Originally released in 2002 as $IGN OF 4 on the re-activated English Track Record label, first established in 1967 by The Who's managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, under the wing of Polydor (originally the non-North American home of Jimi Hendrix and The Who a.o.), and re-issued with different artwork in 2009 as MOGG & THE SIGN OF 4. The title track was covered by UFO as a bonus track for the 2009 digipak edition of 'The Visitor'.

"It's more laid-back and bluesy, I would say, but some of it is a bit like the heavier Cosmosquad stuff with a singer on it. And, some of it is like the last Mogg/Way album (Chocolate Box). It's quite variable. The style of playing is quite different, so it took me a while to get into the right frame of mind and take it where I wanted to go. But, it works, and yes, it absolutely keeps the UFO stuff fresh for me." - Phil Mogg, July 2002

Design notes from Tristan Greatrex who created the artwork for the re-issue: www.tristangreatrex.me/sign.html


Some people will have you believe that we all eventually mellow with age. However, UFO’s much acclaimed lead singer Phil Mogg’s new band, $ign of 4, have come to the party fully intending to kick dust in the face of anyone who thinks that’s what to expect from the new four-piece rock outfit. The group’s debut album, ‘Dancing With St. Peter’, starts in fine fettle with the loose, phase drenched riffs of the album’s opening track, ‘Overload’, proceeding to erupt into life, and in doing so setting the tone for an highly impressive eleven track set.

This album was never going to be a sedate affair. Teaming up with guitarist Jeff Kollman (Mogg/Way, Cosmosquad, Edwin Dare) drummer Shane Gaalaas (MSG, Glenn Hughes, Yngwie Malmsteen, Uli Jon Roth) and bassist Jimmy Curtain, ‘Dancing With St. Peter’ is an album that sparkles with melody and is driven by personal passion and combines guitar based rock and soulful blues perfectly. The album’s title, Dancing With St. Peter, a track about the reality of living life a little too close to the edge for comfort, drips with eerie percussions and dark chords. The mood is palpable. However, tracks such as ‘Beautiful Friend’ ooze a bittersweet optimism, full of warm acoustic guitar chimes, this is a beautifully emotive song that is sure to be filed under ‘classic’.

Stand out tracks like, ‘Driven’, continue to underpin the album’s underlying feel of melancholic reflection about our own mortality. However, there are many colours to this album and the soulful ballad, ‘Afterglow’, display’s $ign of 4’s ability to groove effortlessly as well as rock, even possibly hinting at the sound of things to come. There’s not a duff sound on this so fork out the cash and add it to your collection.