Lights Out in Tokyo: Live

Artist: Ufo
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988006777408
ASIN: B00000B1Y0

Release Date: 1996-03-10

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Tracks:

Running Up the Highway
Borderline
Too Hot to Handle
She's the One
Cherry
Back Door Man
One of Those Nights
Love to Love
Only You Can Rock Me
Lights Out
Doctor Doctor
Rock Bottom
Shoot Shoot
C'mon Everybody

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Obsession
Phenomenon
Strangers in the Night

Customer Reviews:

LIGHTS OUT IN TOKYO :LIVE.......2006-12-14

This is going to be a short but helpfull info. review of this CD:
First let me start by letting you know Schenker is not playing in any of these songs,This is a concert recorded June 20/1992 I don't understand why it has the cover from the original album,I bought this CD some years ago and it has a different cover,now Laurence Archer does a better job playing Love to Love,Lights Out and the rest of the Schenker songs than Paul Chapman did,Archer played these versions pretty close to the versions of Strangers in the night,they sounded great, this is the line up:
Phil Moog(vocals)
Pete Way(Bass)
Laurence Archer(Guitar)(Dokken/Whitesnake)
Clive Edwards(Drums)
Jem Davis(Keyboards)
I should also mention there's another recording out of this concert I guess is something new that came out it's call( DVD-AUDIO ENHANCE)and I like a fool ordered right away without really reading about it,thinking I was getting the full concert on DVD, this is what you'll get the soundtrack and the lyrics on the screen and the ufo story which any UFO/MSG fan pretty much knows by now,so I was dissapointed regarding that deal,well, I hope this info. helps anyone in someway or another!
NOTE:DON'T BE FOOLED BY THIS CD FRONT COVER!

One of the quintessential UFO classics.......2005-12-02

Lights Out (1977.) UFO's sixth studio album.

INTRODUCTION:
UFO had their musical beginnings in Great Britain in the late sixties. Taking their name from a legendary music club, the band recorded two albums in the early seventies with a weird-but-still-excellent space rock sound all their own. These two albums, featuring guitarist Mick Bolton, were great albums but did not sell well or do well on the charts. Not long after their release, Bolton parted ways with the band. This was not the end of the band by any means, but rather, a new beginning. After Bolton left, the group had Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker play for them as a temporary stand-in. The group was so satisfied with the young German guitar virtuoso that he became a permanent member of the band! The band would record many albums with Schenker, including many of those that would be deemed the band's finest works! How does 1977's Lights Out, the fourth one to feature Schenker, measure up? Read on and find out!

OVERVIEW:
UFO released their sixth studio album, Force It, in 1977. The album featured Phil Mogg on lead vocals, Pete Way on bass, Andy Parker on drums, Michael Schenker on lead guitar, and Paul Raymond on keyboards. This was Raymond's first album with the band; he replaced previous keyboardist Danny Peyronel. Tracklist consists of Too Hot To Handle, Just Another Suicide, Try Me, Lights Out, Gettin' Ready, Alone Again Or, Electric Phase, and Love To Love.

REVIEW:
During UFO's heyday with Michael Schenker from 1973-1979, they attained an all-time high they would never again reach. Phenomenon, the first of the Schenker albums, was an awesome classic hard rock album, but it didn't score very many hits for the group. Alternatively, Force It, the second album to feature Schenker, took the band's sound in a more commercial-oriented direction, and they scored many more hits as a result. However, it did leave a lot to be desired. Finally, on the No Heavy Petting album, UFO managed to find that "happy medium" sound - one that would score them several hits, and at the same time, maintain the hard rocking edge the band had back in on Phenomenon. Lights out, the fourth release to feature Schenker, is often hailed as the ultimate UFO album, and after giving it a listen, it isn't hard to see why. This is UFO at their best! Let's take a look at the tracklist.

-SIDE A-

-Too Hot To Handle: This song, the album's opener, is one of the biggest hits that the band ever had. It just might be their most popular song ever, and it isn't hard to see why. The straight-up, seventies-flavored tune is the perfect mix of pop rock and hard rock. Why do fans love this song so much? Give it a listen, and you'll find out. THIS is the way to start an album!

-Just Another Suicide: Here we have a tune that was never a hit for the band, but it certainly scores high in the quality department. Taking a melodic sound fusing pop rock and hard rock elements alike, and throwing some keyboards into the mixture, the band succeeds beautifully. Don't pass this track by - it's definitely one of the most underrated UFO songs!

-Try Me: Here we have a song that's a far cry from your average UFO song. It's more a ballad than anything else, with minimal rock and roll sounds, except for in the final minute in which Michael Schenker joins the fray. The song mostly uses pianos and orchestral backing arrangements. Despite its irregularity when compared to other songs on the album, it is still a damn good one.

-Lights Out: The title track on the album became a huge hit for the band. With its classic hard rock sound, which is intensive on organs and keyboards, what's not to love? This here is one of the quintessential UFO classics, and when you give it a listen, you'll see why so many fans hold this one in such high regard.

-SIDE B-

-Gettin' Ready: And here we go back to that classic UFO sound, like only they could do, in which they combine hard rock with pop rock. The instrumentation in this song actually sounds kind of like what you'd expect in a Tom Petty song. But it's distinctly UFO all the way. Definitely one of my favorites.

-Alone Again Or: Here the band covers the old Love song (and by Love song, I mean it was originally done by the American sixties rock band love.) What's weird is that UFO's cover of the song does not differ substantially from Love's original - and it actually fits on the album very well! Great song. Every bit as good as the original, and a true UFO classic.

-Electric Phase: If it's guitar-intensive classic rock you desire, the band serves up plenty of it here. This mid-paced tune rocks hard, and with all the classic elements you desire from a UFO song, what's not to love? UFO has a lot of underrated masterpieces - this is one of the many.

-Love To Love: Nearly eight minutes in length, this album closer became one of the most popular songs that UFO ever recorded. Essentially, the song is a proto-power ballad of sorts, combining slow and melodic elements with the tried-and-true classic UFO sound. Even though it's not really what you would expect from a band generally regarded as classic hard rockers, it's an awesome song - its status as one of the band's biggest hits should have told you that!

OVERALL:
Overall, Michael Schenker's fourth album with UFO is another excellent one. With the ability to combine straight-up hard rock and the ability to score big hits alike, the band had reached their pinnacle. If you're new to UFO, the Michael Schenker albums, Lights Out and Obsession in particular, are the best place to start your collection. Although the band's collaboration with Schenker only lasted a few years, there is no denying that the music created by the band in this period is nothing short of excellent, and difficult to top musically. Final verdict? This album is highly recommended!

EDITION NOTES:
Sadly, UFO albums are extremely difficult to find in America. Some of them (generally only the newest albums and the compilations) can be found in some American stores, but if you want the classic albums, expect to do a lot of hunting high and low. They are well worth buying, but more likely than not, you'll have to order than online due to their scarcity in the United States.

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