Obsession (UFO album)
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Obsession is the seventh album
by the British
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.
2008 EMI
's remastered edition includes 3 bonus live tracks, and also some writing credits are corrected.
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 the British
United Kingdom
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rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band 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 1978. This was the final studio album to feature Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker
Michael 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...
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.
2008 EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
's remastered edition includes 3 bonus live tracks, and also some writing credits are corrected.
Track listing
- "Only You Can Rock Me" (Pete WayPete WayPeter 'Pete' Frederick Way is a bass player.He is the bassist of UFO, Waysted and formerly, Fastway and Ozzy Osbourne....
, 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...
) – 4:08 - "Pack It Up (And Go)" (Way, Schenker, Mogg) – 3:14
- "Arbory Hill" (Schenker) – 1:11
- "Ain't No Baby" (Mogg, Paul RaymondPaul Raymond (musician)Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
- originally Way, Mogg) – 3:58 - "Lookin' Out for No. 1" (Mogg, Raymond - originally Way, Mogg) – 4:34
- "Hot 'n' Ready" (Schenker, Mogg) – 3:16
- "Cherry" (Way, Mogg) – 3:34
- "You Don't Fool Me" (Raymond, Andy Parker, Mogg - originally Way, Parker, Mogg) – 3:23
- "Lookin' Out for No. 1 (Reprise)" (Schenker, Raymond) – 1:14
- "One More for the Rodeo" (Way, Mogg) – 3:45
- "Born to Lose" (Schenker, Mogg, Raymond - originally Schenker, Way, Mogg) – 3:31
2008 EMI's remastered CD reissue bonus tracks
- "Hot 'n' Ready" (live) - 3:34
- "Pack It Up (And Go)" (live) - 3:38
- "Ain't No Baby" (live) - 4:40
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...
- guitar, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
on Arbory Hill - Paul RaymondPaul Raymond (musician)Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
- rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals - Pete WayPete WayPeter 'Pete' Frederick Way is a bass player.He is the bassist of UFO, Waysted and formerly, Fastway and Ozzy Osbourne....
- bass - Andy Parker - drums
Production
- Ron NevisonRon NevisonMulti-platinum record producer Ron Nevison, throughout his career, has operated much like a surgeon, brought in during a critical point in a band's career to bring them back to the top from the commercial brink...
- producer - Alan McMillan - conductor, string arrangements, string conductor
- Mike ClinkMike ClinkMike Clink is a record producer who started his career as an engineer at Record Plant Studios, recording such bands as Triumph, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, UFO , Jefferson Starship, The Babys, Heart, Eddie Money and many others.Clink began producing in 1986...
- assistant engineer
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Pop Albums | 41 |