Play Dirty (album)


Play Dirty is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool, released on Bronze Records in 1983 and produced by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea from the hard rock band Slade.
It was the first Girlschool album not to enter the UK Top 40 album chart and signalled a general downturn in their career, along with an inclination towards a softer rock sound. Kelly Johnson left the band soon after the release and an intended full US-tour never materialised.
In the UK, two singles were lifted from the album, each having a picture-sleeve:
In 2005, Castle subsidiary Sanctuary Records re-issued the album on CD with songs from the EP 1-2-3-4 Rock and Roll and other compilations as bonus tracks, and extensive sleevenotes by Record Collector magazine's Joe Geesin.
Drummer Denise Dufort rated the album as her favourite of all the band's career: "Play Dirty as it has a more mature sound to it and I think it sounds a bit like Def Leppard, also Jim Lea and Noddy Holder from Slade produced it".

Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Going Under" ' – 4:16
  2. "High & Dry" ' – 3:10
  3. "Play Dirty" ' – 5:04
  4. "20th Century Boy" ' – 3:28
  5. "Breaking All the Rules" ' – 3:03
;Side two
  2. "Burning in the Heat" ' – 3:20
  3. "Surrender" ' – 3:24
  4. "Rock Me Shock Me" ' – 4:28
  5. "Running for Cover" ' – 3:12
  6. "Breakout " ' – 3:23
;2005 re-issue bonus tracks
  2. "1-2-3-4 Rock 'n' Roll" ' – 3:32
  3. "Don't Call It Love" ' – 3:24
  4. "Tush" ' – 2:13
  5. "Like It Like That" ' – 3:28
  6. "1-2-3-4 Rock 'n' Roll" – 4:33

    Personnel

;Band members
;Additional musicians
;Production