G-Force (album)

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G-Force
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Studio album by
G-Force
Released30 May 1980
RecordedDecember 1979 - January 1980
StudioCherokee Studios, Hollywood and Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
GenrePop rock, hard rock
Length40:34
LabelJet
ProducerGary Moore, Mark Nauseef, Willie Dee, Tony Newton
Gary Moore chronology
Back on the Streets
(1978) 		G-Force
(1980) 		Corridors of Power
(1982)
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]

G-Force is a 1980 studio album by the namesake UK-American band led by Irish rock guitarist Gary Moore.

While touring America with Thin Lizzy in support of the band's album Black Rose: A Rock Legend, Moore suddenly quit the band and moved to Los Angeles, hoping to establish a solo rock presence. With the opportunity to tour America in support of Van Halen, Moore recruited his one-time Thin Lizzy bandmate, drummer Mark Nauseef (Elf, the Ian Gillan Band), and vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (Trapeze, Deep Purple), dubbing the band "G-Force". 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 Newton (former member of The Tony Williams New Lifetime). The subsequent tour was a success, and the band went on to support Whitesnake on their 1980 Ready an' Willing tour. However, the project was short-lived, only producing the one eponymous album, which was re-mixed by Dennis Mackay. The album consisted of more conventional hard rock radio-oriented music than Moore's previous efforts. The band also recorded the Newton and Dee-penned song "Trust Your Lovin'", only released as a B-side to 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, a collaboration that led to Lake's eponymous debut solo album.

Track listing[]

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."You"Gary MooreWillie Dee & Moore4:11
2."White Knuckles / Rockin' and Rollin'†"Moore / Moore, Mark NauseefInstrumental / Dee5:10
3."She's Got You"Moore, NauseefDee & Moore4:53
4."I Look at You"MooreDee6:02
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
5."Because of Your Love"Tony Newton, Dee, Duane HitchingsDee4:00
6."You Kissed Me Sweetly"Moore, Newton, DeeDee4:16
7."Hot Gossip"MooreMoore3:34
8."The Woman's in Love"MooreMoore & Dee3:53
9."Dancin'"Moore, Nauseef, Newton, DeeDee4:30
^† — 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 guitar, string arrangements on track 6, production
  • Mark Nauseef – drums, percussion, percussion synthesizer, production
Additional musicians
  • Joachim Kuhn – additional keyboards
  • Tom Scott – saxophone on track 8, string arrangements on track 4 and 6
  • Thee Ox – marimba
Production
  • Mack, Mark Sackett, Tom La Tondre – engineers
  • Dennis Mackay – remixing on tracks 1-3, 5, 7 and 9
  • Moshe Brakha – photography

References[]

  1. ^ Lovén, Lars. "G-Force - Gary Moore & G-Force | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 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.
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