Force It
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Force It is the fourth studio album by English rock band UFO, released in 1975. It was 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.
The CD reissue was remastered at Sound Recording Technology in Cambridge in 1994.
Album cover
The somewhat controversial original album cover was designed by Hipgnosis, as were almost all other UFO album covers of the 1970s. The nudity on the cover verged on breaching decency standards and the sexes 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.[1] 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.[2]
Critical reception
Template:Album ratings 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 [sic] smartly you could almost mistake it for rock and roll."[3] Eduardo Rivadavia, reviewer for AllMusic, wrote: "One of the band's best albums, Force It will not disappoint lovers of '70s English hard rock."[4] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff indicated this album as the first of "the band's classic era", spinning "arresting tales of the street, all the while wrestling with and taming the monster that was heavy metal, infusing the beast with wit, subtlety, restraint and British aristocratic class."[5]
Track listing
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2021 2-CD Deluxe Edition
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Personnel
- UFO
- Phil Mogg – vocals
- Andy Parker – drums
- Pete Way – bass
- Michael Schenker – guitar
- Additional musicians
- Chick Churchill – keyboards
- James Dewar – backing vocals
- Production
Charts
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| US Billboard 200[6] | 71 |
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