UFO - Phenomenon [Bonus Tracks]

Title: Phenomenon [Bonus Tracks] Artist: UFO Release Date: 1974 Re-Released On: 2/12/2008 Label: Special Import Service Duration: 39:32 UPCs: 400000004808, 5099950444021 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Moods: Party/Celebratory, Rowdy, Bravado, Rebellious, Confident, Dramatic, Rollicking, Swaggering, Theatrical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Oh My
2. Crystal Light
3. Doctor Doctor
4. Space Child
5. Rock Bottom
6. Too Young to No
7. Time on My Hands
8. Built for Comfort
9. Lipstick Traces
10. Queen of the Deep
11. Sixteen [*]
12. Oh My [*]
13. Give Her the Gun [*]
14. Sweet Little Thing [*]
15. Sixteen [#][*]
16. Doctor Doctor [Live][*]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Special Import Service 04440

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Guitarist Michael Schenker's impact upon UFO's career cannot be overestimated. Before the German teenager's arrival (he was only 19 when he jumped ship from the Scorpions), the British rockers' early albums of half-baked space rock had been completely ignored everywhere but Japan. But with Schenker on board, the group's sound would receive a well-needed attitude injection, veering toward the Anglo-hard rock style that would make them famous. That is not to say that their first collaboration, Phenomenon, was an instant home run. Quite the contrary, as the band seemed a tad wary of giving Schenker's more aggressive style complete freedom to roam, reining in the budding guitar hero just enough to stunt the impact of promising rockers like "Oh My and "Too Young to Know." Likewise, "Time on My Hands" and "Crystal Light" are bogged down in excessive acoustic guitars, while "Space Child" shows glimpses of their failed space rock past. And one need only look at standout track "Doctor Doctor" for further proof of the group's uncertainties. Later a mandatory concert staple, and still beloved as one of the fans favorite songs, the original version featured here doesn't even have what you'd call finished lyrics, and packs none of the fire eventually immortalized by the absolute monster performance captured on 1979's Strangers in the Night. In fact, the only moment in which Phenomenon truly ignites is during the positively scorching "Rock Bottom," already a Schenker tour de force even here. Ultimately, Phenomenon amply manages to hold its own, but only hints at what was still to come. [The 2007 reissue adds a non-LP single ("Give Her the Gun"/"Sweet Little Thing"), a previously unreleased track ("Sixteen"), a live version of "Doctor, Doctor" and two demos produced by Dave Edmunds.] ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Name Credits Dante Bonutto Research, Coordination Dave Edmunds Producer Derek Oliver Research, Coordination Hipgnosis [Design Group] Cover Design, Photography Jeff Griffin Producer Julie Eldridge Project Coordinator Leo Lyons Audio Production, Producer Maurice Tate Photo Tinting Michael Schenker Guitar, Group Member Mike Bobak Audio Engineer, Engineer Neil Jeffries Liner Notes Nigel Reeve Project Coordinator Pete Way Bass, Group Member Peter Mew Mixing, Remastering Phil Mogg Vocals, Group Member Scott Minshall Reissue Design