''Obsession'' is the seventh studio album by English

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, released in 1978. This was the final studio album to feature

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on lead guitar until he returned to the band in 1993. A single from the album, "Only You Can Rock Me" / "Cherry", was also released in 1978. So too was the band's first 3-track EP "Only You Can Rock Me", "Cherry" / "Rock Bottom", reaching No. 50 in the UK. The album was recorded at an abandoned post office in

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's 2008 remastered edition includes 3 bonus live tracks, and also some writing credits are corrected.

Critical reception

Reviewing the LP in '' Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981),

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wrote: "I've admired their forward motion and facile riffs, so it's my duty to report that they've degenerated into the usual exhibitionism. Theme song: 'Lookin' Out for No. 1,' a turn of phrase that's becoming as much of a watchword in late '70s rock as 'get together' was in the late '60s."

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals *

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– bass * Andy Parker – drums *

– guitars, recorder * Paul Raymond – keyboards, guitar ;Production *

Ron Nevison Ron Nevison is an American record producer and audio engineer. He started his career in the early 1970s as an engineer on ''Quadrophenia'' by the Who and Bad Company's debut album. He eventually became a producer, working with artists including M ...

– producer *

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– assistant engineer *Alan McMillan – conductor, string arrangements, string conductor *

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– cover art

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Obsession (Ufo Album) UFO (band) albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Ron Nevison Chrysalis Records albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis