UFO Force it 1980 Release Chrysalis Records Vinyl LP Alternate Cover
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Force It Studio album by UFO Released July 1975 Recorded Morgan Studios and Wessex Sound Studios, London Genre Heavy metal Length 38:11 Label Chrysalis Producer Leo Lyons UFO chronology Phenomenon
(1974) Force It
(1975) No Heavy Petting
(1976) Singles from Force It
- "Shoot Shoot"
Released: 1975 (Europe)
Force It is the fourth studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in 1975. It became their first album to chart in the United States.
The album was produced by Ten Years After bass player Leo Lyons. Another Ten Years After member, Chick Churchill, played Fender Rhodes electric piano keyboard, the first use of that instrument on a UFO record.
Album cover
The somewhat controversial original cover was designed by Hipgnosis, as were almost all other UFO albums of the 1970s. The nudity on the cover verged on breaching decency standards and the genders of the couple in the bathtub were not known for several years. The models were later revealed to be Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, both later of the influential industrial band Throbbing Gristle. The artwork was softened for the initial US release, making the couple in the bathtub transparent. The cover is a pun — there are multiple taps (British English) or "faucets" (US English) in the picture, which is a play on the album's title.
Critical reception
Reviewing the LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Heavy metal that's not hard to take? What? Well, the whole first side moves to smartly you could almost mistake it for rock and roll." Eduardo Rivadavia, reviewer for AllMusic, wrote: "One of the band's best albums, Force It will not disappoint lovers of '70s English hard rock."
Track listing
All tracks are written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg, except where noted.
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Let It Roll" 3:57 2. "Shoot Shoot" Schenker, Mogg, Pete Way, Andy Parker 3:40 3. "High Flyer" 4:08 4. "Love Lost Love" 3:21 5. "Out in the Street" Way, Mogg 5:18 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 6. "Mother Mary" Schenker, Mogg, Way, Parker 3:49 7. "Too Much of Nothing" Way 4:02 8. "Dance Your Life Away" 3:35 9. "This Kid's" (including "Between the Walls", written by Schenker) 6:13price rating
