music.wikisort.org - CompositionInnocence Is No Excuse is the seventh studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1985. It was the group's first album for EMI after a falling-out with their previous label, Carrere Records, and their last with original bassist Steve Dawson.
1985 studio album by Saxon
Innocence Is No Excuse |
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Released | September 1985 |
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Recorded | 1985 |
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Genre | Heavy metal |
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Length | 42:04 |
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Label | Parlophone/EMI |
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Producer | Simon Hanhart |
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- "Back on the Streets" / "Live Fast Die Young"
Released: August 1985
- "Rockin' Again" / "Krakatoa"
Released: October 1985
- "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" / "Krakatoa"
Released: March 1986
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [2] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 4/10[3] |
Release and reception
The song "Everybody Up" was used in the 1985 Italian horror film, Demoni.
The album was given a generally positive review by Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic, who awarded it four out of five stars. Although he commented in his review for the band's previous album Crusader that this album "would only lead to greater extremes of personality disorder and leave the group's fan base confused and utterly divided",[4] he praised it for being "their strongest collective set of songs since 1981's Denim and Leather" although acknowledged that some of the songs "rubbed many fans the wrong way". He singled out the songs "Back on the Streets", "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" and "Broken Heroes" for praise, the latter of which he described as an "excellent ballad". He also pondered the question of what price the album had to the band's "street-level credibility" and said that "the answer will never be agreed upon".[1] Jon Hotten in Classic Rock magazine wrote that the album was "not a huge misstep" and a "response to a glimmer of interest from the US", although "the glossy production lay at odds with Saxons's belt-and-braces take on heavy metal."[2] Martin Popoff, author of The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal, reviewed negatively the album which represents for Saxon the return "full-steam to the bastions of metal, without an idea in their dust-clouded heads", as shown in the clichéd titles and in the "old age ineptness on this rule-book headbanging fare."[3]
Track listing
Side oneTitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Rockin' Again" | Biff Byford, Graham Oliver, Steve Dawson | 5:12 |
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2. | "Call of the Wild" | Byford, Paul Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Nigel Glockler | 4:03 |
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3. | "Back on the Streets" | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 3:59 |
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4. | "Devil Rides Out" | Byford, Dawson | 4:23 |
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5. | "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" | Byford, Dawson | 4:13 |
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Side twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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6. | "Broken Heroes" | Byford, Dawson | 5:27 |
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7. | "Gonna Shout" | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 3:58 |
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8. | "Everybody Up" | Byford, Dawson | 3:28 |
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9. | "Raise Some Hell" | Byford, Dawson | 3:40 |
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10. | "Give It Everything You've Got" | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 3:27 |
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2010 remaster bonus tracksTitle | Writer(s) |
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11. | "Back on the Streets" (12" Club Mix) | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 5:10 |
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12. | "Live Fast Die Young" (b-side "Back on the Streets") | Glockler, Dawson, Byford | 3:48 |
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13. | "Krakatoa" (b-side "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy") | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 3:46 |
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14. | "The Medley *" (live, b-side "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy") | Various | 9:05 |
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15. | "Gonna Shout" (live) | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 4:30 |
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16. | "Devil Rides Out" (live) | Byford, Dawson | 4:59 |
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17. | "Back on the Streets" (BBC in Concert, Hammersmith 1985) | Byford, Quinn, Oliver, Dawson, Glockler | 4:38 |
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- Notes
- "The Medley" consists of "Heavy Metal Thunder", "Stand Up and Be Counted", "Taking Your Chances" and "Warrior."
2022 Reissue, Remastered, Digipak Bonus TracksTitle | Writer(s) |
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11. | "Live Fast Die Young" | Byford, Glocker, Dawson | 3:48 |
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12. | "Krakatoa" | Saxon | 3:46 |
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13. | "Broken Heroes" | Byford, Glocker, Dawson | 5:16 |
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14. | "Devil Rides Out" | Byford, Dawson | 4:47 |
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15. | "Rock 'n' Roll Gipsy" | Byford, Dawson | 4:48 |
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16. | "Rockin' Again" | Byford, Glocker, Dawson | 5:36 |
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17. | "Shout It Out" | Byford, Oliver, Glockler, Dawson | 5:38 |
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- Notes
- Tracks 13-17: Chapel Studio, Thoresby Demos
Personnel
- Biff Byford – vocals
- Graham Oliver – guitar
- Paul Quinn – guitar
- Steve Dawson – bass guitar
- Nigel Glockler – drums
Production
- Arranged by Saxon
- Produced and Recorded by Simon Hanhart; additional recording by Keith Nixon
- Recorded at Union Studios, Munich, Germany
- Mixed by Saxon and Simon Hanhart at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum
- All titles published by Saxsongs/Carlin Music Corp.
Charts
Album
Singles
Single |
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Peak position |
"Back on the Streets" |
UK Singles Chart |
75[10] |
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Chart (1986) |
Peak position |
"Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy" |
UK Singles Chart |
72[11] |
References
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- Biff Byford
- Paul Quinn
- Nigel Glockler
- Nibbs Carter
- Doug Scarratt
- Graham Oliver
- Steve Dawson
- Pete Gill
- Paul Johnson
- Nigel Durham
- Fritz Randow
- Jörg Michael
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Innocence Is No Excuse (с англ. — «Невинность не может служить оправданием») — седьмой студийный альбом английской хеви-метал группы Saxon. Был выпущен в 1985 году. Первый альбом Saxon на британском лейбле Parlophone.
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