Obsession (UFO album)
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Obsession is the seventh studio album by English rock band UFO, released in 1978. This was the final studio album to feature Michael Schenker on lead guitar,[1] until he returned to the band in 1993. A single from the album, "Only You Can Rock Me" / "Cherry", was also released in 1978. So too was the band's first three-track EP "Only You Can Rock Me", "Cherry" / "Rock Bottom", reaching No. 50 in the UK singles chart.[2] The album was recorded at an abandoned post office in Los Angeles.
EMI's 2008 remastered edition includes three bonus live tracks, and also some writing credits are corrected. In 2024, Chrysalis released a deluxe edition on 2 CD's and 3 LP's. It features new remaster as well as an entire live show from Cleveland, remixed in 2024 for this release.
Critical reception
Template:Music ratings Reviewing the LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "I've admired their forward motion and facile riffs, so it's my duty to report that they've degenerated into the usual exhibitionism. Theme song: 'Lookin' Out for No. 1,' a turn of phrase that's becoming as much of a watchword in late '70s rock as 'get together' was in the late '60s."[3] Greg Prato in his AllMusic review remarked how Obssession "indeed contain lots of prime metal cuts, but some of the material ultimately fell flat."[1] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff described the album as "an aseptically professional, melancholy, yet finely crafted and memorable display of keyboard-powered metal", but criticized Ron Nevison's "brash, boomy live-feel production" and "the almost total lack of the band's connecting, warm hard rock".[4]
Track listing
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Personnel
UFO
- Phil Mogg – vocals
- Michael Schenker – guitar
- Paul Raymond – keyboards, guitar
- Pete Way – bass
- Andy Parker – drums
Production
- Ron Nevison – producer
- Mike Clink – assistant engineer
- Alan McMillan – conductor, string arrangements, string conductor
- Hipgnosis – cover art
Charts
Template:Album chartTemplate:Album chartTemplate:Album chart| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] | 89 |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 41 |
References
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