No Limits (U.D.O. album)

No Limits
No Limits
Studio album by U.D.O.
Released	20 April 1998
Recorded	1998
Studio	Roxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	53:35
Label	GUN
Producer	Stefan Kaufmann, Udo Dirkschneider
U.D.O. chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[1]
Rock Hard	9.0/10^[2]

No Limits is the sixth studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It was recorded and mixed by Stefan Kaufmann at Roxx Studio in Pulheim. No Limits is the last album to feature guitarist Jürgen Graf.

The album includes a new recording of "I'm a Rebel" from Accept's album I'm a Rebel. "Love Machine" is a cover version of a song by Supermax. "Azrael" was written by the German musician Albert Böhne in connection with a book by German horror writer Wolfgang Hohlbein.^[3]

Track listings[edit]

All music is composed by Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Gate"		0:51
2.	"Freelance Man"		4:24
3.	"Way of Life"		4:45
4.	"No Limits"		4:01
5.	"With a Vengeance"		5:26
6.	"One Step to Fate"		5:10
7.	"Backstreet Loner"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Fitty Wienhold	3:28
8.	"Raise the Crown"		4:06
9.	"Manhunt"		4:16
10.	"Rated X"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Jürgen Graf	3:54
11.	"Lovemachine" (Supermax cover)	Kurt Hauenstein	5:24
12.	"I'm a Rebel" (Accept cover)	George Alexander	2:19
13.	"Azrael"	Albert Böhne	5:31

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Key"	4:07
Total length:		57:42

2012 anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Limits" (live)	4:12
2.	"The Key"	4:07
3.	"Azrael" (remix)	5:31
4.	"Rated X" (demo version)	3:06
5.	"Tough Luck" (demo version)	2:40
Total length:		73:11

Personnel[edit]

U.D.O.

Udo Dirkschneider – vocals, producer
Stefan Kaufmann – guitars, backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
Jürgen Graf – guitars, backing vocals
Fitty Wienhold – bass, backing vocals
Stefan Schwarzmann – drums

Additional musicians

Mathias Dieth – guitar solo on "One Step to Fate"

Production

Manfred Melchior – mastering
Jan Meininghaus – cover art
Jens Rosendahl – photography
Peter Lohde – design
Tim Eckhorst – design (anniversary edition)

References[edit]

^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Schleutermann, Marcus (1998). "Review Album : U.D.O. - No Limits". Rock Hard (in German). No. 132. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ U.D.O. (1998). No Limits (CD Booklet). Bochum, Germany: GUN Records. GUN158.

[martin-1] Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[rockhard-2] Schleutermann, Marcus (1998). "Review Album : U.D.O. - No Limits". Rock Hard (in German). No. 132. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[3] U.D.O. (1998). No Limits (CD Booklet). Bochum, Germany: GUN Records. GUN158.

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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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