Animal House (U.D.O. album)

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Animal House
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Studio album by
Released3 November 1987
RecordedAugust–October 1987
StudioDierks Studios, Cologne, Germany
Genre Heavy metal
Length42:01
Label RCA
Producer Mark Dodson
U.D.O. chronology
Animal House
(1987)
Mean Machine
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [2]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [3]

Animal House is the first album by German heavy metal band U.D.O., following Udo Dirkschneider's departure from Accept. It was recorded from August to October 1987 at Dierks Studios in Cologne. Released in 1987, it charted at No. 41 in Sweden. [4]

Contents

The performance of the song "Lay Down the Law" is credited to Accept and U.D.O. The 'Pulheimer Kinder- und Jugendchor' contribute vocals to "They Want War".

In some releases of the album, a picture of the tour band including Dieter Rubach and Andy Susemihl was shown in the booklet. The album cover shows the line-up that recorded the album. An "Animal House" tour followed in early 1988. During this time they also toured with Guns N' Roses, Lita Ford and Zodiac Mindwarp. After Rubach left the band, they supported Ozzy Osbourne on all European dates in 1989.

The album was reissued in 2013 by AFM Records with bonus tracks.

Track listing

Original Edition
No.TitleLength
1."Animal House"4:19
2."Go Back to Hell"4:31
3."They Want War"4:12
4."Black Widow"4:29
5."In the Darkness"4:03
6."Lay Down the Law"3:47
7."We Want It Loud"4:06
8."Hot Tonight"4:47
9."Warrior"4:12
10."Coming Home"3:39
11."Run for Cover"4:43

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Hinds, Andy. "U.D.O - Animal House review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  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.
  3. Kupfer, Thomas (1988). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Animal House". Rock Hard (in German). No. 24. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. "U.D.O - Animal House (Album)". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 September 2022.