Obsession | ||||
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Released | June 1978 [1] | |||
Studio | C.P. McGregors, Western Avenue, Los Angeles and West 3rd Carrier Station, Beverley Hills, California with The Record Plant Mobile | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 35:59 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Producer | Ron Nevison | |||
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Singles from Obsession | ||||
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C− [7] |
Obsession is the seventh studio album by English rock band UFO, released in 1978. This was the final studio album to feature Michael Schenker on lead guitar until he returned to the band in 1993. A single from the album, "Only You Can Rock Me" / "Cherry", was also released in 1978. So too was the band's first 3-track EP "Only You Can Rock Me", "Cherry" / "Rock Bottom", reaching No. 50 in the UK. The album was recorded at an abandoned post office in Los Angeles.
EMI's 2008 remastered edition includes 3 bonus live tracks, and also some writing credits are corrected.
Reviewing the LP in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "I've admired their forward motion and facile riffs, so it's my duty to report that they've degenerated into the usual exhibitionism. Theme song: 'Lookin' Out for No. 1,' a turn of phrase that's becoming as much of a watchword in late '70s rock as 'get together' was in the late '60s." [7]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Only You Can Rock Me" | Pete Way, Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg | 4:08 |
2. | "Pack It Up (And Go)" | Way, Schenker, Mogg | 3:14 |
3. | "Arbory Hill" | Schenker | 1:11 |
4. | "Ain't No Baby" | Mogg, Paul Raymond | 3:58 |
5. | "Lookin' Out for No. 1" | Mogg, Raymond | 4:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Hot 'n' Ready" | Schenker, Mogg | 3:16 |
7. | "Cherry" | Way, Mogg | 3:34 |
8. | "You Don't Fool Me" | Raymond, Andy Parker, Mogg | 3:23 |
9. | "Lookin' Out for No. 1" (reprise) | Schenker, Raymond | 1:14 |
10. | "One More for the Rodeo" | Way, Mogg | 3:45 |
11. | "Born to Lose" | Schenker, Mogg, Raymond | 3:31 |
Total length: | 35:59 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Hot 'n' Ready" (live In Columbus, Ohio, 17/10/78) | 3:34 |
13. | "Pack It Up (And Go)" (live In Columbus, Ohio, 17/10/78) | 3:38 |
14. | "Ain't No Baby" (live In Kenosha, Wisconsin, 14/10/78) | 4:40 |
Total length: | 46:57 |
UFO
Production
Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8] | 89 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [9] | 68 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] | 31 |
UK Albums (OCC) [11] | 26 |
US Billboard 200 [12] | 41 |
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