Lights Out (studio album) by UFO

Lights Out by UFO
Year: 1977
Overall rank: 2,528th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 101 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1977 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (468th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,528th)

UFO bestography

Lights Out is ranked as the best album by UFO.

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Lights Out track list

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 101 votes)
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06/06/2025 00:09 martintho  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 4,69575/100
 
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05/05/2025 21:09 cicadelic  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 9,66073/100
 
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04/28/2025 06:02 Elauqsapid  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,64464/100
 
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12/14/2024 04:59 Proto  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,12935/100
 
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10/01/2024 19:19 djrodo  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 89281/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.

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80/100
From 09/29/2020 13:53
Loved the cover of "Alone Again Or". Rating (81.86)
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90/100
From 09/12/2020 03:30
My favorite of all UFO studio albums. All great songs finishing with the always epic 'Love to Love'. Great cover of 'Alone Again Or'. One of the better hard rock albums from the latter half of the 70's
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85/100
From 06/24/2020 15:08
A really solid album, as you would expect from UFO, but 'Lights Out' is clearly the stand out track.
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From 04/02/2019 03:29
A very consistent hard rock album. Highlights are "Love To Love", "Lights Out" and "Alone Again Or" which was heavily featured on the recent Netflix show "Russian Doll." I especially like "Love To Love" with its nice interplay between Paul Raymond's synth and Schenker's guitar.
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From 07/14/2018 21:07
With as big an influence UFO had on many other artists, it's hard to understand why they wearnt as huge as the Zeppelins & Purples. Lights Out, though not as popular as Obsession is a great album. My favorite in their catalog. Michael Schenker ranks in my top 10 guitar players of all time. I will never get sick of listenting to the title track!
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80/100
From 01/23/2018 10:14
Great album though I prefer UFO's Phenomenon album. Lights Out is a great hard rock track. Try Me a great rock ballad. Alone Again Or is a good cover (though not really adapted to their own style). Love to Love is a very great progressive rock song!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 06/10/2015 21:50
I've always thought that UFO was a very under-rated band. I saw them in 1977 on their Lights Out tour (Cheap Trick was opening act) and they were just great live. This is a great album; I think their best (not counting Strangers in the Night, which is like a greatest hits collection and my favorite live album of all time).
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From 03/10/2015 03:30
Best Track: Lights Out
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From 08/30/2012 09:53
It is worth a listen. Powerful play from the seventies :)
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