G-Force (album)
G-Force is a 1980 studio album by the namesake Irish-American band led by Irish rock guitarist Gary Moore. It featured three singles and was re-released in 1990 on Castle Communications.[4]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 30 May 1980 | |||
| Recorded | December 1979 – January 1980 | |||
| Studio | Cherokee Studios, Hollywood and Record Plant, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 40:34 | |||
| Label | Jet | |||
| Producer | Gary Moore, Mark Nauseef, Willie Dee, Tony Newton | |||
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| Singles from G-Force | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[3] |
| Q Magazine | [4] |
Jeff Clark-Meads in Q Magazine noted that the "album exemplifies Moore's uncompromising, raw, wildman-virtuoso guitar-style".[4]
Track listing
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Because of Your Love" | Tony Newton, Dee, Duane Hitchings | Dee | 4:00 |
| 6. | "You Kissed Me Sweetly" | Moore, Newton, Dee | Dee | 4:16 |
| 7. | "Hot Gossip" | Moore | Moore | 3:34 |
| 8. | "The Woman's in Love" | Moore | Moore & Dee | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Dancin'" | Moore, Nauseef, Newton, Dee | Dee | 4:30 |
- ^† — Separated into two tracks on some issues of the album
Personnel
- G–Force
- Willie Dee – lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards, Korg bass synthesizer, production
- Gary Moore – guitars, lead and backing vocals, keyboards and string arrangements (on tracks 4 and 8), production
- Tony Newton – bass, string arrangements (on track 6), production
- Mark Nauseef – drums, percussion, percussion synthesizer, production
- Additional personnel
- Joachim Kuhn – additional keyboards
- Tom Scott – saxophone (on track 8), string arrangements (on track 4 and 6)
- Thee Ox – marimba
- Technical personnel
- Mack, Mark Sackett and Tom La Tondre – engineers
- Dennis Mackay – remixing (on tracks 1-3, 5, 7 and 9)
- Moshe Brakha – photography
References
- Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 561. ISBN 9780862415419.
- Lovén, Lars. "G-Force - Gary Moore & G-Force | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- Clark-Meads, Jeff (5 March 1991). "G-Force review". Q Magazine. 55: 89.
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