NewsUFO / The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent deluxe edition
Remastered and expanded with 1981 Hammersmith gig
UFO have announced an expanded reissue of their 1981 album The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent, out on 2CD and 3LP in May.
The metal pioneers’ ninth studio album is among their most highly regarded, a self-produced set with anthemic melodies to match the band’s hard rock heft. As the title suggests, frontman Phil Mogg was deep into a Bruce Springsteen phase, reflected in the twinkling piano into, doomed-romance lyrics and sax solo of nearly-hit single ‘Lonely Heart’. The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent reached No 19 in the UK and No 77 on the US Billboard 200, despite the slightly risqué cover being toned down for North American audiences.
Purists will be pleased to know that the original Hipgnosis cover is the one used for the album’s new deluxe edition. The first disc of the set features a 2026 remaster of the original album, with the CD version adding seven-inch edits of ‘Couldn’t Get It Right’ and ‘Lonely Heart’ and a previously unreleased alternative mix of ‘It’s Killing Me’. The remainder of the set (CD2 or LPs 2 & 3) is given over to the 11-track Live At Hammersmith Odeon, London, 29th January 1981, newly mixed by US producer Brian Kehew.
The 2CD edition comes in a three-panel digipak with a booklet including sleeve notes by Michael Hann (author of Denim And Leather: The Rise And Fall of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) featuring new interviews with Mogg and Andy Parker, as well as previously unseen photographs from the time. The 3LP set replicates the tracklisting of the CD edition (minus the seven-inch and alt mixes on CD1) and also includes the booklet.
The Hammersmith tracks are all apparently “previously unreleased”, but two of them – ‘Long Gone’ and ‘Lonely Heart’ – were included on the 2009 CD reissue of the album (and on the 2011 2LP edition), suggesting that the “previously unreleased” tag refers to the new mix. Meanwhile, ‘Mystery Train’ and (again) ‘Lonely Heart’ from the Hammersmith show were included in the 2013 4CD live set “Hot ’N’ Live” The Chrysalis Live Anthology 1974-1983.
The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent deluxe edition is out 1 May 2026 via Chrysalis.
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Tracklisting
The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent UFO / Deluxe Edition
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CD 1: The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent 2026 Remaster
- Chains Chains
- Long Gone
- The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
- It’s Killing Me
- Makin’ Moves
- Lonely Heart
- Couldn’t Get It Right
- Profession Of Violence
- Couldn’t Get it Right (7” Edit)
- Lonely Heart (7” Edit)
- It’s Killing Me (Alt. Mix) *
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CD 2: Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 29 January 1981 – newly mixed *
- Long Gone
- Chains Chains
- Lonely Heart
- Cherry
- Mystery Train
- Only You Can Rock Me
- Too Hot To Handle
- Lights Out
- Rock Bottom
- Doctor Doctor
- Shoot Shoot
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CD 1: The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent 2026 Remaster
Tracklisting
The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent UFO / Deluxe Edition
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LP 1: The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent 2026 Remaster
- Chains Chains
- Long Gone
- The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
- It’s Killing Me
- Makin’ Moves
- Lonely Heart
- Couldn’t Get It Right
- Profession Of Violence
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LP 2 & 3: Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 29 January 1981 – newly mixed
- Long Gone
- Chains Chains
- Lonely Heart
- Cherry
- Mystery Train
- Only You Can Rock Me
- Too Hot To Handle
- Lights Out
- Rock Bottom
- Doctor Doctor
- Shoot Shoot
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LP 1: The Wild, The Willing & The Innocent 2026 Remaster
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