Covenant (UFO album)

Covenant
Studio album / Live album by UFO
Released	25 July 2000
Studio	Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California, LCM Studios, Novato, California
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	48:45 (CD1) + 34:06 (CD2)
Label	Shrapnel
Producer	Mike Varney, Ralph Patlan and UFO
UFO chronology
Walk on Water (1995) Covenant (2000) Sharks (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Covenant is the fifteenth album by the British hard rock band UFO. It was published as a limited edition 2-disc album, with disc 1, titled Covenant, containing entirely new material, and disc 2, titled Live USA, containing a collection of classics performed live. Covenant saw the return of Michael Schenker on guitar, as he had left the band in the middle of the Walk on Water tour.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg, except where inticated.

CD 1: Covenant album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Forever"		4:22
2.	"Unraveled"	Pete Way, Mogg	4:16
3.	"Miss the Lights"		4:43
4.	"Midnight Train"		4:55
5.	"Fool's Gold"		5:36
6.	"In the Middle of Madness"		3:48
7.	"The Smell of Money"		3:44
8.	"Rise Again"	Way, Mogg	4:30
9.	"Serenade"		5:00
10.	"Cowboy Joe"		4:13
11.	"The World and His Dog"		3:35

CD 2: Live USA

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mother Mary"		3:52
2.	"This Kids"		4:07
3.	"Let It Roll"		4:41
4.	"Out in the Street"	Way, Mogg	5:07
5.	"Venus"		4:51
6.	"Pushed to the Limit"		4:07
7.	"Love to Love"		7:16

Japanese edition additional live tracks

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Shoot Shoot"
9.	"C'mon Everybody"

• On CD 2, the following incorrect order of tracks is printed on the cover and on the disc itself:

Curiosity

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mother Mary"
2.	"Let It Roll"
3.	"This Kids"
4.	"Love to Love"
5.	"Out in the Street"
6.	"Pushed to the Limit"
7.	"Venus"

Personnel

Band members

• Phil Mogg – vocals
• Michael Schenker – guitar ^[3]
• Pete Way – bass
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums
• Simon Wright – drums (on Live USA)
• Paul Raymond – guitar, keyboards (on Live USA)

Additional musicians

• Jesse Bradman, Luis Maldonaldo ^[4] – backing vocals
• Kevin Carlson – keyboards

Production

• Mike Varney – producer
• Ralph Patlan – associate producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Joe Marquez – engineer, mixing
• Luis Maldonado – engineer, backing vocals
• Gene Cornelius – assistant engineer
• Tim Gennert – mastering
• Steve Jennings – photography

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5]	53
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [6]	20

References

1. Hill, Gary. "UFO - Covenant review". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 September 2011.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 4923. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
3. Saulnier, Jason (23 January 2009). "Michael Schenker Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
4. UFO (2000). Covenant (liner notes). Shrapnel Records. SH 11422.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – UFO – Covenant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
6. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.