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│ + UFO - The Monkey Puzzle + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-01-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2006 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.ufo-music.info ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : UFO Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Monkey Puzzle Label : SPV ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ It's hard to get riled up one way or another ║ │
│║ about a new UFO record, but it's almost ║ │
│║ impossible to rip on the band, either. For one ║ │
│║ thing, they're responsible for some of the most ║ │
│║ enduring hard rock anthems of the '70s ù "Doctor ║ │
│║ Doctor" and "Rock Bottom" alone should secure ║ │
│║ their spot in history. For another, they've ║ │
│║ always come across as a likable, workingman's ║ │
│║ kind of group ù nothing flashy, save for the ║ │
│║ departed Michael Schenker and his solos, just ║ │
│║ meat-and-potatoes rock and roll, from perhaps ║ │
│║ the ultimate pub-band-gone-big. A little too ║ │
│║ bland for their own good sometimes? Yeah, an ║ │
│║ honest appraisal of some of those classic albums ║ │
│║ will reveal a lot of filler. But they're not the ║ │
│║ sort of band anyone flat-out hates, either. ║ │
│║ Rejuvenated with the addition of the ║ │
│║ relatively-spry Vinnie Moore on guitar, in a ║ │
│║ lesser-scale parallel to DEEP PURPLE's ║ │
│║ soldiering on with Steve Morse, UFO turns in a ║ │
│║ respectable, genteel performance on "The Monkey ║ │
│║ Puzzle". Phil Mogg is in fine voice, though he ║ │
│║ seems locked into this mumbly, bluesy, one-note ║ │
│║ mode. Moore keeps things going with some ║ │
│║ amiable, ear-friendly soloing and pleasant ║ │
│║ enough riffs. The closest the band really comes ║ │
│║ to "rocking out" is "Rolling Man", which ║ │
│║ wouldn't raise eyebrows on the dance floor of a ║ │
│║ cruise ship, but there is some tasty guitarwork ║ │
│║ and sly, sardonic vocal action on songs like ║ │
│║ "Black and Blue" and "Heavenly Body". ║ │
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│║ "Drink Too Much" and "Good Bye You" are perhaps ║ │
│║ the low points of the record, both slow and ║ │
│║ lightweight to the point where they sound like ║ │
│║ classic '70s AM pop. But really, all of "The ║ │
│║ Monkey Puzzle" kind of operates at the same low ║ │
│║ hum ù Mogg stays in one voice, returning drummer ║ │
│║ Andy Parker is restrained to the point of ║ │
│║ narcolepsy, and only the occasional flourish ║ │
│║ from Moore livens things up a bit. ║ │
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│║ But, like I said, who can rip on UFO without ║ │
│║ feeling like a total asshole? The record is ║ │
│║ likable enough, and it's not bad at all û it's ║ │
│║ just hard to imagine ever listening to it again, ║ │
│║ really. It's a decent enough slice of laid-back, ║ │
│║ gray-haired blues rock, uninspired and mild, but ║ │
│║ enjoyable and decent enough in spots to ac ║ │
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│║ Read more at ║ │
│║ http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/the- ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Hard Being Me [03:35] │
│ 02 - Heavenly Body [03:52] │
│ 03 - Some Other Guy [04:39] │
│ 04 - Who's Fooling Who [03:58] │
│ 05 - Black And Blue [05:29] │
│ 06 - Drink Too Much [04:41] │
│ 07 - World Cruise [03:30] │
│ 08 - Down By The River [03:18] │
│ 09 - Good Bye You [04:41] │
│ 10 - Kingston Town [04:09] │
│ 11 - Rolling Man [04:25] │
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│ Total Length : [46:17 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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