Go for the Throat is the twelfth studio album recorded by the English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Humble Pie

Humble Pie (band)

Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...

 and the second with the new lineup

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 including, guitarist and vocalist Steve Marriott

Steve Marriott

Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...

, Drummer Jerry Shirley

Jerry Shirley

Jerry Shirley is an English rock drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Humble Pie and appeared on all their albums...

, respected US East Coast bassist Anthony "Sooty" Jones and vocalist and guitarist, Bobby Tench

Bobby Tench

Robert Tench , also known as Bob Tench, Bobby Tench and Bobby Gass is a British vocalist and guitarist. Originally a bass player he began singing with Gass influenced by artists such as Sam Cooke and Ray Charles...

 from The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group were an English rock band formed in London in January 1967 by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck. Their innovative approach to heavy sounding blues and R&B was a major influence on popular music.- The first Jeff Beck Group :...

. Marriott also brought in backing vocalists Marge Raymond, Dana Kral and Robin Beck

Robin Beck

Robin Beck is an American singer. She topped the singles chart in the UK in 1988, and Germany in 1989 with her single "First Time", which had come to the public's attention via its use in a Coca-Cola commercial....

, once again looking for a more authenthic and refined R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 sound and feel. Go For The Throat was released by Atco

Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, currently operating through WMG's Rhino Entertainment.-Beginnings:Atco Records was founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who...

 in 1981 and the new version of "Tin Soldier" reached #58 in the US single charts. A promotional tour started but was curtailed after Marriott damaged his wrist and shortly afterwards suffered from a duodenal ulcer.

The band toured the album after it had been released. At the beginning of the tour, earlier scheduled appearances by the band were delayed and later Marriott became ill, forcing the cancellation of all further tour dates. Soon afterwards Humble Pie disbanded, after Go For The Throat was dropped by their record label due to contractual differences

Track listing

A1 "All Shook Up

All Shook Up

"All Shook Up" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music and composed by Otis Blackwell. Elvis Presley's single topped the U.S. Pop chart on April 13, 1957, staying there for eight weeks. It also topped the R&B chart for four weeks, becoming Presley's second single to...

" (Blackwell/Presley) 2:40

A2 "Teenage Anxiety" (Marriott) 4:44

A3 "Tin Soldier" (Lane/Marriott) 3:09

A4 "Keep It on the Island" (Lane/Marriott) 3:54

A5 "Driver" (Marriott) 3:19

B1 "Restless Blood" (Supa) 4:04

B2 "Go for the Throat" (Marriott/Tench) 3:59

B3 "Lottie and the Charcoal Queen" (Marriott/Shirley) 4:37

B4 "Chip Away the Stone" (Supa) 4:55 (Aerosmith cover)

Single
"Tin Soldier" (Lane/Marriott)/Go for the Throat (Marriott/Tench)