Force It
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Force It is the fourth album
by UFO
, released in 1975. It became their first album to chart in the United States.
The album was produced by Ten Years After
bass player Leo Lyons
. Another Ten Years After
member, Chick Churchill
, played keyboards
, the first use of that instrument on a UFO record.
The CD reissue was remaster
ed at Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge
in 1994.
, as were almost all other UFO albums of the 1970s. For years, the genders of the couple in the bath were unknown, and the nudity was on the verge of decency standards. The models were actually Genesis P Orridge and girlfriend Cosey Fanni Tutti
, both later of the band Throbbing Gristle
. The artwork was softened for the initial US release, making the loving couple in the bathtub transparent. There are two taps (British English) or "faucets" (US English) in the foreground, which suggests the title is a pun.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by UFO
UFO (band)
UFO are an English heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
, released in 1975. It became their first album to chart in the United States.
The album was produced by Ten Years After
Ten Years After
Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart...
bass player Leo Lyons
Leo Lyons
Leo Lyons is an English rock musician, who was also the bassist of the British late 1960s to 1970s rock group Ten Years After....
. Another Ten Years After
Ten Years After
Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart...
member, Chick Churchill
Chick Churchill
Chick Churchill is the keyboard player of the British late 1960s to 70s rock band, Ten Years After.-Career:...
, played keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, the first use of that instrument on a UFO record.
The CD reissue was remaster
Remaster
Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began...
ed at Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
in 1994.
Album cover
The somewhat controversial original cover was designed by HipgnosisHipgnosis
Hipgnosis was a British art design group that specialized in creating cover art for the albums of rock musicians and bands, most notably Pink Floyd, T.Rex, The Pretty Things, UFO, 10cc, Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Scorpions, Yes, The Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, ELO and XTC...
, as were almost all other UFO albums of the 1970s. For years, the genders of the couple in the bath were unknown, and the nudity was on the verge of decency standards. The models were actually Genesis P Orridge and girlfriend Cosey Fanni Tutti
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Cosey Fanni Tutti is best known as a performance artist and for her time in Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey....
, both later of the band Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...
. The artwork was softened for the initial US release, making the loving couple in the bathtub transparent. There are two taps (British English) or "faucets" (US English) in the foreground, which suggests the title is a pun.
Side one
- "Let It Roll" (Michael SchenkerMichael SchenkerMichael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...
, Phil MoggPhil MoggPhillip John 'Phil' Mogg is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979...
) – 3:57 - "Shoot Shoot" (Schenker, Mogg, Pete WayPete WayPeter 'Pete' Frederick Way is a bass player.He is the bassist of UFO, Waysted and formerly, Fastway and Ozzy Osbourne....
, Andy Parker) – 3:40 - "High Flyer" (Schenker, Mogg) – 4:08
- "Love Lost Love" (Schenker, Mogg) – 3:21
- "Out in the Street" (Way, Mogg) – 5:18
Side two
- "Mother Mary" (Schenker, Mogg, Way, Parker) – 3:49
- "Too Much of Nothing" (Way) – 4:02
- "Dance Your Life Away" (Schenker, Mogg) – 3:35
- "This Kid's including Between the Walls" (Schenker, Mogg) – 6:13
2007 CD reissue Bonus Tracks
- "A Million Miles" (previously unreleased) - 4:49
- "Mother Mary" (live) - 4:04
- "Out in the Street" (live) - 5:12
- "Shoot Shoot" (live) - 3:48
- "Let It Roll" (live) - 4:59
- "This Kid's" (live) - 4:19
Band members
- Phil MoggPhil MoggPhillip John 'Phil' Mogg is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979...
– vocals - Michael SchenkerMichael SchenkerMichael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Pete WayPete WayPeter 'Pete' Frederick Way is a bass player.He is the bassist of UFO, Waysted and formerly, Fastway and Ozzy Osbourne....
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Andy Parker – drums
Charts
Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Pop Albums | 71 |