No Guts. No Glory. is the second studio album by Australian hard rock band Airbourne and the follow-up to their 2007 debut Runnin' Wild. The album was released on 8 March 2010, in Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia and on 20 April 2010 in the US.[11]

No Guts. No Glory.
Studio album by
Released8 March 2010
StudioGroovemaster Recordings, Chicago
Hothouse Recordings, St. Kilda, Melbourne (bonus tracks)
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length46:53
60:33 (special edition)
LabelEMI (Australia)
Roadrunner (rest of the world)
ProducerJohnny K
Airbourne chronology
Runnin' Wild
(2007)
No Guts. No Glory.
(2010)
Black Dog Barking
(2013)
Singles from No Guts. No Glory.
  1. "No Way But the Hard Way"
    Released: 8 February 2010
  2. "Blonde, Bad and Beautiful"
    Released: 18 June 2010
  3. "Bottom of the Well"
    Released: 13 October 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
BBC Music8/10[3]
Classic Rock8/10[4]
The Guardian[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]
Q[7]
Rock Sound7/10[8]
Spin4/10[9]
Sputnikmusic[10]

The first single from the record was "No Way But the Hard Way" and was made available on iTunes on 9 February 2010.

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Joel and Ryan O'Keeffe

No.TitleLength
1."Born to Kill"3:39
2."No Way But the Hard Way"3:34
3."Blonde, Bad and Beautiful"3:49
4."Raise the Flag"3:32
5."Bottom of the Well"4:29
6."White Line Fever"3:10
7."It Ain't Over Till It's Over"3:17
8."Steel Town"3:08
9."Chewin' the Fat"3:11
10."Get Busy Livin'"3:36
11."Armed and Dangerous"4:12
12."Overdrive"3:22
13."Back on the Bottle"3:50

Special Edition bonus tracks edit

No.TitleLength
14."Loaded Gun"2:51
15."My Dynamite Will Blow You Sky High (And Get Ya Moanin' After Midnight)"3:24
16."Rattle Your Bones"2:36
17."Kickin' It Old School"2:37
18."Devil's Child"2:12
  • The Japanese pressing replaces "Devil's Child" and "Kickin' It Old School" with "Heads Are Gonna Roll" – 3:48 as a bonus track.

Personnel edit

Airbourne
  • Joel O'Keeffe – lead vocals, lead guitar
  • David Roads – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Justin Street – bass, backing vocals
  • Ryan O'Keeffe – drums
Production
  • Johnny K – producer, engineer
  • Daniel Salcido, Matt Dougherty – engineers
  • Mike Cashin – assistant engineer
  • Mike Fraser – mixing at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

Charts edit

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 21
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 93
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 81
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 17
French Albums (SNEP)[17] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 64
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 93
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 9
Scottish Albums (OCC)[22] 23
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[23] 67
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[26] 31
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[27] 1
US Billboard 200[28] 90
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[29] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[30] 28

References edit

  1. ^ "Reviews for No Guts. No Glory. by Airbourne – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Airboune – No Guts No Glory review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ Moffitt, Greg (2010). "Airbourne No Guts. No Glory. Review". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  4. ^ Lawson, Don (March 2010). "Airbourne – No Guts No Glory". Classic Rock. No. 142. p. 88.
  5. ^ Hann, Michael (4 March 2010). "The Guardian review". London.
  6. ^ Begrand, Adrien (18 April 2010). "Airboune: No Guts. No Glory". PopMatters. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Airbourne – No Guts No Glory". Q. No. 285. April 2010. p. 106. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  8. ^ Walker, Jen (7 March 2010). "Airboune – No Guts No Glory". Rock Sound. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. ^ Peisner, David (8 May 2010). "Airboune, No Guts. No Glory. (Roadrunner)". Spin. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Airboune – No Guts. No Glory. (Special Edition)". Sputnikmusic. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Airbourne: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
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  21. ^ "Charts.nz – Airbourne – No Guts. No Glory.". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  22. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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  26. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  27. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  28. ^ "Airbourne Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  29. ^ "Airbourne Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  30. ^ "Airbourne Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 17, 2023.

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