Solid (U.D.O. album)
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| Solid | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 24 March 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio | Roxx Studios, Pulheim, Germany | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 52:54 | |||
| Label | GUN | |||
| Producer | Stefan Kaufmann, Udo Dirkschneider | |||
| U.D.O. chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[1] |
| Rock Hard | 9.0/10[2] |
Solid is the fifth studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It is the first in six years, when frontman Udo Dirkschneider put the band on hiatus and reunited with Accept. Accept's drummer Stefan Kaufmann joined U.D.O. as a guitar player on this album. Guitarists Fitty Weinhold and Jürgen Graf from Bullet were hired as new members.
The album was recorded and mixed at Roxx Studios in Pulheim.[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Independence Day" | 6:01 |
| 2. | "Two Faced Woman" | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Desperate Balls" | 3:54 |
| 4. | "The Punisher" | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Devil's Dice" | 4:33 |
| 6. | "Bad Luck" | 4:56 |
| 7. | "Preachers of the Night" | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Hate Stinger" | 4:59 |
| 9. | "Braindead Hero" | 5:13 |
| 10. | "Pray for the Hunted" | 4:01 |
| 11. | "The Healer" | 6:09 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Mad Dogs and Loaded Guns" (Demo) | 5:26 |
| 13. | "Warchild" (Demo) | 5:58 |
Personnel
[edit]- Udo Dirkschneider – vocals, producer
- Stefan Kaufmann – guitar, producer, engineer, mixing
- Jürgen Graf – guitar
- Fitty Wienhold – bass guitar
- Stefan Schwarzmann – drums
- Production
- Manfred Melchior – mastering
- Jens Rosendahl – photography
- Andreas Marschall – cover art
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.
- ^ Glas, Stefan (1997). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Solid". Rock Hard (in German). No. 119. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ U.D.O. (1997). Solid (CD Booklet). Bochum, Germany: GUN Records. GUN122.
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