Misdemeanor is the twelfth studio album by the British hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band UFO

UFO (band)

UFO are an English heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...

. After the disastrous tour supporting Making Contact

Making Contact (UFO album)

Making Contact is the eleventh studio album released by the British hard rock band UFO, the first album without founder bassist Pete Way.-Side one:#"Blinded by a Lie" – 3:58#"Diesel in the Dust" – 4:29...

, UFO disbanded, with Phil Mogg spending time in Los Angeles, where he contacted through Mike Varney

Mike Varney

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 guitarist Atomik Tommy M. Mogg decided to start a new band, involving the new American guitarist and Paul Gray, who had played bass guitar in the last UFO tour. The three of them recruited former UFO keyboard player Paul Raymond

Paul Raymond (musician)

Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...

 and drummer Robbie France

Robbie France

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 and started writing new material. Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records

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 signed the new band as UFO and assigned experienced producer Nick Tauber

Nick Tauber

Nick Tauber is a British record producer best known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Toyah and Marillion in the 1970s and 1980s.Nick Tauber continues to manage, produce, and consult with acts/artists/and producers. In the late 1990s, Tauber was involved with British pop/punk act Kowloon, guiding them...

 for the recording process of a new album. France resigned before the recording started and was replaced by former Magnum

Magnum (band)

Magnum are a British progressive rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin , Bob Catley , Kex Gorin and Bob Doyle in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham...

 drummer Jim Simpson. Paul Raymond quit the band during theit US tour in August 1986 and was replaced for the rest of the tour by David Jacobson.

Side one

1. "This Time" (Paul Gray, Phil Mogg
   Phil Mogg
   Phillip John 'Phil' Mogg is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979...
   
   ) — 4:36
2. "One Heart" (Gray, Mogg, Tommy McClendon) - 4:09
3. "Night Run" (Gray, Mogg, McClendon) - 4:32
4. "The Only Ones" (Gray, Mogg) - 5:16
5. "Meanstreets" (McClendon, Mogg) - 4:17

Side two

6. "Name of Love" (McClendon, Mogg) - 4:37
7. "Blue" (Gray, Mogg) — 5:18
8. "Dream the Dream" (Paul Raymond
   Paul Raymond (musician)
   Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
   
   , Mogg) - 4:32
9. "Heaven's Gate" (McClendon, Mogg) - 4:15
10. "Wreckless" (McClendon, Mogg) — 4:59

Japan CD bonus tracks

11. "Night Run" (U.S. Remix) - 4:24
12. "This Time" (U.S. Remix) - 4:39
13. "Heaven's Gate" (U.S. Remix) - 4:15

Band memebers

• Phil Mogg
  Phil Mogg
  Phillip John 'Phil' Mogg is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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• Tommy McClendon (Atomik Tommy M) - lead guitar
• Paul Raymond
  Paul Raymond (musician)
  Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
  
   - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Paul Gray - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Jim Simpson - drums

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position	Nation
1986	Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	106	USA
1985	UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	74	UK

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position	Nation
1986	"Night Run"	UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	94	UK