Lights Out - UFO***

Too Hot To Handle/Just Another Suicide/Try Me/Lights Out/Gettin' Ready/Alone Again Or/Electric Phase/Love To Love

The heavy rock band UFO achieved their commercial breakthrough in the USA with Lights Out. Their growing appeal was heavily dependent upon the recruitment of the German guitarist Michael Schenker. (US:23 UK:54)

“Lights Out shows that UFO were not just a great straightforward hard rock band: Try Me is a ballad with a fantastic guitar solo, and the final track Love To Love, is also a touching song with one of the greatest guitar solos ever. The more straightforward rock tracks have everything that is needed; great guitars and singing, actually, great everything. There are no weak moments in this album.”

“Lights Out is UFO's defining statement and one of the top hard rock albums of the 70s. Michael Schenker cemented his status as a guitar god for all time with his searing aural firestorms and Phil Mogg never sang better or with more emotion.”

“Here UFO manage to come up with some of the best hard rock moments, full of great parts, energetic playing and fine awesome musicianship. Every single piece here shines.”

“Lights Out, as an album, seems a little tired when played today but the evidence that this was once considered a powerhouse of its kind and the influence it's had on countless others is there for all to see.”

“The title cut and the hit Too Hot To Handle are the highlights. The rest is not all that good as they were getting pretty commercial and a little lightweight at this point.”

“A very diverse record that in some circles is considered a classic. None of those circles hang out at my house though. Semi enjoyable commercial hard rock with some very interesting moments like the pre-Maiden sounding title track, and their great cover of Alone Again Or. The rest hasn't dated so well.”

“Michael Schenker is one of the best guitarist around. He can play the lightning runs and the melodic breaks. But, the real steal on this album is the songwriting. They really matured on this album.”