Making Contact (album)

Making Contact
Studio album by UFO
Released	January 1983 [1]
Recorded	August–December 1982
Studio	The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire Townhouse Studios White House Studios Maison Rouge Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	43:24
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Mick Glossop
UFO chronology
Mechanix (1982) Making Contact (1983) Misdemeanor (1985)
Singles from Making Contact
"When It's Time to Rock" Released: 4 March 1983 [2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10 [4]

Making Contact is the eleventh studio album by English hard rock band UFO, released in January 1983. It was their first album without founder and bassist Pete Way. UFO disbanded after an unsuccessful European tour and a few UK dates in 1983.

Recording

Recording commenced with Gary Lyons, who had produced the band's previous album, Mechanix . Phil Mogg said, "We had to sack Gary after about 4 weeks when we realised we were paying him a lot of money and he wasn't doing very much." Neil Carter added, "Mick's a very hard working bloke, whereas Lyons would only be there for 10 minutes a day." ^[5]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Bass	Length
1.	"Blinded by a Lie"	Neil Carter, Phil Mogg	Carter	3:58
2.	"Diesel in the Dust"	Carter, Mogg	Chapman	4:29
3.	"A Fool for Love"	Carter, Mogg	Chapman	3:57
4.	"You and Me"	Carter, Mogg	Chapman	3:20
5.	"When It's Time to Rock"	Paul Chapman, Mogg	Carter	5:26

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Bass	Length
6.	"The Way the Wild Wind Blows"	Carter, Chapman, Mogg	Chapman	4:14
7.	"Call My Name"	Carter, Mogg	Chapman	3:14
8.	"All Over You"	Carter, Mogg	Carter	4:24
9.	"No Getaway"	Carter, Chapman, Mogg	Carter	3:32
10.	"Push, It's Love"	Carter, Mogg	Chapman	3:16
Total length:				39:50

2009 Remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Notes	Length
11.	"Everybody Knows" (Bass: Chapman)	Chapman, Mogg	B-side «When It's Time to Rock»	3:36
12.	"When It's Time to Rock" (Bass: Paul Gray)		Live from Birmingham 26 March 1983	5:48
13.	"Blinded by a Lie" (Bass: Gray)		Live from Oxford 25 March 1983	3:48
Total length:				53:02

Personnel

UFO

• Phil Mogg – vocals
• Paul Chapman – lead guitar, bass
• Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm guitar, bass on tracks 1, 5, 8 & 9, backing vocals
• Andy Parker – drums
• Paul Gray – bass on bonus tracks 12 & 13

Production

• Mick Glossop – producer, engineer
• Peter Thea, Richard Mainwaring – engineers
• Gavin McKillop, Keith Nixon, Leigh Mantle – assistant engineers
• Alan Adler – illustration
• John Pasche, Andrew Ellis – art direction

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6]	97
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [7]	35
UK Albums (OCC) [8]	32
US Billboard 200 [9]	153

References

1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 853. ISBN   9780862415419.
2. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 853. ISBN   9780862415419.
3. Anderson, Jason. "UFO Making Contact review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 31 August 2011.
4. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 376–377. ISBN   978-1894959315.
5. Dave Dickson (10 February 1983). "Is Anybody Out There?". Kerrang! . No. 35. p. 22.
6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6284b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – UFO – Making Contact". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
9. "Billboard 200 - May 14, 1983". Billboard . Retrieved 15 May 2021.