Making Contact
by UFO
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UFO bestography
Making Contact is ranked 11th best out of 38 albums by UFO on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by UFO is Strangers In The Night which is ranked number 2526 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 630.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Making Contact track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Making Contact rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
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Making Contact ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/14/2024 15:48 | TonySayers61 | 25,085 | 64/100 |
| ! | 05/26/2024 15:38 |  Sandrof1969 | 2,717 | 68/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2023 08:50 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2023 00:59 | Gendjar | 4,751 | 56/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2023 10:16 | LosWochos | 47,348 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.9/100, a mean average of 64.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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Not a bad album. Pales in comparison to the 70's glory days but still has a few great songs.
Although 'Strangers in the Night' appears at the top of the UFO chart and I shall probably be shot down in flames by the core fans for saying it, I prefer the more melodic sound on 'making contact'. The synth cords and searing guitar on 'A Fool for Love' are more my 'cup of tea' or 'glass of beer' in the case of UFO. 'You and Me' is a superb track with an excellent, simple synth cord arrangement which cries out for a searing Schenker lead guitar solo which sadly doesn't arrive as Scenker was long gone by this time. The opening to 'When its time to Rock' is very Gillan era. For me a really good heavy rock album. One I should listen to more often, the last listen being about 15 years ago!
Best Track: Blinded By A Lie
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