The Unforgiven (album)

The Unforgiven
Studio album by Michael Schenker Group
Released	11 February 1999
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	57:46
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Michael Schenker, Mike Varney
Michael Schenker Group chronology
The Michael Schenker Story Live (1997) The Unforgiven (1999) The Unforgiven World Tour (1999)
Michael Schenker chronology
Thank You with Orchestra (1999) The Unforgiven (1999) The Unforgiven World Tour (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]

The Unforgiven is the ninth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups and the sixth studio album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group released in 1999 .

Track listing

All music by Michael Schenker, all lyrics by Kelly Keeling

1. "Rude Awakening" – 5:02
2. "The Mess I've Made" – 4:31
3. "In and Out of Time" – 3:44
4. "Hello Angel" – 5:13
5. "Fat City N.O." – 4:16
6. "Tower" – 5:11
7. "Pilot of Your Soul" – 4:25
8. "Forever and More" – 5:43
9. "Turning off the Emotion" – 5:15
10. "Live for Today" – 4:40
11. "Illusion" – 3:57
12. "The Storm" – 5:18

Personnel

Band members

• Kelly Keeling - lead vocals
• Michael Schenker - lead and rhythm guitars
• Seth "Sneef" Bernstein - keyboards and additional rhythm guitars
• John Onder - bass guitar
• Shane Gaalaas - drums

Additional musicians

• Jesse Bradman - keyboards on tracks 4, 8, 12 and background vocals on tracks 5, 11
• Louis Maldonado - rhythm guitar on "Rude Awakening" and background vocals on "Fat City N.O."

Production

• Michael Schenker, Mike Varney - producers
• Mark 'Mooka' Rennick, Ralph Patlan - engineers, mixing
• Joe Marquez - engineer
• Gene Cornelius, Robert McGraw - assistant engineers
• Greg Schnitzer - mastering at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California
• Dave Stephens - graphic design

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	92
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4]	58

References

1. Anderson, Jason. "Michael Schenker The Unforgiven". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 386. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. "Offiziellecharts.de – Michael Schenker Group – The Unforgiven" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
4. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.