The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent explained

The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent
Type:studio
Artist:UFO
Cover:The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent.jpg
Released:16 January 1981[1]
Recorded:1980
Studio:AIR Studios, Wessex Sound Studios and Utopia Studios, London
Genre:Hard rock, heavy metal
Length:40:43
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:UFO
Prev Title:No Place to Run
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Mechanix
Next Year:1982

The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent is the ninth studio album by English hard rock band UFO, released on 16 January 1981. Their first to be entirely self-produced. Its song "Lonely Heart" was a minor UK hit.

Former Wild Horses' keyboard player Neil Carter replaced Paul Raymond, who had left to join the Michael Schenker Group after a disagreement with singer Phil Mogg. However, according to guitarist Paul Chapman, Carter – though credited on the sleeve – did not play keyboards on the album (see below).

The original cover was, as usual, designed by the art studio Hipgnosis.

The album was remastered at Sound Recording Technology in Cambridge in 1994 and reissued on Repertoire Records. The album was also reissued in 2009, remastered and with an expanded booklet and bonus tracks.

Track listing

Singles

  1. "Couldn't Get It Right"/"Hot 'n' Ready" (recorded live at the Reading Festival 1980) (Chrysalis CHS 2454)
  2. "Lonely Heart"/"Long Gone" (Chrysalis CHS 2482) #41 UK[2]

Credits

UFO
Additional musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week. 19.
  2. Web site: Lonely Heart The Official Charts Company . 26 August 2011 . .
  3. Billboard 200 - 21 February 1981. Billboard. 15 May 2021.