Faceless World

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Faceless World
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Studio album by
U.D.O.
Released25 February 1990
RecordedOctober 1989–January 1990
StudioDierks Studios, Cologne, Germany
Genre Heavy metal
Length53:25
Label RCA
Producer Stefan Kaufmann
U.D.O. chronology
Mean Machine
(1989)		Faceless World
(1990)		 Timebomb
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [3]

Faceless World is the third studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O., released on 25 February 1990 via RCA Records. It was recorded in Dierks Studios in Cologne and mastered in Hamburg. The album's musical style features a more light approach than previous and future albums, and achieved great success. Previous guitarist Andy Susemihl had left the band, but takes writing credits for "System of Life", "Living on a Frontline" and "Future Land". Guitarist Wolla Böhm was added, but is only credited and pictured in the album as a member, although he does perform with the band in the "Heart of Gold" music video. All guitar work was done by Mathias Dieth.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann; all music is composed by Dirkschneider, Kaufmann and Mathias Dieth, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Heart of Gold" 5:00
2."Blitz of Lightning" 4:23
3."System of Life"Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Andy Susemihl4:12
4."Faceless World" 6:31
5."Stranger" 5:15
6."Restricted Area" 3:09
7."Living on a Frontline"Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Susemihl4:19
8."Trip to Nowhere" 3:22
9."Born to Run" 3:26
10."Can't Get Enough" 3:22
11."Unspoken Words" 5:13
12."Future Land"Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Susemihl5:13
Total length:53:25
2013 anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Living on a Frontline" (live, taken from Live from Russia )11:47
14."Heart of Gold" (live, taken from Live from Russia)4:57
15."Heart of Gold" (Video) 
Total length:70:08

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [4] 52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [5] 37

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References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "U.D.O. - Faceless World review". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Albrecht, Frank (1990). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Faceless World". Rock Hard (in German). No. 37. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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