G-Force (album)

While touring America with Thin Lizzy in support of the band's album Black Rose: A Rock Legend, Moore suddenly quit the band and moved to Los Angeles, hoping to establish a solo rock presence. With the opportunity to tour America in support of Van Halen, Moore recruited his one-time Thin Lizzy bandmate, drummer Mark Nauseef (Elf, the Ian Gillan Band), and vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple), dubbing the band "G-Force". Several months into rehearsals, Hughes left the band after an alcohol-fuelled altercation with Moore and was replaced with vocalist Willie Dee (born William Daffern; formerly of Captain Beyond and Pipedream) and Motown session bassist Tony Newton. The subsequent tour was a success, and the band went on to support Whitesnake on their 1980 Ready an' Willing tour. However, the project was short-lived, only producing the one eponymous album, which was re-mixed by Dennis Mackay. The album consisted of more conventional hard rock radio-oriented music than Moore's previous efforts. The band also recorded the Newton and Dee-penned song "Trust Your Lovin'", only released as a B-side to the 7" single "You".

Soon after the album was released, G-Force disbanded and Moore joined Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer fame on a new venture, a collaboration that led to Lake's eponymous debut solo album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Answers.com	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"You"	Gary Moore	Willie Dee & Moore	4:11
2.	"White Knuckles / Rockin' and Rollin'^†"	Moore / Moore, Mark Nauseef	Instrumental / Dee	5:10
3.	"She's Got You"	Moore, Nauseef	Dee & Moore	4:53
4.	"I Look at You"	Moore	Dee	6:02

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Because of Your Love"	Tony Newton, Dee, Duane Hitchings	Dee	4:00
2.	"You Kissed Me Sweetly"	Moore, Newton, Dee	Dee	4:16
3.	"Hot Gossip"	Moore	Moore	3:34
4.	"The Woman's in Love"	Moore	Moore & Dee	3:53
5.	"Dancin'"	Moore, Nauseef, Newton, Dee	Dee	4:30

^† — Separated into two tracks on some issues of the album

Personnel

Gary Moore - guitars, lead & backing vocals, keyboards on "I Look at You" and "The Woman's in Love", string arrangements on "I Look at You", production
Tony Newton - bass guitar, string arrangements on "You Kissed Me Sweetly", production
Mark Nauseef - drums, percussion, production
Willie Dee - lead & backing vocals, production

Additional musicians

Joachim Kuhn - keyboards
Tom Scott - saxophone on "The Woman's in Love", string arrangements on "I Look at You" and "You Kissed Me Sweetly"
Karat Faye - engineering
Moshe Brakha - photography

References

↑ Answers.com review
↑ Lovén, Lars. "G-Force - Gary Moore & G-Force | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

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Gary Moore Neil Carter Jonathan Noyce Darrin Mooney
Studio albums	Grinding Stone Back on the Streets G-Force (w/ G-Force) Corridors of Power Dirty Fingers Victims of the Future Run for Cover Wild Frontier After the War Still Got the Blues After Hours Blues for Greeny Dark Days in Paradise A Different Beat Back to the Blues Scars (w/ Scars) Power of the Blues Old New Ballads Blues Close as You Get Bad for You Baby
Live albums	Rockin' Every Night: Live in Japan Live at the Marquee / Live We Want Moore! Blues Alive Live at Monsters of Rock Essential Montreux Live at Montreux 2010 Blues for Jimi
Compilation albums	Gary Moore Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 Out in the Fields Blood of Emeralds Best of the Blues Have Some Moore Parisienne Walkways: The Blues Collection The Platinum Collection
Videography	One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott Live at Monsters of Rock Live at Montreux
Notable songs	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Out in the Fields" (w/ Phil Lynott) "Parisienne Walkways" "Still Got the Blues"
Related articles	Discography Skid Row (Irish band) Thin Lizzy Phil Lynott Colosseum II Greg Lake BBM

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