Headstone: The Best of UFO cover

Headstone: The Best of UFO

UFO

77 min · 18 tracks · hard rock

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

57 /100
Foothills
Higher than 5% of albums we've rated

Strong songs and performances make the selections rewarding, but the jumps across eras give this anthology little sequencing arc or identity of its own.

What we noticed

  • The first two tracks pair “Doctor Doctor” with the extended “Rock Bottom”; the sequence then jumps to “Fool for Your Loving” rather than continuing by album or era.
  • “Lights Out” arrives at track nine, followed by “Armed and Ready” and several later-era selections, so the back half keeps changing period instead of building toward a single finale.
  • The 18-track sequence closes with “Electric Phase” and “Doing It All for You,” not a reprise or a specially shaped closing suite.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
4/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
3/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 1/10

Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Doctor Doctor 4:10
  • 2 Rock Bottom 6:29
  • 3 Fool for Your Loving 4:15
  • 4 Shoot Shoot 3:35
  • 5 Too Hot to Handle 3:37
  • 6 Only You Can Rock Me 4:10
  • 7 Love Drive 4:48
  • 8 She Said She Said 3:33
  • 9 Lights Out 5:16

Disc 2

  • 1 Armed and Ready 4:08
  • 2 Young Blood 3:59
  • 3 Criminal Tendencies 3:48
  • 4 Lonely Heart 4:59
  • 5 We Belong to the Night 4:20
  • 6 Let It Rain 3:04
  • 7 Couldn’t Get It Right 4:41
  • 8 Electric Phase 2:59
  • 9 Doing It All for You 5:36

Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata