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General Information
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Artist...............: Savage
Album................: Loose 'N' Lethal
Year.................: 1983
Genre................: NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal)
Source...............: CD
Number of Songs......: 11
Duration.............: 00:47:13 min
Audio Format.........: MP3
Bitrate..............: CBR 192 HQ
Channels.............: Stereo / 44,100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Included.............: M3U, Covers
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Release Notes
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Track Listing:
01. Let It Loose 03:17
02. Cry Wolf 04:31
03. Berlin 04:46
04. Dirty Money 04:43
05. Ain't No Fit Place 05:35
06. On the Rocks 03:51
07. The China Run 04:08
08. White Hot 03:44
The 1997 reissue by Neat Metal has bonus tracks:
09. No Cause to Kill (Demo) 3:47
10. The Devil Take You (Demo) 4:53
11. Back on the Road (Demo) 3:58
The reissue features liner notes by Gerry Sharpe-Young, who did the cover and
is responsible for the Rock Detector series of books.
Chris Bradley: bass guitar, lead vocals
Andy Dawson: lead guitar, vocals
Wayne Renshaw: guitar
Mark Brown: drums
Recorded at Ebony Studios, Hull, England
Produced and engineered by Darryl Johnston
Album Review:
When it was finally released in 1983 by (very) independent Ebony Records, Savage's Loose'n'Lethal was a walking, breathing musical anachronism. Containing a batch of songs which had been stewing for years as the band slogged unknown through local pubs and clubs, desperately looking for a break, it was a direct throwback to 1980, when the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (which had spawned the group) was in full-flight and dominating the U.K.'s music weeklies. But by the time of its belated release, musical tastes had evolved considerably and the original onslaught of NWOBHM bands had been decimated by time and failed returns, leaving only a few major players like the unstoppable Iron Maiden, the fast-rising Def Leppard, and the quickly fading Saxon still prospering in its wake. There was therefore little hope for a rough and tumble group like Savage to make any serious headway, no matter how energetic and exciting their sound. Proudly wearing their humongous debt to Judas Priest on their sleeves, the quartet were hardly reinventing the wheel here either, but despite their vaguely familiar riffs, solid heavy metal anthems like "Let it Loose," "Cry Wolf" (AC/DC), "The China Run" (Thin Lizzy), and "Back on the Road" (Saxon) still manage to entertain. They still couldn't rescue Savage from historical oblivion, and the band soon became just a small footnote in heavy metal lore. [Note: Audiophiles take heed, the Metal Blade CD reissue of Loose'n'Lethal sounds very sketchy, with much of the album plagued by tape noise and fuzz -- especially when played at high volumes.]
- Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide
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