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UFO - Strangers in the Night Audio CD

A fair review of the UFO "Strangers in the Night" 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: Strangers in the Night
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Natural Thing 2: Out in the Street 3: Only You Can Rock Me 4: Doctor Doctor 5: Mother Mary 6: This Kids 7: Love to Love 8: Lights Out 9: Rock Bottom 10: Too Hot to Handle 11: I'm a Loser - UFO 12: Let It Roll 13: Shoot Shoot 14: Too Hot to Handle - UFO 15: Shoot Shoot - UFO

Great reissue but no bonus tracks
Most Mini LP cds cost around 30 bucks so for $[. This is a great reissue for the money. . . ] this is a bargain and is also one of my favorite live albums. Just dont expect any bonus tracks like the other versions of this cd.


The Greatest Heavy Metal Album ever recorded


Period. If you were from the planet Mars and wanted to know what Heavy Metal music is I would give you this album.

(But get the version with extra tracks)

Also, thru the years I have heard rumors that Chapman is actually playing on most of this live recording, not Schenker (as well as the rumor that much of the album was studio overdubbed) but in a BBC interview years and years ago both Way & Moog SWORE that every track on Strangers was Schenker (purposely selected so) though they admitted Chapman was on a lot of the tour.

I also have a couple of live releases from the Chapman era (playing Schenker songs) and it's just not the same. The solos in particular seem to be lacking that "Schenker fire", which is readily apparent on Strangers. Another reason I believe it is him.


Maybe outdated, certainly charming
When you were a fan of the Scorps you normally also liked the British UFO. Back in the mid 70s in Germany - naturally - you liked to listen to the Scorps (Scorpions). Why? Well, Rudolf Schenker runs the Scorps (he still does as of today), his brother Michael Schenker played in UFO (and later in the Scorpions for a very short time), and both bands' sounds were certainly pretty similar back in the 70s and early 80s. However, for some reason I was never much into UFO because the sound of their studio records and compositions didn't quite touch me the way the German formation did. With "Strangers in the Night" it's different, and UFO got even with the high international standard of the Scorpions. We get a very homogeneous set of 18 tracks, initially from the albums put out between 1971 and 1976. In this live situation UFO celebrated their songs powerful like never before, and this fact makes this live album so joyful. "Strangers in the Night" is a party album, with UFO undoubtedly offering their best at that particular time. I was very pleased by the CD re-release because the sound is crisp and up-to-date. Sure, this kind of music is outdated in a way, but who cares when you heart is beatin' that way?

The contained version of "Doctor Doctor" is the best available and was played on all our parties. On "Rock Bottom" UFO sounded very much like the German equivalent, "Lights Out" comes across charming with the customized line "lights out in Chicago" (and the audiences' reaction). Overall a simple, but solid, good rock album.


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