Misdemeanor (UFO album)

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Misdemeanor
Misdemeanor albumcover.jpg
Studio album by
UFO
ReleasedNovember 1985 (UK)
March 1986 (USA)
Recorded The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length46:31
Label Chrysalis
Producer Nick Tauber
UFO chronology
Making Contact
(1983)		Misdemeanor
(1985)		 Ain't Misbehavin'
(1988)
Singles from Misdemeanor
  1. "This Time"
    Released: October 1985 (UK) [1]
  2. "Night Run (US remix)"
    Released: February 1986 [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 3/10 [4]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]

Misdemeanor is the twelfth studio album by the British hard rock band UFO. After the disastrous tour supporting Making Contact , UFO disbanded, with Phil Mogg spending time in Los Angeles, where he contacted (through Mike Varney) guitarist Atomik Tommy M. Mogg decided to start a new band, involving the new American guitarist and Paul Gray, who had played bass guitar in the last UFO tour. The three of them recruited former UFO keyboard player Paul Raymond and drummer Robbie France and started writing new material. Chrysalis Records signed the new band as UFO and assigned experienced producer Nick Tauber for the recording process of a new album. France resigned before the recording started and was replaced by former Magnum drummer Jim Simpson. [6] Paul Raymond quit the band during their US tour in August 1986 and was replaced for the rest of the tour by David Jacobson. [7]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Time" Paul Gray, Phil Mogg 4:36
2."One Heart"Gray, Mogg, Tommy McClendon 4:09
3."Night Run"Gray, Mogg, McClendon4:32
4."The Only Ones"Gray, Mogg5:16
5."Meanstreets"McClendon, Mogg4:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Name of Love"McClendon, Mogg4:37
7."Blue"Gray, Mogg5:18
8."Dream the Dream" Paul Raymond, Mogg4:32
9."Heaven's Gate"McClendon, Mogg4:15
10."Wreckless"McClendon, Mogg4:59
Japanese CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Night Run" (U.S. Remix)4:24
12."This Time" (U.S. Remix)4:39
13."Heaven's Gate" (U.S. Remix)4:15

Personnel

UFO
Production

Charts

Chart (1985-1986)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 74
Billboard 200 [9] 106

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References

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  3. ↑ Anderson, Jason. "UFO Misdemeanor review". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 1 September 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. p. 377. ISBN   978-1894959315.
  5. ↑ Dickson, Dave (14 November 1985). "UFO 'Misdemeanor'". Kerrang! . Vol. 107. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 24.
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