Collection

Girlschool | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 9, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Castle Communications (UK)
• ASIN: B00000HYWO
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #506,200 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Take It All Away

2. It Could Be Better

3. Emergency

4. Furniture Fire

5. Nothing to Lose

6. Baby Doll

7. Race With the Devil

8. Take It All Away [Alternate Version]

9. Yeah Right

10. The Hunter

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I'm the Leader of the Gang

2. Burning in the Heart

3. Surrender

4. Never Too Late

5. Demolition Boys [Studio Version]

6. Kick It Down

7. Screaming Blue Murder

8. Flesh and Blood

9. Play Dirty

10. I Like It That Way [#]

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Collection, January 14, 2007

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

How many "all-girl" rock bands can really rock as hard as their male counterparts, especially when those counterparts include bands like Motorhead, Diamond Head, and Saxon? Only one - Girlschool. Forget about lace, this band is all leather and steel. They're one of the more important, yet somehow still overlooked bands from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) scene, and have been delivering hard-hitting, kick in the teeth, rock & roll since the early 80's.

Castle's 1995 compilation titled simply "The Collection" is about as comprehensive an overview of Girlschool's career as you are likely to find. It features a whopping 47 tracks collected on 2 discs, and covers the band's entire output. In addition to songs from various Girlschool studio albums, the Collection includes b-sides, live tracks, covers (of ZZ Top, the Sweet, and T-Rex among others), and collaborations such as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre material the band recorded with Motorhead. The material has been digitally remastered, so it sounds better than ever. You also get a nice booklet with all sorts of band info and photos. Castle is the best in the business when it comes to high quality NWOBHM collections, and they definitely got this one right.

If you're new to Girlschool, the Collection is the perfect way to get acquainted with this classic hard rock band.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!, May 3, 2002

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Guitar Nut "bp51" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

Since alot of Girlschool's early albums are so hard to find this collection is a real godsend.The song selection is good(i have a few quibbles about songs that should have been included but that's life)and there's some really good live tracks as well.
The liner notes are somewhat dissapointing,they don't tell you who is playing on the songs or which album they are taken from but there are alot of photos of the band's various incarnations.

If you're into aggresive guitar driven punk/metal then this is a must have.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Anthology, June 11, 2001

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Mark Williams (St. Peters, Mo USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collection (Audio CD)

If you like 80's British Metal you are sure to like Girlschool. This cd has alot of material, it is well produced and the packaging is very cool. It's a good price for a 2cd set. I nabbed one, and I love it. Most of their early stuff is out of print. They are harder than the Runaways - good catchy riffs, heavily influenced ny Motorhead. Good Metal!!