UFO - Flying
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Artist: UFOEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-02-17
Music Label: Repertoire
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Free Music Review: totally awesome
Hit: 5 Stars
Hey, I'm disappointed! The album says "One Hour of Space Rock" and instead it's 1 hour and 2 seconds!
I'm kidding of course. Even though this album is MUCH different from what UFO would become a couple years later, I have to admit I really enjoy all the guitar jams. And trust me, if you don't like guitar jams, you're going to be in a world of trouble because that's the main thing that dominates the album. A few vocal melodies aside, and the rest of the album is all about guitar jamming.
The album isn't really space rock. Or at least, not my definition of space rock. It's more like lengthy blues pieces, similar to that one 15-minute jam on Black Sabbath's debut, but stretched out for an entire album.
"Silver Bird" starts off the album with a really nice groove and later, some really good guitar work. It's a great opener. It sounds like it should have been a hit. Why wasn't it? I don't know. "Star Storm" is nearly 20 minutes of really exciting Jimi Hendrix-like guitar playing and a really catchy and groovy chorus. Enjoy this song, because if you like hard rock at least a *little* bit, you won't be disappointed.
"Prince Kajuku" is a really fast-paced little rocker that reminds me of a song the Scorpions would do a few years later. "Coming of Prince Kajuku" continues the fast-paced rocking theme for a few more minutes. Then comes "Flying" the ULTIMATE example of emotional guitar playing. There's a funky guitar jam that appears somewhere about 7 minutes into the song. After hearing Phenomenon, I had no idea UFO could play guitar like that. The vocal melodies remind me of early Grand Funk Railroad, too. It's just hard to believe this album hasn't become a classic.
At the end of the album, something extremely scary happens. You will be reminded that the band is called UFO because the final 30 seconds of the album features some really strange voices and weird flying saucer-type sound effects. It is really strange. It reminds me of that record collection Kate Hudson found in the attic of that movie "the Skeleton Key".
Overall, if you're a fan of the blues, lengthy guitar jams and hard rock, here it is ladies and gentlemen- your album.
UPDATE- July 1, 2007
Man, I can't get enough of the lengthy guitar jams featured on this UFO album. Hearing this Flying album over and over reveals little bursts of catchy melodies throughout each of the lengthy guitar sections. This is truly a 5-star rock album. Anyone who appreciates guitar playing and enjoys searching for some melodies in a guitar jam will surely fall in love with this album.
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Digitally remastered reissue of the British hard rock veterans second album for the Beacon label. Contains all five tracks from when it was first released in 1971, including 'Silver Bird'. 1999 release.Classic Rock Music CDs
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