Innocence Is No Excuse

Innocence Is No Excuse
Studio album by
Saxon
Released2 September 1985[1]
Recorded1985
StudioUnion (Munich)
GenreHeavy metal
Length42:04
LabelParlophone/EMI
ProducerSimon Hanhart
Saxon chronology
Crusader
(1984) 		Innocence Is No Excuse
(1985) 		Rock the Nations
(1986)
Singles from Innocence Is No Excuse
  1. "Back on the Streets"
    Released: 22 July 1985[2]
  2. "Rockin' Again"
    Released: 30 September 1985[3]
  3. "Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy"
    Released: 17 March 1986[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Classic Rock[6]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[7]

Innocence Is No Excuse is the seventh studio album by English heavy metal band Saxon, released in September 1985. It was the band's first album for EMI after a falling-out with their previous label, Carrere Records, and their last with original bassist Steve Dawson.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 23.
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 18.
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 12.
  4. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 10.
  5. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Saxon Innocence Is No Excuse". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  6. ^ Hotten, Jon (March 2010). "Saxon – Reissues". Classic Rock. No. 142. p. 92.
  7. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 978-1894959315.