#Ufo lights out playlist full#

Seamlessly combines melody with heavy.Ĭristian Draper: One of the best UFO's albums in the best moment of Michael Schenker (hidden in the photograph of the album, did you find him?). Not much more to be said, really.īryan Aguilar: Fantastic album. Joe Cogan: Generic mid-70s hard rock from a generic mid-70s hard rock band. I'm not saying it IS turgid and stereotypical just that I find it so. I've never liked UFO and although I listened to this twice yesterday I still find it turgid and stereotypical. Jim Linning: For all those who criticised the likes of me giving OK Computer 1/10 because we are, let's paraphrase here, 'old farts', this one should be right up my street yes? Well no actually. That said, anyone who thinks this album demonstrates more skill, invention and better songwriting than OK Computer are clearly just stuck in their own little world. It’s the best UFO album, and probably the last great old school hard rock album of the 70s before Van Halen and NWOBHN changed the game. Russ Furmston: I’ve always loved this album. Try me is one of the greatest songs of all time. They can rock with the best of them but what sets them apart from the rest is the slow songs. One of the most brilliant albums ever made. Ron Ostrander: This album changed everything. This is not my favourite UFO record, that would be No Heavy Petting, but it’s a hell of a fine record nonetheless.Īll band members are on fire and there’s a lot of personality in the songs. Yes, that is why Mustaine is credited as a writer on Ride the Lightning. The idea behind one of its many riffs will inspire a part of Diamond Head’s Sucking My Love, which, in turn, will be the main inspiration behind the riff that backs Ride the Lightning’s solo and opens Megadeth’s take on The Mechanix. Love To Love also is a miracle of a song. If opener Too Hot Handle might give the impression that this record is gonna be a stripped-down-balls-to-the-wall-amps-to-eleven version of the Stones, the amazingly heavy and futuristic arrangement of the title track wipes away with fury such misconception. Maxwell Martello: A truly magnificent record.

That's where Lyons excelled, getting the best out of them. UFO didn't need strings and glossy production, they needed to be unleashed in the studio. Jim Collins: Such a disappointment after the three classics produced by Leo Lyons. While it’s easy to revel in the guitar work, I think Phil Mogg’s voice is especially beautiful here. My kids have told me that this music does not sound dated and could easily fit in today’s rock scene. Great balance of rock and soft melodies that transcends time. Richard Cardenas: Great record and my favorite listed on this site. Those tracks are the reason Lights Out is not quite up to par as Jailbreak, yet its strongest moments solidify it as an essential Hard Rock staple.

#Ufo lights out playlist full#

'On a record full of strengths that plays well to its genre, the only points of weakness can be found on Try Me, which is definitely not a manly power ballad and thus is grossly out of place, and Alone Again Or, which would be better suited on an early Journey album. On Lights Out, all three of these traits come together in powerful fashion, most notably on the space rocker-cum-ballad Love to Love, where a ridiculously heavy intro gives way to flourishing poetics' ( AllMusic) Within a Euro-blues framework, the classic lineup that lasted from Phenomenon through Strangers in the Night incorporated challenging dynamics, epic balladry, and a more than occasional sensitivity. 'Despite a few generic moments, Lights Out is probably the best studio document of what elevated UFO above the '70s hard rock fray.