G-Force is a 1980 album by the namesake UK-American band led by Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

. Moore was on an American tour with Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

 and left the band mid-tour. He went to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 in an attempt to make a solo rock presence. With the opportunity to tour America in support of Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...

, Moore recruited bassist Tony Newton

Tony Newton

Antony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...

 (Motown session player and ex-Tony Williams Lifetime), vocalist Willie Dee (born Willy Daffern; ex-Captain Beyond

Captain Beyond

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/Pipedream) and percussionist Mark Nauseef

Mark Nauseef

Mark Nauseef , is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily, Thin Lizzy, to a wide range of musical styles in more recent times, playing with many notable musicians from all...

 (formerly with the Ian Gillan Band

Ian Gillan Band

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 and Elf

Elf (band)

Elf was a rock band founded in 1967 by the late singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein . The band was originally called The Electric Elves, but was shortened to The Elves and finally Elf in mid-1970...

) and the band was formed as G-Force. The tour was a success, and the band supported Whitesnake

Whitesnake

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 on their 1980 Ready & Willing trek. However, the band was short lived, only producing the one eponymous album. The album consisted of more conventional hard rock

Hard rock

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 radio oriented music than Moore's previous efforts. Soon after its release, G-Force disbanded and Moore joined with Greg Lake

Greg Lake

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 of Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

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 fame, on a new venture.

Track listing

1. "You" (Moore) - 4:11
2. "White Knuckles/Rockin' and Rollin'" (Moore, Nauseef) - 5:10
3. "She's Got You" (Moore/Nauseef) - 4:53
4. "I Look at You" (Moore) - 6:02
5. "Because of Your Love" (Newton/Dee/Hitchings) - 4:00
6. "You Kissed Me Sweetly" (Newton/Dee/Moore) - 4:16
7. "Hot Gossip" (Moore) - 3:34
8. "The Woman's in Love" (Moore) - 3:53
9. "Dancin'" (Moore/Nauseef/Newton/Dee) - 4:30

Personnel

• Gary Moore
  Gary Moore
  Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....
  
   - vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
• Tony Newton
  Tony Newton
  Antony Harold "Tony" Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, PC, OBE , is a British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member...
  
   - bass guitar
• Mark Nauseef
  Mark Nauseef
  Mark Nauseef , is a drummer and percussionist who has enjoyed a varied career, ranging from rock music during the 1970s with his time as a member of the Ian Gillan Band and, temporarily, Thin Lizzy, to a wide range of musical styles in more recent times, playing with many notable musicians from all...
  
   - drums, percussion, synthesizers
• Willie Dee - keyboards, Korg bass synthesizer, vocals