The Best Of (UFO album)
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The Best of UFO is a compilation album of the British hard rock
band UFO
. The album was produced by EMI Music and distributed by CEMA Special Markets as part of the compilation series 'Ten Best Series' in 2002. This 'Ten Best' CD is a compilation of hits originally released on Chrysalis Records
, from 1976 through 1980.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
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...
. The album was produced by EMI Music and distributed by CEMA Special Markets as part of the compilation series 'Ten Best Series' in 2002. This 'Ten Best' CD is a compilation of hits originally released on Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
, from 1976 through 1980.
Track listing
- "Lights Out" (live) - 5:06 (from the live album Strangers in the NightStrangers in the Night"Strangers in the Night" is a popular song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. It was originally created under the title Beddy Bye as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed...
) - "Only You Can Rock Me" (live) - 4:06 (from the live album Strangers in the Night)
- "Too Hot to Handle" - 3:37 (from the album Lights OutLights Out (UFO album)Lights Out is the sixth studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in May and also on October 11, 1977 . All songs are band originals except for "Alone Again Or" which is a cover of a song by the band Love....
) - "Love to Love" - 7:39 (from the album Lights Out)
- "Doctor DoctorDoctor Doctor (UFO song)"Doctor Doctor" is a single released by the British hard rock band UFO. It's the band's first hit single in the UK. The song was written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg and is included in UFO's third album Phenomenon of 1974. It was released as a single in Europe, but not in the United Kingdom...
" - 4:09 (from the album PhenomenonPhenomenon (UFO album)Phenomenon is the third studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in May 1974.- Production :This was the third studio album and the debut on Chrysalis. UFO left their blues-based "space rock" sound behind, in part due to the presence of new guitarist Michael Schenker. The album was...
) - "Rock Bottom" - 6:29 (from the album Phenomenon)
- "Lettin' Go" - 3:53 (from the album No Place to RunNo Place to Run (album)No Place to Run is the eighth album by the band UFO. It was released in January, 1980 No Place to Run is the eighth album by the band UFO. It was released in January, 1980 No Place to Run is the eighth album by the band UFO. It was released in January, 1980 (date by official UFO site on Chrysalis....
) - "Cherry" - 3:34 (from the album ObsessionObsession (UFO album)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....
) - "Out in the Street" - 5:12 (from the album Force ItForce ItForce 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...
) - "Mystery TrainMystery Train"Mystery Train" is a song written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips. It was first recorded in Phillip's Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee in 1953. Raymond Hill plays tenor sax and Matt Murphy plays lead guitar with Bill Johnson on piano, Pat Hare on...
" - 3:54 (from the album No Place to Run)