Mechanix [Import, Original recording remastered]

UFO | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00004SAJK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,307 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Writer

2. Somethin' Else

3. Back Into My Life

4. You'll Get Love

5. Doing It All For You

6. We Belong To The Night

7. Let It Rain

8. Terri

9. Feel It

10. Dreaming

11. Heel Of A Stranger

Editorial Reviews

Japanese Reissue. Digitally Remastered. Features A Bonus Track: Heel Of A Stranger. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid, Chapman-era release, October 30, 2001

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Quinn Miller (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mechanix (Audio CD)

Mechanix is the only Paul Chapman-era UFO album I own outside of the "Best of the Rest" compilation. While Mechanix may not live up to the glory of classic albums such as "Lights Out" and "Obession" (my personal fave), it still contains a good half album's worth of great songs. Chapman is not as flashy of a guitarist as Schenker (not many are) but his riffs/solos are forceful and melodic. The rest of the band are on form per usual, and I really dig Andy Parker's drumming as always. Standouts here include: The Writer (w/ cool Carter keyboard solo), the rockin' Doing It All for You, Feel It (complete with Mogg catchy chorus) and Dreamin'. The creativity that UFO unleashed at will in the '70s has been pretty much lost by this time, but the album does rock and is still better than two-thirds of the releases in the genre. If you like the classic UFO releases w/ Schenker, chances are you'll not be disappointed with Mechanix.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UFO still making high quality rock, December 16, 2004

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electricphase (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mechanix (Audio CD)

There is no denying UFO was not the hard rocking force it was just a few years before this release, but Mechanix is still a terrific album. No doubt Mechanix is more commercial and on the lighter side of rock, so what! it still rocks and it's still TOP QUALITY music! The song "Doing It All For You" alone is worth the price of admission (has anyone heard the amazing live version on the hard-to-find Headstone CD?)

Let me put this straight: UFO ruled the world when Schenker was in, but UFO also produced some of the best rock albums when Paul Chapman was the axeman. Different styles... who cares?! UFO still made some of the best rock music back in 1982. Schenker was NOT UFO, just another very talented member, the man is one of the world's best guitarists but his compositions as a solo artist pale in comparison to the ones he made with UFO... Mechanix with Paul Chapman is much better than other releases from "classic bands" from that era, including MSG's solo albums, period. An absolute must, but only for real objective ears.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ufo,s last great album of the 80,s mechanix!!!, April 8, 2009

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Paul Mcguinn "paul from chi town" (chicago il usa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mechanix (Audio CD)

i like qute a bit of ufo,s mechanix. songs like the writer,doing it all for you,back into my life,feel it and dreaming to name a few!!unfortuneatly founding member bassist pete way left after the mechanix tour. because he did,nt like the direction ufo was heading in musically with some of the tunes of mechanix..i saw ufo on the tour for mechanix and they were great they opened for rainbow!!andy parker the drummer had this huge chrome drum set paul chapman had a white b.c. rich,pete way and neil carter had white washburn basses and guitars..ufo played almost every great song they made including electric phase which paul chapman played slide guitar on!....well this album seems to end the 80,s era...so get it!!!