G-Force (album)

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G-Force
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Studio album by G-Force
Released 30 May 1980
Recorded December 1979 - January 1980
Genre Pop rock, hard rock
Length 40:34
Label Jet
Producer Gary Moore, Mark Nauseef, Willie Dee, Tony Newton
G-Force chronology
Back on the Streets
(1978)Back on the Streets1978
G-Force
(1980)
Corridors of Power
(1982)Corridors of Power1982
Singles from G-Force
  1. ""Hot Gossip""
    Released: 23 May 1980
  2. ""You""
    Released: Jul 1980
  3. ""White Knuckles / Rockin' And Rollin'""
    Released: 28 Nov 1980

G-Force is a 1980 album by the namesake UK-American band led by Northern Irish guitarist, Gary Moore. Moore was on an American tour with Thin Lizzy and left the band mid-tour, moving to Los Angeles in an attempt to make a solo rock presence. With the opportunity to tour America in support of Van Halen, Moore recruited his one-time former Thin Lizzy bandmate, drummer Mark Nauseef (Elf, the Ian Gillan Band) and vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple), dubbing the band "G-Force". However, several months into rehearsals, Hughes left the band after an alcohol-fuelled altercation with Moore, and was replaced with vocalist Willie Dee (born William Daffern; formerly of Captain Beyond and Pipedream) and Motown session bassist Tony Williams. The tour was a success, and the band went on to support Whitesnake on their 1980 Ready an' Willing tour. However, the band was short lived, only producing the one eponymous album and re-mixed by Dennis Mackay. The album consisted of more conventional hard rock radio oriented music than Moore's previous efforts. The Newton and Dee-penned "Trust Your Lovin'" is a non-album track, only released on the 7" single "You". Soon after the album was released, G-Force disbanded and Moore joined Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer fame, on a new venture.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Answers.com 2.5/5 stars [1]
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[2]

Track listing

Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "You"   Gary Moore Willie Dee & Moore 4:11
2. "White Knuckles / Rockin' and Rollin'"   Moore / Moore, Mark Nauseef Instrumental / Dee 5:10
3. "She's Got You"   Moore, Nauseef Dee & Moore 4:53
4. "I Look at You"   Moore Dee 6:02
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Because of Your Love"   Tony Newton, Dee, Duane Hitchings Dee 4:00
2. "You Kissed Me Sweetly"   Moore, Newton, Dee Dee 4:16
3. "Hot Gossip"   Moore Moore 3:34
4. "The Woman's in Love"   Moore Moore & Dee 3:53
5. "Dancin'"   Moore, Nauseef, Newton, Dee Dee 4:30
^† — Seperated into two tracks on some issues of the album

Personnel

  • Gary Moore - guitars, lead & backing vocals, keyboards on "I Look at You" and "The Woman's in Love", string arrangements on "I Look at You", production
  • Tony Newton - bass guitar, string arrangements on "You Kissed Me Sweetly", production
  • Mark Nauseef - drums, percussion, production
  • Willie Dee - lead & backing vocals, production

Additional musicians

  • Joachim Kuhn - keyboards
  • Tom Scott - saxophone on "The Woman's in Love", string arrangements on "I Look at You" and "You Kissed Me Sweetly"
  • Karat Faye - engineering

References

  1. Answers.com review
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