Audio CD review:
UFO - Best of UFO: Gold Collection

UFO - Best of UFO: Gold Collection

Band: UFO Title: Best of UFO: Gold Collection Rating: Release Date: 1996-07-27 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Doctor Doctor - UFO, Schenker, Michael 2: Only You Can Rock Me - UFO, Way, Pete 3: Let It Roll - UFO, Schenker, Michael 4: Shoot Shoot - UFO, Schenker, Michael 5: Let It Rain - UFO, Way, Peter 6: When It's Time to Rock - UFO, Chapman, Paul 7: Rock Bottom - UFO, Schenker, Michael 8: Love to Love - UFO, Schenker, Michael 9: High Flyer - UFO, Schenker, Michael 10: Can You Roll Her - UFO, Peyrone 11: Pack It Up (And Go) - UFO, Way, Peter 12: Hot 'N' Ready - UFO, Schenker, Mogg 13: This Time - UFO, Tauber, Nick 14: Long Gone - UFO, Chapman, Paul [2] 15: Young Blood - UFO, Mogg, Phil 16: Lonely Heart - UFO, Chapman, Paul [2]

Not what expected I would recommend their live CD "Strangers in the night" instead of this so called "best of. . " They left off "Lights out" and included other songs that are not up to par with the latter. . Key tracks missing What detracts from this "best of" package are the songs that aren't here. There's nothing included here that I would quibble about. No "Too Hot to Handle"? No "Lights Out"? It's like a Seeds collection without "Pushin' Too Hard. " . Nowhere Near the Best Of This is merely a selection of a few greats and an overview of the Paul Chapman era when to be honest none of the songs featured would ever make a true best of selection. This is nowhere near the "Best of" as there are too many classic UFO songs missing. Check out "Essential" for a more realistic best of collection for the period. Better still buy the Live "Strangers in the Night" album, which is excellent value and has all you need to start to appreciate a great band. . Best compilation.. This was a great band that never got the respect they deserved in America. Better than the previously released "Essential" compilation CD. If you want to own a real good overview, then this CD would be it. I would also recommend "Strangers in the Night" their double live LP from around '79 that captures them at their finest. One of the best hard and heavy live albums of the 70s. . Best single-disc collection of UFO tunes When someone mentions hardrock from this time period, most people will talk your ear off about Led Zepplin, Deep Purple, Rush, Van Halen, Ted Nugent, Black Sabbath and other high-profile, mainstream rock bands people went ga-ga over. UFO, while practically unheard of in America, were gigantic in Europe during the mid 70's to early 80's. You won't, however, hear much or anything at all about UFO, a band from the U. K. that had a certain ace-kraut guitarist and a heavy drinking lead singer, especially in this country. Too bad, because UFO has all of those aformentioned bands collectivly beat IMHO. UFO:Gold is probably the single best disc you can own from this band, if you can only own one at all. Other then *Force It*, thier albums had their share of filler material to go along with the "hits", so this solves that problem. Also, unlike *Essentilal*, this covers the underrated Paul Chapman-era. This CD covers all the albums from 74' (Phenomenon) to 85' (Misdemeanor). Here is the list of songs that made it off of each album. -PHENOMENON- (74) *Doctor Doctor* *Rock Bottom* -Force It- (75) *Let It Roll* *Shoot Shoot* *High Flyer* -No Heavy Petting- (76) *You Can Roll Her* -Lights Out- (77) *Too Hot To Handle* *Love To Love* -Obsession- (78) *Only You Can Rock Me* *Hot N Ready* *Pack It Up (and go)* -No Place To Run- (80) *Young Blood* -Wild, The Willing And The Innocent- (81) *Lonely Heart* *Long Gone* -Mechanix- (82) *Let It Rain* -Making Contact- (83) *When Its Time To Rock* -Misdemeanor- (85) *This Time* A awesome collection of songs from UFO, the most under-rated band, EVER! Everything you need is right here on this disc. Rock on, and thanks for reading. You can see a complete list of all UFO discography, or go back to the UFO tabs