Nightmare at Maple Cross is the sixth studio album by British heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band, Girlschool

Girlschool

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, released on GWR Records

GWR Records

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 in 1986. Under the direction of producer Vic Maile

Vic Maile

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, this album marks the return of the band to the sound of their earlier works and to a four-piece formation. All tracks were composed by the four musicians, except for the cover of Mud

Mud (band)

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's "Tiger Feet

Tiger Feet

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". The US version of the album included a duet with Gary Glitter

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 covering his song, "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)".

Track listing

All tracks by Girlschool, except where noted

1. "All Day, All Night" – 3:32
2. "Play with Fire" – 2:43
3. "Danger Sign" – 3:19
4. "Never Too Late" – 3:23
5. "Tiger Feet
   Tiger Feet
   "Tiger Feet" is a popular song by Mud. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, Tiger Feet was the first of Mud's three number one singles in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart from 22 January 1974...
   
   " (Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...
   
   , Mike Chapman) – 4:33
6. "Back for More" – 3:32
7. "Let's Go Crazy" – 3:27
8. "You Got Me (Under Your Spell)" – 3:57
9. "Let's Break Out" – 3:01
10. "Turn It Up" – 3:20
    • Track 6, in the USA, was "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)", re-numbering the tracks for a total of eleven in that region.

Credits

• Kim McAulliffe – vocals, rhythm guitar
• Cris Bonacci
  Cris Bonacci
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  – lead guitar
• Gil Weston-Jones – bass
• Denise Dufort – drums

External links

• Official Girlschool discography