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UFO - The Essential UFO Audio CD

A fair review of the UFO "The Essential UFO" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all UFO reviews here, or go back to the UFO tabs.

UFO Band: UFO
Title: The Essential UFO
Rating:
Release Date: 1992-06-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Doctor Doctor 2: Rock Bottom 3: Out In The Street 4: Mother Mary 5: Natural Thing 6: I'm A Loser 7: Only You Can Rock Me 8: Lookin' Out For No. 1 9: Cherry 10: Born To Lose 11: Too Hot To Handle 12: Lights Out 13: Love To Love 14: This Kids 15: Let It Roll 16: Shoot Shoot

Get Strangers Instead
How the original material was put together and intended to be heard is important to me. As a rule I just don't do compilations! You miss out on the variety and mood of the whole "album" thing. That having been said If you are new to UFO and need a taster then this is for you. This CD has all the studio versions of the generally recognised classic songs from UFO's heyday in the seventies. However this is a fairly limited cross section of a band who's music has spanned over four decades and is still strong and varied to this day. The compiler like me was obviously a Schenker fan and recognises their best work. I would personally recommend the "Strangers in the Night" live album instead which you can pick up dirt cheap at the moment. Strangers has most of the same songs but here you are talking about one of the finest live albums ever recorded and well worth adding to your collection!
If you do stump up the cash for either of these and realise that UFO are a quality rock band you will almost certainly want to hear the Schenker albums from the seventies first. UFO and the various off-shoot projects have produced so many albums now you will need to take in all the reviews to make an unbiased judgement. Opinions will vary greatly as the line up has been very unsettled over the years and many fans still debate the virtues of Schenker or Chapman on guitar. The two more recent albums "You Are Here" and "The Monkey Puzzle" are also very good with Vinnie Moore on guitar. I would also recommend the Mogg/Way albums and the brilliant "Dancing with St Peter" by $ign of Four (Phil Mogg project). Sorry I'm rambling on. . . get the compilation and start collecting some great rock music!
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The most underrated band ever!
These guys did stuff that would put Zepplin to shame. If you love strait forward hard rock,it doesn't get much better than UFO. Sorry,that's just my opinion. If you've never heard UFO,this album is a great introduction. It's just too bad that the radio is too busy playing Pink Floyd,AC/DC,The Eagles,Led Zepplin,Fleetwood Mac,ZZ Top,and CCR a million times a day!I guess they don't have time to throw in one UFO song. So buy this album,because music this good should not go unheard.


Decent Enough I Suppose
The biggest problem I have always had with UFO is inconsistency and really their best Album is the live record "Strangers In The Night" so a compilation is probably fitting and best in this case. I generally don't care for compilations but this one isn't bad. And while it is true that "Love To Love" is a classic timeless track ultimately UFO has not aged gracefully but the best of what they had to offer is pretty much covered here.


Is SPINAL TAP modeled after these guys?

OMG, I couldn't stop laughing - clearly Spinal Tap was about these guys songs
Obvious connections
Rock Bottom = Big Bottom (You know what I M e a n ?)
Only you can Rock Me = Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight

The disc is super spoiled be cause I can not get the Spinal Tap images out of my head - and will prolly only play it as a joke to my friends. After listening to "The Vault" on Sirius, I heard my very first UFO song: "Cherry"
So, I bought the Essential CD.

I give it three stars, but the joke was clearly on THEM

TONIGHT
PUPPET SHOW
&
U F O.


Definative "Best Of"
Although they have continued to have some commercial success after he initially left to form MSG, it is the material he cowrote that gets the crowds jumping.
This remastered recording has all of the classic songs from UFO's premier lineup (ie- Michael Schenker is on guitar). If you are looking to go beyond this disc I would HIGHLY recommend their classic live album "Strangers In The Night", the brilliant reunion album "Walk On Water", and their latest "You Are Here".


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