Lights Out

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2007-02-11 rating:
The Classic UFO Sound
This is the architypal UFO album where the best line up ever found their true sound. I hate the term "heavy Metal" and don't consider UFO to be anything other than a quality rock band. This album has everything, powerful guitars and rasping solo's like the classic "Lights Out",a beautiful ballad in "Try Me" , melody, orchestral arrangements and the classic "Love to Love". UFO discovered here that they could use keyboards and keep it heavy. All eight songs are great with plenty of variety to make it a real good listen even thirty years on.

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review by: date: 2006-10-13 rating:
A jewel amongst the finest rock
Without a doubt, Lights Out is one of the best rock albums to emerge from the fabulous '70s. Every song here is a "10+". No other band managed the beautiful use of background strings on rock songs like these legends did back in 1977. The formula was repeated in 1978 with Obsession, and then again in 1981 with the highly underrated The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent.

The fabulous UFO chemistry was at its best when they recorded this one. No need for commercial airwave success to recognize how awesome this band sounded. Arguably, this is one of the top 3 hard rock albums stemming out from real rock's most prolific era.

The cherry on the cake: The remastered sound of this edition is excellent (Note: other low quality remastered versions such as the double CDs issued by BMG are to be avoided).
This is an absolute MUST HAVE.

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review by: one view date: 2006-08-15 rating:
Criminally underated
Perhaps the band's most well received album by the public and critics from UFO'S most praised era .
Schenkers goes in for the kill in Lights out and thoses monumetal rifs still hold up today .
Released at the height of punk can not be labled with the dinosre rock that that the fading Stone's ELP Quo Zepplin were producing at the time . Nor can it be thrown away with some of the tuneless dross Punk spawned
This album is freash full of punchy good time R& B when I mean RB in the clasic sense of the likes of the Who at their peak .
The rockers are in good taste drive with a lean rythem section taken to another level by Schenkers monstrous riffs and given soul by Phil Mogs emtoive vocals which in contrast to Robert Plants vocal acrobatics are in good taste and suit each song . There are lot of the band's standards here Lights out Too hot too handle Love to Love are all well known however there are some undiscovered gems like another sucide enhanced by Moogs soulfull raspy dilivery.
The production shines on Love to Love alone again and Try me all clasic rock balads it is a suprise that UFO never had chart sucess on a scale that was befiting of them since they had a good ear for a meledy and songs that stick in your head which they managed to diliver in a straight foward and radio freindly way at the same time with soul and heart .
Lights out desirves to be up there along with Paranoid , Exile on Main Street , Rocks and Machine Head . They were caugght in a rut in terms of great comercal breakthrough at the one side there was the excesive fading ramblings of above mentoined rock acts on the other there was the magzine foder that made up most of the punk acts with their political stance and superfucial appeal
Maybe it was there direct aproach and lack of pretense ie no over excesive guitar solos that ailented critics and rock fans of the day who were looking for more complex arangments lyrics about sprits and hills from their rock gods .They were too tunfull for punk However UFO will have the last laugh since this material is timless and does not require a dozen listens to be hooked or to appreciate complex music arangment's in short it all holds up better agaisnt more well known offerings from their rock contempries It it what all good music should be music for the enjoyment of the listener
I would rather listen to lights out over Lead Zeplin's four symbouls any day of the week

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review by: date: 2006-04-05 rating:
Misty Green and Blue
The album where UFO accepted that keyboards had a part to play. After a couple of listens I defy you not to sing along with Lights Out and Love To Love. Much better for its remastering.
A short album...they had to be if they were going to be loud (ask your parents to explain "grooves")
Quite possibly the best voice in rock....and still getting better!


review by: date: 1999-10-28 rating:
UFO at their peak.
It's hard to believe now, but in the late 70's UFO were all that was right with heavy rock music and 'Lights Out' was an example of UFO at their peak. Michael Schenker is to the fore with guitar work which points forward to the likes of Eddie Van Halen and carries the album with fast, melodic riffs and solos, best exemplified on the title track. Phil Mogg's lyrics and vocals manage to be both soulful and world weary- a result of several hard years touring and wild living. Overall the band deliver a convincing set that manages to link the feeling of the late 60's ( Alone Again Or) with the contemporary energy of this era's punk. An excellent introduction to the band, only worth 4 stars due to its brevity and slightly muddy bass mix.

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