Ain't Misbehavin' (UFO album)

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Ain't Misbehavin'
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EP by
UFO
Released28 March 1988 [1]
Recorded1987
StudioAbattoir Studio, Birmingham and S.S.E., UK
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length26:55
Label FM/Revolver
Producer Neil Levine
UFO chronology
Misdemeanor
(1985)
Ain't Misbehavin'
(1988)
High Stakes & Dangerous Men
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 4/10 [3]

Ain't Misbehavin' is an EP by English rock band UFO, recorded in 1987 after the band's USA tour, and released early in 1988.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Between a Rock and a Hard Place" Tommy McClendon, Phil Mogg 3:37
2."Another Saturday Night" Paul Gray, Mogg4:39
3."At War with the World"McClendon, Mogg3:03
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Hunger in the Night"McClendon, Mogg, Gray4:10
5."Easy Money"McClendon, Mogg3:37
6."Rock Boyz, Rock"McClendon, Mogg, Gray, Jim Simpson3:19
CD edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Lonely Cities (Of the Heart)"McClendon, Mogg4:16

Personnel

UFO
Production

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References

  1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 34.
  2. Ain't Misbehavin' at AllMusic
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 377. ISBN   978-1894959315.