Obsession (UFO album)

Obsession

Released

June 1978

Recorded

1977-1978 at C.P. McGregors, Western Avenue, Los Angeles and West 3rd Carrier Station, Beverley Hills, California with The Record Plant Mobile

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

35:59

UFO chronology

Lights Out
(1977)

Obsession
(1978)

Strangers in the Night
(1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Obsession is the seventh studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in 1978. This was the final studio album to feature Michael Schenker on lead guitar until he returned to the band in 1993. A single from the album, "Only You Can Rock Me" / "Cherry", was also released in 1978. So too was the band's first 3-track EP "Only You Can Rock Me", "Cherry" / "Rock Bottom", reaching No. 50 in the UK.

2008 EMI's remastered edition includes 3 bonus live tracks, and also some writing credits are corrected.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Only You Can Rock Me"	Pete Way, Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg	4:08
2.	"Pack It Up (And Go)"	Way, Schenker, Mogg	3:14
3.	"Arbory Hill"	Schenker	1:11
4.	"Ain't No Baby"	Mogg, Paul Raymond	3:58
5.	"Lookin' Out for No. 1"	Mogg, Raymond	4:34

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Hot 'n' Ready"	Schenker, Mogg	3:16
7.	"Cherry"	Way, Mogg	3:34
8.	"You Don't Fool Me"	Raymond, Andy Parker, Mogg	3:23
9.	"Lookin' Out for No. 1" (reprise)	Schenker, Raymond	1:14
10.	"One More for the Rodeo"	Way, Mogg	3:45
11.	"Born to Lose"	Schenker, Mogg, Raymond	3:31

2008 EMI remastered CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Hot 'n' Ready" (live in Columbus, Ohio, 17/10/78)	3:34
13.	"Pack It Up (And Go)" (live in Columbus, Ohio, 17/10/78)	3:38
14.	"Ain't No Baby" (live in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 14/10/78)	4:40

Personnel

Band members

Phil Mogg - vocals
Michael Schenker - lead guitar, recorder (3)
Paul Raymond - rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards
Pete Way - bass
Andy Parker - drums

Production

Ron Nevison - producer
Alan McMillan - conductor, string arrangements, string conductor
Mike Clink - assistant engineer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)^[2]

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Pop Albums	41

References

↑ Prato, Greg. "Obsession - UFO". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
↑ "Obsession Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-04.

UFO

Phil Mogg Andy Parker Vinnie Moore Paul Raymond Rob De Luca Pete Way Michael Schenker Mick Bolton Paul Chapman Paul Gray Aynsley Dunbar Neil Carter Jason Bonham Danny Peyronel Clive Edwards Simon Wright Laurence Archer John Norum Bernie Marsden John Sloman Billy Sheehan Tommy McClendon Jim Simpson Larry Wallis Robbie France Barry Sparks Jeff Kolmann Colin Turner Mike Gray Rick Sanford Jeff Martin Fabio Del Rio George Bellas Tony Glidewell Eric Gammans Leon Lawson David Jacobson Jem Davis Louis Maldonado Matt Guillory

Studio albums	UFO 1 UFO 2: Flying Phenomenon Force It No Heavy Petting Lights Out Obsession No Place to Run The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent Mechanix Making Contact Misdemeanor Ain't Misbehavin' High Stakes & Dangerous Men Walk on Water Covenant Sharks You Are Here The Monkey Puzzle The Visitor Seven Deadly A Conspiracy of Stars

Live albums	Live BBC Radio One Live in Concert Strangers in the Night Lights Out in Tokyo Live in Texas T.N.T. Heaven's Gate Werewolves of London On with the Action Regenerator – Live 1982 Live on Earth Showtime

Compilations	Space Metal Headstone Anthology The Best of the Rest The Essential UFO The Best of UFO: Gold Collection X-Factor: Out There & Back The Best of UFO: Ten Best Series Flying: The Early Years 1970-1973 An Introduction to UFO The Best of UFO (1974-1983) One of Those Nights: The Anthology

Related articles	Discography Michael Schenker Group

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