Audio CD review:
UFO - Wild, the Willing and the Innocent

UFO - Wild, the Willing and the Innocent

Band: UFO Title: Wild, the Willing and the Innocent Rating: Release Date: 26 January, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Chains Chains 2: Long Gone 3: The Wild The Willing And The Innocent 4: It's Killing Me 5: Makin' Moves 6: Lonely Heart 7: Couldn't Get It Right 8: Profession Of Violence 9: Hot'N'Ready (Live-1980 Reading Festival)

Customer Reviews Rocking like it is suppose to be done This is what it was all about in the heyday of Arena Rock. Unlike the crap infesting the airwaves now these guy blast hard and get spool it down for the assorted ballads. The disk took a while to get here otherwise the folks did a good job and would recommend them. the best without Michael F. nobody beats Phil Mogg in the street poetry stakes (only Phil Lynott equals) and that is essentially the whole vibe of this album "Long gone", the title track, "the profession of" "Makin moves" all dwell in the mean streets with Phil's powerful blue collar soulful blues delivery making up for the somewhat weaker creativity of guitarist Paul chapman who perhaps borrows a little too heavily from preceding legend Herr Schenker still it's a great album underated as U. O's fortunes were dwindling at this point yet it comes off as a hungry effort . Well Crafted According to Phil Mogg the band were given carte blanche by Chrysalis to do what they wanted. Perhaps a little more commercial and varied, this is another very well crafted album by UFO. The time spent at Air studios certainly paid off with more emphasis on the song writing and lyrical skills of Mogg to make up for the absence of Schenker's ripping guitar work. Neil Carter slides in unnoticed as a replacement for Raymond and the whole album came out smelling of roses. Unfortunately things started to slide after this particularly when Pete Way left and the Mogg/Way song writing partnership was broken. Best offerings here are "Makin' Moves", a top notch rocker and "Profession of Violence" where Chapman again features. I still prefer the earlier Schenker works to this but it should not be ignored as a fine album. All the songs are good and still distinctive UFO despite the line up changes and orchestrations. Not sure about the Top of The Pops appearance on TV in England where they looked well out of place playing "Lonely Heart" (they just never have managed to crack the singles market with a big commercial hit). Like No Place to Run, this is rare and expensive. If you can't get a copy the BGO Records double CD TWTWATI with Mechanix is better value. . You can see a complete list of all UFO discography, or go back to the UFO tabs