Released July 1975 Artist UFO Producer Leo Lyons Genres Hard rock, Heavy metal | Length 38:11 Release date July 1975 Label Chrysalis Records | |
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Recorded Morgan Studios and Wessex Sound Studios, London Force It
(1975) No Heavy Petting
(1976) Similar No Heavy Petting, Lights Out, Obsession, Strangers in the Night, Phenomenon | ||
Force It is the fourth studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in 1975. It became their first album to chart in the United States.
Contents
The album was produced by Ten Years After bass player Leo Lyons. Another Ten Years After member, Chick Churchill, played keyboards, the first use of that instrument on a UFO record.
The CD reissue was remastered at Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge in 1994.
Ufo force it full album
Album cover
The somewhat controversial original cover was designed by Hipgnosis, as were almost all other UFO albums of the 1970s. For years, the genders of the couple in the bath were unknown, and the nudity was on the verge of decency standards. The models were actually Genesis P-Orridge and girlfriend Cosey Fanni Tutti, both later of the band Throbbing Gristle. The artwork was softened for the initial US release, making the couple in the bathtub transparent. The cover is a pun - there are multiple taps (British English) or "faucets" (US English) in the picture, which is a pun in the album's title.
Track listing
All tracks written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg, except where noted.
Personnel
Charts
Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Let It Roll3:56
2Shoot Shoot3:39
3High Flyer4:08