Mean Machine (U.D.O. album)

1989 studio album by U.D.O.

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

U.D.O. chronology

Animal House
(1987)

Mean Machine
(1989)

Faceless World
(1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10
Rock Hard	7.5/10

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 After their previous album, Animal House, Peter Szigeti had been replaced by Andy Susemihl from Sinner, Frank Rittel by Thomas Smuszynski (who later went on to Running Wild) and Thomas Franke by Stefan Schwarzmann.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

Track listing

Original Edition
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

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

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.

External links

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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)
Related	Discography Members Accept Sinner

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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