UFO - No Heavy Petting [Japan]

Title: No Heavy Petting [Japan] Artist: UFO Release Date: 1976 Re-Released On: 2/14/2008 Label: Toshiba EMI, TOCP Duration: 35:31 UPCs: 4988006777392, 4988006837126, 4988006860933, 766485699626 Genre: Rock Styles: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal Moods: Party/Celebratory, Rowdy, Bravado, Rebellious, Confident, Dramatic, Rollicking, Swaggering, Theatrical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 5 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Natural Thing
2. I'm a Loser
3. Can You Roll Her
4. Belladonna
5. Reasons Love
6. Highway Lady
7. On With the Action
8. A Fool in Love
9. Martian Landscape

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Toshiba EMI 70469 2005 CD Toshiba EMI 67827 1999 CD TOCP 53116

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Following the breakout success of Phenomenon and Force It, UFO had finally ascended to the first division of British hard rock. And after hiring a second guitarist and keyboard player in Danny Peyronel, Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg led the group back into the studio to record its fifth album, No Heavy Petting. A noticeably cautious effort, Petting stuck so close to the rules laid down by Force It that all the excitement of the band's performance wound up slipping through the cracks. Gutsy opener "Natural Thing" was competent enough to become a concert regular, but lukewarm material like "Can You Roll Her" and "Reasons Love" simply added nothing new. And bass player Pete Way didn't help things any with his only contribution, the plodding, amazingly dull "On with the Action." Even the album's best moment, the beautifully executed "I'm a Loser" (which unleashes Schenker for one of his most jaw-dropping solos ever), mimics Force It's "Out in the Street" before closing with a piano pattern straight out of progressive rockers Kansas' "No One Together." The overly dramatic "Belladonna" (complete with synthesizer-simulated harpsichord), on the other hand, is mostly a casualty of time -- the kind of ballad that was effective enough in its time, but simply hasn't aged well. Thankfully, UFO would rebound in spades the following year, delivering their best all-around studio effort, Lights Out. [The Japanese reissue cleaned up the cover art to make it look sharper and polished up the sound quality for better clarity.] ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Parker Drums Danny Peyronel Vocals, Keyboards Leo Lyons Producer Michael Schenker Guitar Mike Bobak Engineer Pete Way Bass Phil Mogg Vocals