Screaming Blue Murder (Girlschool album)

Infobox Album
Name = Screaming Blue Murder
Type = studio
Artist = Girlschool


Released = 1982
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 31:07
68:22 (re-issue)
Label = Bronze
Producer = Nigel Gray
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lg0e4j470wae original]
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:er8m967o0ep3 re-issue]
Last album = "Hit and Run"
(1981)
This album = "Screaming Blue Murder"
(1982)
Next album = "Play Dirty"
(1983)

"Screaming Blue Murder" was 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 founder-member Enid Williams. Nigel Gray, who had previously worked with The Police, produced the album.

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 in order that they could post the missing lyric-bag by return.

Additionally, the UK-release was somewhat delayed and the band had already started the 20-date UK tour, which ran through May 1982.

The definitive CD version is considered to be that issued by Castle subsidiary Sanctuary in 2005, with bonus tracks. It had previously been issued on a 2-on-1 CD in the UK, coupled with "Play Dirty".

Track listing

#"Screaming Blue Murder" – 3:34
#"Live with Me" – 3:20
#"Take It from Me" – 2:51
#"Wildlife" – 2:48
#"It Turns Your Head Around" – 3:08
#"Don't Call It Love" – 3:42
#"Hellrazor" – 2:38
#"When Your Blood Runs Cold" – 3:23
#"You Got Me" – 3:16
#"Flesh & Blood" – 2:27

Bonus tracks

The 2005 remastered CD added bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes:

11. "Don't Stop" – 2:43 (Non-album track, from B-side of "Don't Call It Love" single. Enid Williams on vocal.)
12. "Screaming Blue Murder" – 3:48
13. "You Got Me" – 3:45
14. "When Your Blood Runs Cold" – 4:08
15. "Hit and Run" – 3:04
16. "Turns Your Head Around" – 3:48
17. "Wildlife" – 2:46
18. "Take It All Away" – 3:37
19. "Emergency" – 3:44
20. "C'mon Let's Go" – 3:15
21. "Tush" – 2:37

*Tracks 12–21 are a BBC Radio 1 In Concert broadcast, recorded live in London June 09 1982. These tracks had not been commercially available before.

Credits

* Kim McAuliffe – rythm guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
* Kelly Johnson – lead guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 4, 6, 9
* Gil Weston – bass, vocals on tracks 7, 10
* Denise Dufort – drums

* Produced by Nigel Gray

External links

* [http://www.girlschool.co.uk/discography.htm Official Girlschool discography]