No Place to Run (album)

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{{Infobox album
| name = No Place to Run
| type = studio
| artist = [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| cover = UFONoPlaceToRun.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 1980<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/853/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=853 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
| recorded = 1979
| studio = *[[AIR Montserrat|AIR]] ([[Salem, Montserrat]])
*[[AIR Oxford Circus|AIR]] (London, UK)
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| length = 36:08
| label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| producer = [[George Martin]]
| prev_title = [[Strangers in the Night (UFO album)|Strangers in the Night]]
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent]]
| next_year = 1981
| misc = {{Singles
| name = No Place to Run
| type = studio
| single1 = Young Blood
| single1date = January 1980<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=UFO&titel=Young+Blood&cat=s|title=UFO - Young Blood|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-place-to-run-r447287/review | title = UFO No Place to Run review | access-date = 2011-08-19 | last = Jeffries | first = Vincent | website= [[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 10/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | pages= 375–376}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''No Place to Run''''' is the eighth studio album by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[UFO (band)|UFO]], released in January 1980 by [[Chrysalis Records]]. It was the band's first record to feature [[Paul Chapman (musician)|Paul Chapman]], who replaced [[Michael Schenker]] on lead guitar.

The album was produced by [[George Martin]], best known for his work with [[The Beatles]]. The album cover appeared in different varieties in the UK, although the only difference was the colour of the title. The album yielded two singles: "Young Blood" and "Lettin' Go".

"At the time, I thought ''No Place to Run'' sounded a bit flat with George Martin's [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]]", remarked Chapman in 2009, when a remastered version was released, with an expanded booklet and bonus tracks. "And I still do, kind of, but it's nowhere near as flat as I first thought."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Neil|last=Jeffries|title=The Hard Stuff – Reissues|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=March 2009|issue=129|page=88}}</ref>

As of 2025, the last two surviving band members to play on the album are vocalist Phil Mogg and drummer Andy Parker.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Alpha Centauri
| writer1 = [[Paul Chapman (musician)|Paul Chapman]]
| length1 = 2:06
| title2 = Lettin' Go
| writer2 = [[Phil Mogg]], [[Pete Way]]
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = [[Mystery Train]]
| writer3 = [[Junior Parker|Herman Parker Jr.]], [[Sam Phillips]]
| length3 = 3:55
| title4 = This Fire Burns Tonight
| writer4 = Chapman, Mogg
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Gone in the Night
| writer5 = Mogg, Way
| length5 = 3:47
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Young Blood
| writer6 = Mogg, Way
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = No Place to Run
| writer7 = Mogg, Way
| length7 = 3:58
| title8 = Take It or Leave It
| writer8 = [[Paul Raymond (musician)|Paul Raymond]]
| length8 = 3:01
| title9 = Money, Money
| writer9 = Mogg, Way
| length9 = 3:29
| title10 = Anyday
| writer10 = Mogg, Way
| length10 = 3:48
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = CD edition bonus tracks
| title11 = Gone in the Night
| note11 = alternative studio version
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = Lettin' Go
| note12 = recorded live at [[The Marquee]], London, 16/11/80
| length12 = 3:47
| title13 = Mystery Train
| note13 = recorded live at The Marquee, London, 16/11/80
| length13 = 6:08
| title14 = No Place to Run
| note14 = recorded live at The Marquee, London, 16/11/80
| length14 = 3:46
}}

== Personnel ==
;UFO
*[[Phil Mogg]] – vocals
*[[Paul Chapman (musician)|Paul Chapman]] – lead guitar
*[[Paul Raymond (musician)|Paul Raymond]] – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Pete Way]] – bass
*[[Andy Parker (musician)|Andy Parker]] – drums

;Production
*[[George Martin]] – producer, mixing
*[[Geoff Emerick]] – engineer, mixing
*Steve Churchyard – assistant engineer
*John Wall – tape operator (Montserrat)
*Nigel Walker – tape operator (London)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1980)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|91|chartid=0131b|artist=UFO|album=Obsession|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 June 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|33|artist=UFO|album=No Place to Run|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 June 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|44|artist=UFO|album=No Place to Run|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 June 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|11|date=19800120|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 June 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1980-02-16|title=Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|51
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (2009)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{Album chart|UKRock|38|date=20090201|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 June 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=UFO|title=No Place To Run|award=Silver|relyear=1980|certyear=1981|id=4608-1395-2|accessdate=January 12, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==
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[[Category:1980 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by George Martin]]
[[Category:Chrysalis Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at AIR Studios]]

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