Mean Machine (U.D.O. album)

Mean Machine
Mean Machine
Studio album by U.D.O.
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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[2]
Rock Hard	7.5/10^[3]

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 After their previous album, Animal House, Peter Szigeti had been replaced by Andy Susemihl from Sinner, Frank Rittel by Thomas Smuszynski (who later went on to Running Wild) and Thomas Franke by Stefan Schwarzmann.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]

Track listing[edit]

All music is composed by Udo Dirkschneider, Mathias Dieth and Andy Susemihl, except for "Still in Love with You" by U.D.O

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
Total length:		40:50

2013 anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Break the Rules" (live)	4:00
2.	"Break the Rules" (Video)	3:51
Total length:		48:41

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]

^ AllMusic. "Mean Machine - U.D.O." Retrieved 9 January 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ 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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[1] AllMusic. "Mean Machine - U.D.O." Retrieved 9 January 2017. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[martin-2] 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.

[rockhard-3] Kupfer, Thomas (1989). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Mean Machine". Rock Hard (in German). No. 31. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[4] "U.D.O. - Mean Machine". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 15 May 2010.

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v t e U.D.O.
Udo Dirkschneider Andrey Smirnov Dee Dammers Peter Baltes Sven Dirkschneider Dieter Rubach Frank Rittel Thomas Franke Mathias Dieth Andy Susemihl Peter Szigeti Thomas Smuszynski Stefan Schwarzmann Wolfgang "Wolla" Böhm Frank Fricke Fitty Wienhold Jürgen Graf Stefan Kaufmann Lorenzo Milani Igor Gianola Francesco Jovino Kasperi Heikkinen Bill Hudson Tilen Hudrap
Studio albums	Animal House (1987) Mean Machine (1989) Faceless World (1990) Timebomb (1991) Solid (1997) No Limits (1998) Holy (1999) Man and Machine (2002) Thunderball (2004) Mission No. X (2005) Mastercutor (2007) Dominator (2009) Rev-Raptor (2011) Steelhammer (2013) Decadent (2015) Steelfactory (2018) We Are One (2020) Game Over (2021) Touchdown (2023)
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