Assault Attack
by Michael Schenker Group
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Michael Schenker Group bestography
Assault Attack is ranked 4th best out of 28 albums by Michael Schenker on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michael Schenker is Michael Schenker Group which is ranked number 20943 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 49.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Assault Attack track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Assault Attack rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1982 | 28/97 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 64 Music Albums of 1982 | 43/64 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 16 Music Albums of 1982 | 12/16 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1980s | 38/99 | 13 |
| 2025 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 43/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1982 by Metal Storm | 19/20 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1982 Listening Project (Part Two) | 75/100 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | Gallowtree | Top 79 Music Albums of 1982 | 58/79 | 1 |
| 2025 | MetalMan67 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1982 | 6/65 | 5 |
| 2024 |  Repo | 1982: Metal | 28/47 | - |
| 2021 |  mrblond | Top 50 Music Albums of 1982 | 9/50 | 4 |
| 2018 | musicoed | Top 10 Music Albums of 1982 | 6/10 | 3 |
| 2014 |  Vaggelis | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2013 |  ~SMiLE~ | Top 32 Music Albums of 1982 | 18/32 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 40 | |||
Assault Attack collection
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Assault Attack ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/07/2026 02:01 | Exist-en-ciel | 14,679 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/30/2024 14:58 | TonySayers61 | 25,007 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2023 16:15 | Pluto11 | 12,228 | 72/100 |
| ! | 04/24/2023 08:31 | LosWochos | 47,441 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2022 15:01 | MetalMan67 | 6,129 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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UofTBlues 02/03/2021 02:20 | #265644
The album has some edge. As a singer; Graham Bonnets vocals tend to be uncontrolled partly because he never had any formal training and refused to get any. He was fired from the band shortly after this release for being drunk onstage and exposing himself. His tenure w/ Rainbow was short lived as well. A pattern was beginning to form with his restless career.
The best of the early MSG records (possibly the best ever). Quite a departure from the style of the earlier records and the first with a quality vocalist (apologies to Gary Barden) in Graeme Bonnett. A rock solid rhythm section of Chris Glenn and Ted McKenna (the late great Cozy Powell was not missed here) provides a great base for Mad Mikey's frenetic fretwork. Check out Ulcer in particular - Samauri and Desert Song are also strong listens.
Best Track: Broken Promises
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