Misdemeanor (UFO album)

Misdemeanor
Studio album by
UFO
Released4 November 1985[1]
StudioThe Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length46:31
LabelChrysalis
ProducerNick Tauber
UFO chronology
Making Contact
(1983) 		Misdemeanor
(1985) 		Ain't Misbehavin'
(1988)
Singles from Misdemeanor
  1. "This Time"
    Released: 21 October 1985[2]
  2. "Night Run (US remix)"
    Released: 24 February 1986[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[5]
Kerrang! [6]

Misdemeanor is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band UFO, released in 1985. After the disastrous tour supporting Making Contact, UFO disbanded, with lead singer and founding band member Phil Mogg spending time in Los Angeles, where he contacted (through Mike Varney) guitarist Atomik Tommy M. Mogg decided to start a new band, involving the new American guitarist and Paul Gray, who had played bass guitar in the last UFO tour. The three of them recruited former UFO keyboard player Paul Raymond and drummer Robbie France and started writing new material. Chrysalis Records signed the new band as UFO and assigned experienced producer Nick Tauber for the recording process of a new album. France resigned before the recording started and was replaced by former Magnum drummer Jim Simpson.[7] Paul Raymond quit the band during their US tour in August 1986 and was replaced for the rest of the tour by David Jacobson.[8]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 22.
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 18.
  4. ^ Anderson, Jason. "UFO Misdemeanor review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 377. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  6. ^ Dickson, Dave (14 November 1985). "UFO 'Misdemeanor'". Kerrang!. Vol. 107. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 24.
  7. ^ Putterford, Mark (31 October 1985). "Stand Up and Be Counted!". Kerrang!. Vol. 106. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. pp. 10–12.
  8. ^ Chirazi, Stefan (7 August 1986). "Raymond Quits UFO". Kerrang!. Vol. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 3.