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Innocence Is No Excuse by Saxon, album cover
Album

Innocence Is No Excuse

by Saxon
Released2 September 1985
LabelParlophone
Popularity42.1
hard rockheavy metalmetalrocktraditional heavy metal
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Innocence Is No Excuse: tracklist, credits and charts

10 tracks · 41:54

Tracklist

  1. 1Rockin’ Again5:11
  2. 2Call of the Wild4:03
  3. 3Back on the Streets4:00
  4. 4Devil Rides Out4:25
  5. 5Rock ’n’ Roll GipsyBiff Byford and Steve Dawson4:14
  6. 6Broken HeroesBiff Byford and Steve Dawson5:25
  7. 7Gonna Shout3:59
  8. 8Everybody Up3:30
  9. 9Raise Some Hell3:40
  10. 10Give It Everything You’ve Got3:27
Produced by
Simon Hanhart
Recorded at
Union (Munich)
Recorded
1985
Labels
Parlophone, Parlophone/EMI
Length
41:54

Singles

  • “Back on the Streets” · 22 July 1985
  • “Rockin' Again” · 30 September 1985
  • “Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy” · 17 March 1986

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 198536
US Billboard 200 · 1985133
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 198515
Swedish Albums · 198518
German Albums · 198533

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42.1
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
619
ListenBrainz listeners
21k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
209
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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia only
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz1985
Wikipedia infobox2 September 1985
Wikidata1985
US release1985earliest US date
UK / Europe release1985earliest UK or European date
11 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
1985XEParlophone5099924040013original
1985GBEMI5099924040013original
1985PTParlophoneoriginal
1985USCapitol Records077771242014original
1985GBParlophone077779495528original
14 December 1994JPEMI4988006703575other
2000FRAxe Killer3596971555221other
2010XEEMI5099968433321other
2010—Union Square Music5099968433451other
27 July 2018GBBMG4050538358681other
2022XEBMG4050538696509other
Cover art sources

itunes · native: native 1500x1500

SourceSizeVerdict
itunes ✓1500×1500native: native 1500x1500
coverartarchive1404×1402upscaled
deezer1200×1200upscaled
fanarttv1000×1000upscaled