Force It

Force It is the fourth album by 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 keyboards, the first use of that instrument on a UFO record.

The CD reissue was remastered at Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge in 1994.

Album cover

The somewhat controversial original cover was designed by Hipgnosis, as were almost all other UFO albums of the 1970s. For years, the genders of the couple in the bath were unknown, and the nudity was on the verge of decency standards. The models were actually Genesis P Orridge and girlfriend Cosey Fanni Tutti, both later of the band Throbbing Gristle.^[3] The artwork was softened for the initial US release, making the loving couple in the bathtub transparent. There are two taps (British English) or "faucets" (US English) in the foreground, which suggests the title is a pun.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Let It Roll" (Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg) – 3:57
2. "Shoot Shoot" (Schenker, Mogg, Pete Way, Andy Parker) – 3:40
3. "High Flyer" (Schenker, Mogg) – 4:08
4. "Love Lost Love" (Schenker, Mogg) – 3:21
5. "Out in the Street" (Way, Mogg) – 5:18

Side two

6. "Mother Mary" (Schenker, Mogg, Way, Parker) – 3:49
7. "Too Much of Nothing" (Way) – 4:02
8. "Dance Your Life Away" (Schenker, Mogg) – 3:35
9. "This Kid's including Between the Walls" (Schenker, Mogg) – 6:13

2007 CD reissue Bonus Tracks

10. "A Million Miles" (previously unreleased) - 4:49
11. "Mother Mary" (live) - 4:04
12. "Out in the Street" (live) - 5:12
13. "Shoot Shoot" (live) - 3:48
14. "Let It Roll" (live) - 4:59
15. "This Kid's" (live) - 4:19

Singles

• "Shoot Shoot" / "Love Lost Love" (1975)
• "High Flyer" / "Let It Roll" (1975)

Personnel

Band members

• Phil Mogg – vocals
• Michael Schenker – guitar
• Pete Way – bass
• Andy Parker – drums

Additional musicians

• Chick Churchill - keyboards

Charts

Billboard (North America)^[4]

References