Misdemeanor [Import, Original recording remastered]

UFO | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B0028WJVQM
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the British Hard Rock group's 1985 album featuring six U.S. mixes of album cuts as bonus tracks. EMI. 2009.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a good disc from a great band., August 25, 2009

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Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Misdemeanor (Audio CD)

This is a good ufo release and a good 1980's hard rock disc. It's not a classic hard rock disc though. And universally it's agreed that UFO released some of the best and true classic hard rock cd's (albums). The first three were psychedelic and hard rock and have their moments but from 1974's "phenomenom" through 1983's 'making contact" the band delivered powerful and highly influential albums. Their live disc 'strangers in the night' is also considered one of the best live rock albums of all time too. This one came after a three year break in 1986. It was mixed more slickly with keyboards right up front in the mix. Which sound good but it's similiar to many other discs out that year. In other words it is a good hard rock disc. But this is from a band that made GREAT hard discs that are among the best ever made. That being said , this is still worth owning but only after you buy the earlier releases or later releases starting with 1995's "walk on water" every release from 1995 on right up to 2008's 'the visitor" are very good to great discs. This disc isn't bad though it has good songs a few great ones like 'heavens gate" and 'meanstreets". Which are good enough to be on any UFO disc. But even a nongreat ufo disc is worth owning because these are melodic songs with a distinctive 1980's sound. THe Other releases are more timeless because they seem just to be straight hard rock though. The remaster has many bonus tracks and although I would say:" buy the other releases first" there is no reason NOT to get this decent release too. No band can make great discs all the time and a great bands average album is often better than most of the stuff out there.
Here's the track listing: On the 2009 remaster. that's the version I bought to replace my earlier japanese import. Make sure you order the new version.
1. This Time 4:36
2. One Heart 4:09
3. Night Run 4:32
4. The Only Ones 5:16
5. Meanstreets 4:17
6. Name Of Love 4:37
7. Blue 5:18
8. Dream The Dream 4:32
9. Heavens Gate 4:15
10. Wreckless 4:56
11. The Chase (B-Side of "This Time" 45) 3:47
(Bonus Track)
12. Night Run (US Remix) (Bonus Track) 4:23
13. This Time (US Remix) (Bonus Track) 4:39
14. Heavens Gate (US Remix) (Bonus Track) 4:17
15. Name Of Love (US Remix) (Bonus Track) 3:43
16. One Heart (Us Remix) (Bonus Track) 4:22
17. Blue (US Remix) (Bonus Track) 5:09
running time: 76:48.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars for 3 songs, October 30, 2003

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L. B. Ivarsson (Rock City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Misdemeanor (Audio CD)

Many believe that UFO without Michael Schenker is no good. That's not all true, but when it comes to "Misdemeanor" from 1985 you can sure say that something important is missing. Keyboards dominate the album and it all feels more like a pop album than the hard rocking effort we all have grown to appreciate from Mogg & Co. Maybe the material could have gained something if the guitars were given more room, but the sad truth is that most of the songs are nothing special at all - sometimes UFO sounds like a bad Magnum like in "The only ones"; at other times like a decent Magnum ("Name of love"). Although this album over all is a rather weak effort, there are a couple of tracks that are good indeed and with a proper arrangement I think "Mean streets", "Heaven's gate" and "Wreckless" all have the potential to reach the sky.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars UFO? I think NOT...., May 11, 2011

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Thirty-Ought Six "music fiend" (West Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Misdemeanor (Audio CD)

Phil Mogg gathers himself together after the implosion of UFO in '83 during the ill-fated Making Contact, and it only took over a year and half to bounce back from the break. This offering could and SHOULD have been named a solo project, for as much as the UFO moniker is used and even though Paul Raymond returns here, the music is undoubtably of the mid-eighties hair metal/pop infusion of its day. With the reinstated Paul Gray on bass(whom actually played UFO's last gigs previously) and Jim Simpson on drums, the guitar spot features a young shredder "Atomic" Tommy McClendon. While Tommy proves his guitar prowess on tracks like One Heart, Meanstreets, Wreckless and Night Run, and even though Paul Gray is heavily involved with the songwriting aspects with Mogg and McClendon on this set, its just as much driven by keyboards and the style from which Mogg and company projects, leaves much to be desired for a supposed "comeback" album. Its anything but that; every song on here is so derivative of its time,(and believe me, this is not a release that has aged well one bit) that its painstakingly obvious Mogg had made a poor attempt at reinventing UFO for the sake of managers and contractual obligations because of the almighty dollar.

I owned this on cassette many years ago, along with Making Contact and decided to purchase the double disc discount version thru Chrysalis' subsidiary BGO records to give these releases another try after all these years. Whereas, Making Contact retains a bit of the UFO sound, Misdemeanor is such an abomination and the ultimate disappointment for an old school fan like myself; it sucked then and its even worse now. I think if it had been named the Phil Mogg Project, it may have been easier to accept and realize that even though the music is earnest in its attempt at being trendy and keeping up with the times, it still fails to deliver any sort of creedence or higher quality to what resembles Mogg or UFO itself. As I've stated earlier, this isn't the UFO most are familiar with and even though the playing on this record and the production is very competent, contemporary and sharp, its just not what most expect out of a UFO release. The 2 star rating is being most generous here on my part and its only that of the attempt of Phil Mogg, Paul Gray and Tommy McClendon to start something new and fresh, the problem is, using the UFO banner is a feable and desperate move to sell records, and the public in turn, resounded this by its lack of decent record sales. If you're curious about this release, be very cautious!! You may wind up being utterly disappointed...