G-Force
Studio album by
Released30 May 1980
RecordedDecember 1979 – January 1980
StudioCherokee Studios, Hollywood and Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre
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: August 1980[1]
  3. "White Knuckles" / "Rockin' and Rollin'"
    Released: 28 November 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[3]
Q Magazine[4]

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]

Jeff Clark-Meads in Q Magazine noted that the "album exemplifies Moore's uncompromising, raw, wildman-virtuoso guitar-style".[4]


After cooperating with Phil Lynott on Back on the Streets (1978), guitarist Gary Moore moved to L.A. and formed the group G-Force with vocalist Willy Dee, bassist Tony Newton, and drummer Mark Nauseef. The group did not hold together much longer than it took to finish the first and only album, and on its re-release on CD, only Moore gets credit.

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, 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

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 561. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. Lovén, Lars. "G-Force - Gary Moore & G-Force | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 3 Clark-Meads, Jeff (5 March 1991). "G-Force review". Q Magazine. 55: 89.

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