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Save Yourself
Studio album by McAuley Schenker Group
Released	October 10, 1989
Studio	One on One Recording, Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	50:45
Label	Capitol / EMI
Producer	Frank Filipetti
McAuley Schenker Group chronology
Perfect Timing (1987) Save Yourself (1989) M.S.G. (1992)
Michael Schenker chronology
Perfect Timing (1987) Save Yourself (1989) Contraband (1991)
Singles from Save Yourself
"Anytime" Released: April 1990 "Save Yourself" Released: 1990 "This Is My Heart" Released: 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10

Save Yourself is the sixth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups, and the second album credited specifically to McAuley Schenker Group. It was released in 1989 on Capitol Records. "Save Yourself", "Anytime" and "This Is My Heart" were all singles released from the record. The album peaked at No. 92 on Billboard 200 Album chart.

Track listing

1. "Save Yourself" (Robin McAuley, Michael Schenker) – 6:16
2. "Bad Boys" (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:04
3. "Anytime" (Steve Mann, McAuley) – 5:44
4. "Get Down to Bizness" (McAuley, Rocky Newton) – 4:22
5. "Shadow of the Night" (McAuley, Schenker) – 5:20
6. "What We Need" (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:13
7. "I Am Your Radio" (Newton, Kenny Stewart) – 4:47
8. "There Has to Be Another Way" (instrumental) (Schenker) – 1:49
9. "This Is My Heart" (Newton, McAuley, Schenker, Mann, Bodo Schopf, Allan Nelson) – 4:57
10. "Destiny" (Mann, McAuley) – 4:33
11. "Take Me Back" (Newton, Stewart) – 4:50

2000 Japanese remaster bonus tracks

12. "Save Yourself" (single edit) (McAuley, Schenker) – 4:59
13. "Anytime" (single edit) (Mann, McAuley) – 5:10
14. "Vicious" (bonus track) (McAuley, Schenker) – 3:38

Personnel

Band members

• Robin McAuley – lead & backing vocals
• Michael Schenker – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
• Steve Mann – rhythm & acoustic guitars, guitar solos on track 10, middle co-solo on track 3, keyboards, backing vocals
• Rocky Newton – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bodo Schopf – drums

Additional musicians

• Emi Canyn, Donna McDaniel, Dave Amato, Chris Post – additional backing vocals

Production

• Frank Filipetti – producer, mixing
• Russell Anderson, John Herman, Mike Tacci – engineers
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Charts

References

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• 1989 albums
• McAuley Schenker Group albums
• Capitol Records albums
• Albums produced by Frank Filipetti