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{{Infobox album
| name       = UFO 2: Flying
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| cover      = Ufo2flying-UK.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = October 1971<ref name="Daniels2013"/>
| recorded   = 1971
| venue      =
| studio     = Nova (London)
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Space rock]]<ref name="Daniels2013">{{cite book|author=Neil Daniels|title=High Stakes & Dangerous Men: The UFO Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXknAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|date=18 November 2013|publisher=Soundcheck Books|isbn=978-0-9571442-6-2|pages=9–}}</ref>|[[hard rock]] [[psychedelia]] <ref name="Daniels2013"/>}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=59|s=54}}
| label      = Beacon
| producer   = UFO, Milton Samuel
| prev_title = [[UFO 1]]
| prev_year  = 1970
| next_title = [[Live (UFO album)|Live]]
| next_year  = 1971
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = UFO 2: Flying
| type        = studio
| single1     = Prince Kajuku
| single1date = 1971
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|last1=Foss|first1=Richard|title=Flying - UFO|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/flying-mw0000710435|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=19 January 2015}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''UFO 2: Flying''''' (sometimes called simply '''''UFO 2''''' or '''''Flying'''''; also subtitled ''Space Rock'') is the second studio album by English rock band [[UFO (band)|UFO]]. It was released in October 1971 by the Beacon label. It was issued on CD in 1999 by [[Repertoire Records]].
The album is distinctive for its title track, which was one of the longest tracks recorded in [[rock music]] up to that point and the longest track the band ever recorded. The track finishes with a [[backmasking|backmasked]] reading from [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[Gunga Din]]'', "Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you, By the livin' God that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!", and a slowed phrase, "Yes we know, it's all been done before before before".
The album was reissued on the ''[[Flying: The Early Years 1970–1973]]'' compilation album of 2004, along with all the other recordings made by the band with their original guitarist, Mick Bolton.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = UFO.
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Silver Bird
| length1 = 6:54
| title2 = Star Storm
| length2 = 18:54
| title3 = Prince Kajuku
| length3 = 3:56
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title4 = The Coming of Prince Kajuku
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Flying
| length5 = 26:30
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = 2008 CD reissue bonus track
| title6 = Galactic Love
| length6 = 2:57
| note6 = a-side single
}}
==Personnel==
;UFO
* [[Phil Mogg]] – vocals
* Mick Bolton – guitar
* [[Pete Way]] – bass
* [[Andy Parker (musician)|Andy Parker]] – drums
;Production
*Milton Samuel – executive producer
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Discogs master|35307}}
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[[Category:1971 albums]]
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[[Category:Decca Records albums]]
[[Category:Stateside Records albums]]
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