Force It - UFO***

Let It Roll/Shoot Shoot/High Flyer/Love Lost Love/Out In The Street/Mother Mary/Too Much Of Nothing/Dance Your Life Away/This Kid's-Between The Walls

By the time of Force It UFO had moved away from their space-rock origins to adopt a more mainstream rock sound. This change would have been accelerated by the recruitment of guitar ace Michael Schenker. (US:71)

“It's what you'd expect from studio UFO; acceptable and has a few catchy songs. It does feel pretty structured and not many of these songs have room to breath.”

"Force It is a natural evolution traced by the band in relation to what they had created with their previous release. This album is heavier, more cohesive and leaves behind all traces of late psychedelia that remained."

“While the previous album still had hints of the early space rock, this is now eliminated and we have one of the best hard rock albums of the 70s. Some of UFO's finest songs are here: the brutal thump of Mother Mary, the whimsical ballad High Flyer, two rocking opening tracks, with the album ending on a high in This Kids.”

“This album demonstrates that UFO meant business. Well-crafted rock songs with tight and energetic musicianship this deserves its place in any hard rock collection.”

“Force It has a great range of songs, combining the heart starting opener Let It Roll, the rocking Shoot Shoot, classic Out In The Street and the timeless Mother Mary. This album has almost everything covered. Add This Kid's as the closer, which combines with Schenker's instrumental Between The Walls ends the album on a high.”

“UFO too often had trouble coming up with a complete album of great songs, but this is one where they hit the nail on the head. This is a wall-to-wall intense blast. OK, there are a couple of ballads, but they're good ones. Michael Schenker's guitar playing veers from breathtakingly beautiful to insanely wild, and no other studio effort of theirs lets him cut loose so brilliantly.”

“This seems to be a continuation of their previous release with the same great lead guitar and some solid rock tunes.”