37
7."Captain Nemo"Schenker3:22
8."The Dogs of War"Barden, Schenker4:52
9."Still Love That Little Devil"Barden, Schenker3:41
Total length:40:18

Built to Destroy: "Walk the Stage" (UK), "Rock Will Never Die" (US and worldwide); Rock Will Never Die (LP): "Rock Will Never Die"; Rock Will Never Die (VHS): "Dream On";


Personnel


Band members
Additional musicians

Credits



Charts


Chart (1983) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 32
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 23

References


  1. Downing, Brian. "Built to Destroy - AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. Downing, Brian. "Michael Schenker Built to Destroy review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 317. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. AllMusic
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  10. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  11. "Swedishcharts.com – Michael Schenker Group – Assault Attack". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. "Michael Schenker Group | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2018.



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