McAuley Schenker Group - Perfect Timing (1987)

McAuley Schenker Group - Perfect Timing - Released Year 1987


Tracklist front / back album covers

"Gimme Your Love" (Rocky Newton, Robin McAuley) - 4:52
"Here Today—Gone Tomorrow" (Michael Schenker, McAuley) - 4:38
"Don't Stop Me Now" (Schenker, McAuley) - 3:56
"No Time for Losers" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:13
"Follow the Night" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:39
"Get Out" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:07
"Love Is Not a Game" (Newton, McAuley, Alan Nelson) - 4:12
"Time" (Schenker, McAuley, Newton) - 4:00
"I Don't Wanna Lose" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:15
"Rock 'Til You're Crazy" (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:05
2000 Japanese remaster bonus tracks
"Gimme Your Love" (Edit) (Newton, McAuley) - 4:25

"Follow the Night" (Edit) (Schenker, McAuley) - 4:21

Perfect Timing is the fifth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups and the first album by the McAuley Schenker Group. It was the first collaboration between Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley (ex-Grand Prix and Far Corporation), resulting in Schenker's first top 100 US hit with the song "Gimme Your Love."

At this point, the band featured an eclectic mix of musicians in terms of nationalities. McAuley hails from Ireland originally, while Schenker and drummer Bodo Schopf are both from Germany. American guitarist Mitch Perry (aka Mitch Brownstein from the band The Kydz) had originally played in bass virtuoso Billy Sheehan's band, Talas (and had later joined the revamped Australian/American version of the band Heaven), while bassist Rocky Newton and guest keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Steve Mann were British and had previously been members of the band Lionheart. Mann would officially join the band for MSG's next album, replacing Perry.