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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 Michael Schenker Group
Released	September 1983
Recorded	Ridge Farm Studios, Rusper, England Townhouse Studios, London, England
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal pop metal[1]
Length	41:54
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	MSG, Louis Austin
Michael Schenker Group chronology
Assault Attack (1982) Built to Destroy (1983) Rock Will Never Die (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10[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)

(US Remix LP)

• The 2009 EMI's Remaster CD includes both UK and US mixes of all songs (18 tracks) with the UK ones listed first. The original title "Walk the Stage", then to be changed to "Rock Will Never Die", on this remaster is listed as "Rock Will Never Die (Walk the Stage)".
• The song "Walk the Stage" has various name changes for different releases:

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

• Michael Schenker – guitars
• Gary Barden – vocals
• Chris Glen – bass
• Ted McKenna – drums
• Andy Nye – keyboards

Additional musicians

• Derek St. Holmes – sings the verses on the American Remix of "Still Love That Little Devil", Gary Barden sings both verses and chorus on the UK Mix.

Credits

• Producer – MSG & Louis Austin
• Recorded and mixed at – Ridge Farm studios, Rusper
• Engineer – Louis Austin
• Assistant engineer – Richard Manwaring[4]
• Tape Operator – George Chambers[5]
• Tape Operator – Gavin MacKillop[6]
• Mixing – R.G. Jones[7]
• Cover concept – Michael Schenker
• Art direction – John Pasche
• Cover photos – John Shaw
• Cover model – Caroline Dodd
• Inner sleeve photography – Brian Aris
• Project coordinator – Nigel Reeve[8]
• Project coordinator – Hugh Gilmour[9]
• Bonus tracks remixed at the Record Plant, New York City by Jack Douglas
• José Luis Campuzano, credited as co-writer of "Red Sky", is the bassist and singer of the Spanish heavy metal band Baron Rojo. He is also known as "Sherpa".

Charts

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

References

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