The first studio recording after the departure of guitarist
Michael Schenker,
No Place to Run, with its midtempo guitar rock, bore much more of a resemblance to '70s rockers like
Bad Company than the coming NWOBHM. Fellow Brits like
Def Leppard were cultivating a similar but much more exciting brand of simple, angular hard rock built for the millions of
AC/DC-loving Americans, while
UFO seemed to be chasing their stylistic tail. Tracks like "This Fire Burns Tonight" call to mind
Jackson Brown-styled adult rock. [The 2009 edition included bonus tracks.] ~ Vincent Jeffries