NPTR is a great kick off to a great era of UFO. Great song writing and instrumentation. Moggs voice is a real standout as is Tonka's guitar playing. 100% banger in all facets IMO.
I remember that I was pleasantly surprised when this album first came out. I'm definitely a big fan of the Schenker era but this was / is still a great record.
My favorite era of UFO are the "tonka" years. My favorites are "No Place To Run" & "Mechanix". Great albums both and like i said,prefer Chapman over Schenker.
That was fun - thank you. No Place to Run was my first UFO studio album, and I was bowled over with its greatness (like all the Tonka albums). It remains one of my favourites. Geoff Barton's reviews were always a treat, but I often disagreed with much of the content. Geoff often admitted his was, er, a contrarian! I remember swathes of that rather puzzling review, and enjoyed hearing it again. Steve Gett from Melody Maker was more enthusiastic. He described Alpha Centauri / Lettin' Go thus: "The most spectacular opening to an album since Deep Purple in Rock" (meaning Speed King). Who couldn't love the way Lettin' Go's heaviness quietens into that little Battle of Evermore pastiche? Mr Barton also underestimated how popular the Mystery Train cover would be. Good old Geoff - he'd given Lights Out a halfhearted review in '77, and he'd absolutely panned In Through the Out Door just a few months before this one!😄
This is actually my favorite UFO studio album; Phenomena or Obsession in second. Love this era. Really, you just need the live album or the box of it for the MS era.
I think the Chapman albums are so underrated, my personal favorite being Wild, Willing, & The Innocent. One of the bar bands we used to follow in the 80's used to play "Money Money". Geoff was way off on this review - I truly don't understand all of the Kiss references!
Geoff was obsessed with Kiss, and nearly always spannered their name into reviews of other bands' albums - Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, and UFO's Obsession, if I remember rightly. None of those bands was like Kiss in any way!😃
Agree with you Martin - Geoff was way off on his analysis ... in retrospective, of course. While I personally prefer The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent, No Place To Run still resides in my top 4 UFO studio albums. Keep these reviews comin'! Thx.
Waiting patiently for an album revolver readers voted the FOURTH greatest final album of all time(and Martin popoff fans voted it #306 all time....Reinventing The Steel. Fingers crossed.
this band didn't have any songs ..this record is padded...two minutes of noise called Alpha Century ..whatever that was...barely written Letting Go...where's John Kalonder when they needed him? more diddling...this time on an acoustic...another half baked written song...with guitars strangling it...a time signature change...for the sake of...guys, they're pulling every musical trick they can because ...they didn't have any songs.
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No Place to Run is a Masterpiece! PLAY LOUD
Great album and era
"Light's Out" is my favorite UFO song
NPTR is a great kick off to a great era of UFO. Great song writing and instrumentation. Moggs voice is a real standout as is Tonka's guitar playing. 100% banger in all facets IMO.
I remember that I was pleasantly surprised when this album first came out. I'm definitely a big fan of the Schenker era but this was / is still a great record.
My favorite era of UFO are the "tonka" years. My favorites are "No Place To Run" & "Mechanix". Great albums both and like i said,prefer Chapman over Schenker.
That was fun - thank you. No Place to Run was my first UFO studio album, and I was bowled over with its greatness (like all the Tonka albums). It remains one of my favourites. Geoff Barton's reviews were always a treat, but I often disagreed with much of the content. Geoff often admitted his was, er, a contrarian! I remember swathes of that rather puzzling review, and enjoyed hearing it again. Steve Gett from Melody Maker was more enthusiastic. He described Alpha Centauri / Lettin' Go thus: "The most spectacular opening to an album since Deep Purple in Rock" (meaning Speed King). Who couldn't love the way Lettin' Go's heaviness quietens into that little Battle of Evermore pastiche? Mr Barton also underestimated how popular the Mystery Train cover would be. Good old Geoff - he'd given Lights Out a halfhearted review in '77, and he'd absolutely panned In Through the Out Door just a few months before this one!😄
This is actually my favorite UFO studio album; Phenomena or Obsession in second. Love this era. Really, you just need the live album or the box of it for the MS era.
I think the Chapman albums are so underrated, my personal favorite being Wild, Willing, & The Innocent. One of the bar bands we used to follow in the 80's used to play "Money Money". Geoff was way off on this review - I truly don't understand all of the Kiss references!
Geoff was obsessed with Kiss, and nearly always spannered their name into reviews of other bands' albums - Led Zeppelin, Rainbow, and UFO's Obsession, if I remember rightly. None of those bands was like Kiss in any way!😃
Agree with you Martin - Geoff was way off on his analysis ... in retrospective, of course. While I personally prefer The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent, No Place To Run still resides in my top 4 UFO studio albums. Keep these reviews comin'! Thx.
An album that needs to be remixed and given a much needed boost to the bottom end as it is too thin.
Waiting patiently for an album revolver readers voted the FOURTH greatest final album of all time(and Martin popoff fans voted it #306 all time....Reinventing The Steel.
Fingers crossed.
this band didn't have any songs ..this record is padded...two minutes of noise called Alpha Century ..whatever that was...barely written Letting Go...where's John Kalonder when they needed him? more diddling...this time on an acoustic...another half baked written song...with guitars strangling it...a time signature change...for the sake of...guys, they're pulling every musical trick they can because ...they didn't have any songs.