Mean Machine is the second studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It was released in 1989 via RCA Records. After their previous album, Animal House, Peter Szigeti had been replaced by Andy Susemihl from Sinner, Frank Rittel by Thomas Smuszynski (who later went on to Running Wild) and Thomas Franke by Stefan Schwarzmann. Dieter Rubach, who joined the band after the recording of Animal House left and was replaced by Smuszynski.[4]
| Mean Machine | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 10 January 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 40:50 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Mark Dodson | |||
| U.D.O. chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 6/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 7.5/10[3] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Look Back" | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Break the Rules" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "We're History" | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Painted Love" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Mean Machine" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Dirty Boys" | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Streets on Fire" | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Lost Passion" | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Sweet Little Child" | 4:48 |
| 10. | "Catch My Fall" | 3:55 |
| 11. | "Still in Love with You" | 0:49 |
Personnel
edit- Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
- Mathias Dieth – guitars
- Andy Susemihl – guitars
- Thomas Smuszynski – bass
- Stefan Schwarzmann – drums
- Production
- Mark Dodson – producer, mixing
- Uli Baronowsky – engineer
- Tim Eckhorst – design (anniversary edition)
- Deaffy, Didi Zill – cover concept
References
edit- ^ Mean Machine - U.D.O. at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 375. ISBN 978-1-89-495931-5.
- ^ Kupfer, Thomas (1989). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Mean Machine". Rock Hard (in German). No. 31. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "U.D.O. - Mean Machine". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
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