Hit and Run – Revisited
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Hit and Run – Revisited is the twelfth studio album by the British heavy metal
Heavy metal music
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 band Girlschool
Girlschool
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, released in 2011. The album is a re-recording of the 1981 album Hit and Run
Hit and Run (album)
Hit and Run is the second studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool.It was originally released on Bronze Records in 1981, UK catalogue number BRON 534, having been recorded at Jackson's Studios, England, in December 1980 and January 1981. There was a limited pressing in red vinyl...

, considered by most critics a classic of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
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 period and the most commercially successful for Girlschool. The new album celebrates the 30th anniversry of the release of Hit and Run and includes as bonus track a re-recording of "Demolition Boys" and a duet with the German metal singer Doro
Doro (musician)
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 on a new version of the title track.

Track listing

  1. "C'mon Let's Go" (Kim McAuliffe, Kelly Johnson
    Kelly Johnson (guitarist)
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    )
    – 3:45
  2. "The Hunter" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:16
  3. "(I'm Your) Victim" (McAuliffe, Denise Dufort) – 2:50
  4. "Kick It Down" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:05
  5. "Following the Crowd" (Enid Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:08
  6. "Tush
    Tush (song)
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    " (Billy Gibbons
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    , Dusty Hill
    Dusty Hill
    Joseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...

    , Frank Beard
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    )
    – 2:24
  7. "Hit and Run" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:05
  8. "Watch Your Step" (Williams, McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:20
  9. "Back to Start" (Johnson, Willams) – 3:36
  10. "Yeah Right" (McAuliffe, Johnson, Dufort) – 3:16
  11. "Future Flash" (Johnson, McAuliffe) – 4:51

Bonus tracks

  1. "Demolition Boys" (McAuliffe, Johnson) – 3:43
  2. "Hit and Run" (featuring Doro) – 3:05

Band members

  • Kim McAuliffe – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Jackie Chambers – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Enid Williams – lead and backing vocals, bass
  • Denise Dufort – drums
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