Making Contact (album)
Making Contact is the eleventh studio album by English hard rock band UFO, released in January 1983. It was their first album without founder and bassist Pete Way. UFO disbanded after an unsuccessful European tour and a few UK dates in 1983.
Recording
Recording commenced with Gary Lyons, who had produced the band's previous album, Mechanix. Phil Mogg said, "We had to sack Gary after about 4 weeks when we realised we were paying him a lot of money and he wasn't doing very much." Neil Carter added, "Mick's a very hard working bloke, whereas Lyons would only be there for 10 minutes a day."Personnel
;UFO- Phil Mogg – vocals
- Paul Chapman – lead guitar, bass, fretless bass
- Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals, twelve-string guitar, Prophet-5 synthesiser, Hammond organ, Korg synthesiser
- Andy Parker – drums
- Paul Gray – bass on bonus tracks 12 & 13
- Mick Glossop – producer, engineer
- Peter Thea, Richard Mainwaring – engineers
- Gavin McKillop, Keith Nixon, Leigh Mantle – assistant engineers
- Alan Adler – illustration
- John Pasche, Andrew Ellis – art direction