Legacy is the eleventh studio album by British heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band, Girlschool

Girlschool

Girlschool are a British heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene in 1978 and frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead. They are the longest running all-female rock band, still active after more than 30 years...

, released on Wacken Records in 2008. This album celebrates the 30th anniversary of Girlschool, making it the longest running all-female metal band in activity. A few musicians that the band befriended in the many years of incessant touring, lent a hand in completing the recording. Former guitarist Kelly Johnson

Kelly Johnson (guitarist)

Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson was an English guitarist, widely known in the UK in the early 1980s as the lead guitarist of the all-female British heavy metal band Girlschool.-Biography:...

, deceased in 2007, contributed with her spiritual presence to the work. The song "Legend" is dedicated to her.

Track listing

1. "Everything's the Same" (Kim McAuliffe) - 3:14
2. "From the Other Side" (Jackie Chambers, McAuliffe) - 3:35
3. "I Spy (Girlschool Mix)" (Chambers, Enid Williams, McAuliffe) - 3:47
4. "Spend Spend Spend" (Williams) - 3:33
5. "Whole New World" (Chambers, Williams) - 3:40
6. "Just Another Day" (Chambers, Denise Dufort) - 3:48
7. "Legend" (Chambers) - 3:44
8. "Still Waters" (Williams) - 3:03
9. "Metropolis" (Motörhead cover) (Ian Kilmister, Eddie Clarke
   Eddie Clarke
   Edward Allan Clarke better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a guitarist who was a member of British heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead.-Early days:...
   
   , Phil Taylor) - 3:17
10. "Don't Mess Around" (Chambers, McAuliffe) - 2:34
11. "Zeitgeist" (Williams) - 4:15
12. "Don't Talk to Me" (Chambers, Dufort, Kilmister, McAuliffe) - 2:25
13. "I Spy (Dio/Iommi Mix)" (Chambers, Williams, McAuliffe) - 4:09
14. "Emergency" (Williams, Kelly Johnson
    Kelly Johnson (guitarist)
    Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson was an English guitarist, widely known in the UK in the early 1980s as the lead guitarist of the all-female British heavy metal band Girlschool.-Biography:...
    
    , McAuliffe, Dufort) - 2:50
15. "London" (McAuliffe, Johnson) - 2:43

Credits

• Kim McAuliffe – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jackie Chambers – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Enid Williams – lead and backing vocals, bass
• Denise Dufort – drums, backing vocals
• Kelly Johnson
  Kelly Johnson (guitarist)
  Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson was an English guitarist, widely known in the UK in the early 1980s as the lead guitarist of the all-female British heavy metal band Girlschool.-Biography:...
  
   – "ghost" appearance

Guest musicians:

• J.J. French
  Jay Jay French
  John French Segall , better known by his stage name Jay Jay French or J.J. French, is a founding member and one of the two guitarists of the American heavy metal band, Twisted Sister....
  
   – guitar solo on "Spend Spend Spend"
• Neil Murray
  Neil Murray (British musician)
  Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians,...
  
   – bass on "Whole New World" and "Legend"
• Phil Campbell
  Phil Campbell (musician)
  Philip Anthony Campbell has been the lead guitarist of the British heavy metal band Motörhead since 1984. He is also the former guitarist of Persian Risk.-Early life and career:...
  
   – lead guitar on "Whole New World", guitar solo on "Legend"
• "Fast" Eddie Clarke
  Eddie Clarke
  Edward Allan Clarke better known as "Fast" Eddie Clarke, is a guitarist who was a member of British heavy metal bands Fastway and Motörhead.-Early days:...
  
   – guitar solo on "Metropolis"
• Eddie Ojeda
  Eddie Ojeda
  Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda is one of the two guitarists of the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister....
  
   – guitar solo on "Don't Mess Around"
• Lemmy Kilmister
  Lemmy Kilmister
  Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister is an English heavy metal musician....
  
   – bass, vocals and triangle on "Don't Talk To Me"
• Ronnie James Dio
  Ronnie James Dio
  Ronald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
  
   – vocals on "I Spy (Dio/Iommi Mix)"
• Tony Iommi
  Tony Iommi
  Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi is an English guitarist and songwriter best known as the founding member of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and its sole continual member through multiple personnel changes.Iommi is widely recognised as one of the most important and influential guitarists in...
  
  – lead guitar on "I Spy (Dio/Iommi Mix)"

External links

• Official Girlschool discography