Misdemeanor (UFO album)

Misdemeanor is the twelfth studio album by the British hard rock band UFO. After the disastrous tour supporting Making Contact, UFO disbanded, with Phil Mogg spending time in Los Angeles, where he contacted (through Mike Varney) guitarist Atomik Tommy M. Mogg decided to start a new band, involving the new American guitarist and Paul Gray, who had played bass guitar in the last UFO tour. The three of them recruited former UFO keyboard player Paul Raymond and drummer Robbie France and started writing new material. Chrysalis Records signed the new band as UFO and assigned experienced producer Nick Tauber for the recording process of a new album. France resigned before the recording started and was replaced by former Magnum drummer Jim Simpson.^[6] Paul Raymond quit the band during their US tour in August 1986 and was replaced for the rest of the tour by David Jacobson.^[7]

Misdemeanor
Studio album by UFO
Released	November 1985
Studio	The Manor Studio, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Netherlands
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	46:31
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Nick Tauber
UFO chronology
Making Contact (1983) Misdemeanor (1985) Ain't Misbehavin' (1988)
Singles from Misdemeanor
"This Time" Released: October 1985 (UK)^[1] "Night Run (US remix)" Released: February 1986^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	3/10^[4]
Kerrang!	^[5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"This Time"	Paul Gray, Phil Mogg	4:36
2.	"One Heart"	Gray, Mogg, Tommy McClendon	4:09
3.	"Night Run"	Gray, Mogg, McClendon	4:32
4.	"The Only Ones"	Gray, Mogg	5:16
5.	"Meanstreets"	McClendon, Mogg	4:17

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Name of Love"	McClendon, Mogg	4:37
7.	"Blue"	Gray, Mogg	5:18
8.	"Dream the Dream"	Paul Raymond, Mogg	4:32
9.	"Heaven's Gate"	McClendon, Mogg	4:15
10.	"Wreckless"	McClendon, Mogg	4:59

Japanese CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Night Run" (U.S. Remix)	4:24
12.	"This Time" (U.S. Remix)	4:39
13.	"Heaven's Gate" (U.S. Remix)	4:15

Personnel

UFO

• Phil Mogg – vocals
• Paul Gray – bass guitar
• Paul Raymond – keyboards, guitar
• Tommy McClendon (Atomik Tommy M) – guitar
• Jim Simpson – drums

Production

• Nick Tauber – producer
• Jon Jacobs – engineer, mixing
• Steve Lyon – assistant engineer
• Dave Wittman – remixing on tracks 1-3, 6, 7

Charts

Chart performance for Misdemeanor

Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	74
Billboard 200^[9]	106

References

1. "UFO singles".
2. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 854. ISBN 9780862415419.
3. Anderson, Jason. "UFO Misdemeanor review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
4. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 377. ISBN 978-1894959315.
5. Dickson, Dave (14 November 1985). "UFO 'Misdemeanor'". Kerrang!. Vol. 107. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 24.
6. Putterford, Mark (31 October 1985). "Stand Up and Be Counted!". Kerrang!. Vol. 106. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. pp. 10–12.
7. Chirazi, Stefan (7 August 1986). "Raymond Quits UFO". Kerrang!. Vol. 126. London, UK: United Magazines ltd. p. 3.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
9. "Billboard 200". Billboard. 2 January 2013.