Released January 1981 The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent
(1981) Mechanix
(1982) Release date January 1981 Label Chrysalis Records | Length 40:43 Artist UFO Producer UFO Genres Hard rock, Heavy metal | |
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Recorded AIR Studios, Wessex Sound Studios and Utopia Studios, London Similar UFO albums, Hard rock albums | ||
The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent is the ninth studio album by the British hard rock band UFO and the first to be entirely self-produced by the band. The song "Lonely Heart" was a minor UK hit single. The controversial original cover was as usual designed by the art studio Hipgnosis. This is the band's first album with the former Wild Horses' keyboard player Neil Carter, replacing Paul Raymond, who had left to join the Michael Schenker Group.
Contents
The album was remastered at Sound Recording Technology in Cambridge in 1994 and re-issued on Repertoire Records. The album was also reissued in 2009, remastered with an expanded booklet and bonus tracks.
Track listing
- "Chains Chains" (Pete Way, Phil Mogg) – 3:24
- "Long Gone" (Paul Chapman, Mogg) – 5:17
- "The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent" (Chapman, Mogg) – 4:57
- "It's Killing Me" (Way, Mogg) – 4:29
- "Makin' Moves" (Chapman, Mogg) – 4:43
- "Lonely Heart" (Chapman, Way, Mogg) – 5:00
- "Couldn't Get It Right" (Chapman, Way, Mogg) – 4:33
- "Profession of Violence" (Chapman, Mogg) – 4:22
- (Listed as "Profession Of" on original US and Canadian releases)
- "Hot 'n' Ready" (live) (Michael Schenker, Mogg) – 3:34
On the original US vinyl release, the tracks (on both sides) were numbered 1, 2, 3, 5.
Singles
- "Couldn't Get It Right"/"Hot 'n' Ready" (recorded live at the Reading Festival 1980) (Chrysalis CHS 2454)
- "Lonely Heart"/"Long Gone" (Chrysalis CHS 2482) #41 UK
Credits
Charts
Songs
1Chains Chains3:26
2Long Gone5:18
3The Wild the Willing and the Innocent5:00