Solid, Chapman-era release

Review Score: (8/10)
Mechanix is the only Paul Chapman-era UFO album I own outside of the "Best of the Rest" compilation. While Mechanix may not live up to the glory of classic albums such as "Lights Out" and "Obession" (my personal fave), it still contains a good half album's worth of great songs. Chapman is not as flashy of a guitarist as Schenker (not many are) but his riffs/solos are forceful and melodic. The rest of the band are on form per usual, and I really dig Andy Parker's drumming as always. Standouts here include: The Writer (w/ cool Carter keyboard solo), the rockin' Doing It All for You, Feel It (complete with Mogg catchy chorus) and Dreamin'. The creativity that UFO unleashed at will in the '70s has been pretty much lost by this time, but the album does rock and is still better than two-thirds of the releases in the genre. If you like the classic UFO releases w/ Schenker, chances are you'll not be disappointed with Mechanix.

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