RECORDS

Rip It Up, Issue 62, 1 September 1982, Page 24

RECORDS

W e a H y MSG, One Night At Budokan (Chrysalis) - Cracking double live recorded just prior to the release of MSG. This marvellous album shows an ace line-up of rock heavies really clicking and enjoying it. Featuring two old UFO favourites and the pick of the tracks from the two studio albums, it's a. positively vibrant, technically excellent album from Schenker at his imaginative best. A fitting testament to a group Schenker's now disbanded. Uriah Heep Abominog (Bronze) Original member Mick Box has resurrected Heep after an 18month layoff, and with inspired performances from new members Pete Goalby on vocals and John Sinclair on keyboards, has produced an_absolute blitzkrieg hard rock album, far and away Heep's best ever. Bearing little resemblance to Heep's dull efforts of the last six years, it's a glorious amalgam of Foreigner-type bombast and British heavy metal. CC Girlschool Screaming Blue Murder (Bronze) Girlschool bring in a new brass player and a new producer (Nigel Gray of Police fame) for their third album and emerge with their toughest effort yet. No tracks stand out like "Yeah Right' from Hit And Run, though a great version of "Live With Me' comes close. Girlschool could do well to spend more time crafting their songs, rather than rushing them out in an adrenalin burst in the studio. Scorpions, Blackout (RCA) Veteran metal purveyors, the Scorpions' ninth album reaffirms their standing after the disappointing Animal Magnetism. Klaus Meines'.voice (following an operation last year) is back to full steam ahead and makes the title track the year's premier headbanger to date. A consistently strong album. Rudolf Schenker has written some real winners for this one, and

Mathias Jabs' stinging lead guitar is predominant throughout. Love I the cover. Ted Nugent . Nugent (Warner Bros) Ted's changed labels and abandoned his Tarzan of the Amplifiers approach to spend time constructing an album of songs with more variety than his last six put together. Unfortunately, without a loincloth and a slice of raw venison between his teeth, Ted becomes very ordinary. Even Carmine Appice on drums cannot save this dull outing. Forget the social commentary and get on with the axe attack, Ted. Chris Caddick Aldonova (Epic) Debut album from 24-year-old Canadian studio hand turned overnight superstar. With a Toto/Loverboy sound beefed up with stunning speedfingers guitar, solos on every track, it's not hard to see why this album has shot to the Top 10 in America. Aldo not only plays guitar and keyboards, but also produced and engineered this very slick selection of selfpenned tracks. Should appeal to everyone from Pat Benetar fans to hard-core metal lovers. A real winner.