Force It

by UFO

Force It cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:05:24
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Andy Parker, Phil Mogg, Pete Way, Michael Schenker

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Boasting controversial, highly provocative cover art by Hipgnosis, UFO's 'Force It' is a pivotal, ferociously guitar-heavy transition point for British hard rock. Driven by the blistering virtuosity of Michael Schenker, the album is fiercely energetic and highly rhythmic, balancing wildly powerful heavy metal proto-anthems with beautifully melodic, slightly anxious bittersweet ballads.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Let It Roll (3:57)
  2. Shoot Shoot (3:39)
  3. High Flyer (4:08)
  4. Love Lost Love (3:21)
  5. Out in the Street (5:18)
  6. Mother Mary (3:49)
  7. Too Much of Nothing (4:02)
  8. Dance Your Life Away (3:35)
  9. This Kid's / Between the Walls (6:17)
  10. A Million Miles (4:49)
  11. Mother Mary - BBC Radio 1 Session, 11 December 1975 (4:04)
  12. Out in the Street - BBC Radio 1 Session, 11 December 1975 (5:12)
  13. Shoot Shoot - BBC Radio 1 Session, 11 December 1975 (3:48)
  14. Let It Roll - Live at the Roundhouse, 25 April 1976 (4:59)
  15. This Kid's - Live at the Roundhouse, 25 April 1976 (4:19)

Credits

  • UFO - primary artist
  • Pete Way - bass, written-by
  • Peter Christopherson - design [cover design, uncredited]
  • Hipgnosis - design [cover design], photography by [photos]
  • Andy Parker - drums, written-by
  • Mike Bobak - engineer [engineered by]
  • Mike Thompson - engineer [engineered by]
  • Michael Schenker - guitar, written-by
  • Chick Churchill - keyboards [guest on keyboards]
  • Arun Chakraverty - mastered by [tape mastering]
  • Cosey Fanni Tutti - model [uncredited]
  • Genesis P-Orridge - model [uncredited]
  • Leo Lyons - producer [produced by]
  • Phil Mogg - vocals, written-by

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