No Heavy Petting
by UFO

Album
No Heavy Petting by UFO
Year: 1976
Release date: 1976-05-00
Overall rank: 5,459th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 78 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1976 (80th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (865th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,459th)

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UFO bestography

No Heavy Petting is ranked 5th best out of 38 albums by UFO on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by UFO is Strangers In The Night which is ranked number 2542 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 623.

UFO album bestography « Higher ranked (4,844th)
Force It This album (5,459th)
No Heavy Petting Lower ranked (11,088th) »
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No Heavy Petting track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Natural Thing
Average Rating: 73 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
I'm A Loser
Average Rating: 75 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Can You Roll Her
Average Rating: 76 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Belladonna
Average Rating: 79 (18 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Reasons Love
Average Rating: 75 (17 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Highway Lady
Average Rating: 75 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
On With The Action
Average Rating: 77 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
A Fool In Love
Average Rating: 75 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Martian Landscape
Average Rating: 75 (14 votes)Comments: View 0

No Heavy Petting rankings

No Heavy Petting rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,459th | 1970s rank: 865th | 1976 rank: 80th  Overall chart history
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No Heavy Petting ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 78 votes)
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 !		06/02/2026 15:01 mids  Ratings distribution  93780/100
 
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 !		03/03/2026 15:06 UofTBlues  Ratings distribution  3,63671/100
 
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 !		03/03/2026 14:06 CaptainPain  Ratings distribution  3,41561/100

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Forum mentions

This album has been referenced 5 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From BestEverAlbums 08/11/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5401): By Repo
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by by by (1963) 4. by (1981) 5. by (1970) 6. by (1969) 7. by (1971) 8. by (1983) 9. (1986) 10. by (1965) 11. by (1984) 12. by by (1963) 14. by (1978) 15. by (2009) 16. by by (1969) 18. by (1941) 19. by (1977) 20. by (1951) 21. by (1956)…”
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From pedro1976 03/26/2025 15:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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From Repo 11/26/2020 01:48 in Rank 'Em: The Beach Boys
“I'm excited to see your thoughts on UFO, motorhead and scorpions albums from this year of 1979 (if you deem them even worthy. ) looking at some other albums from this genre and year, I gotta say I'm flying mostly blind. have maybe heard 4 or 5 albums that qualify. They Got Robbed, I Tell Ya!…”
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70/100
From 07/29/2022 12:36 | #287937
Album Rating: 69.11

1.Natural Thing. 69
2.I'm A Loser. 70
3.Can You Roll Her. 71
4.Belladonna. 77
5.Reasons Love. 72
6.Highway Lady. 60
7.On With The Action. 73
8.A Fool In Love. 69
9.Martian Landscape. 61
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From 02/28/2015 03:45 | #135758
Best Track: I'm A Loser
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From 08/29/2012 16:22 | #49570 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Good 70' metal and fantastic Belladonna :)
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