Machine II Machine | ||||
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Released | March 1995 | |||
Recorded | Ocean Recording, Ocean Gate, New Jersey, USA Sheffield Mobile Unit | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length | 67:16 | |||
Label | Vertigo | |||
Producer | Jack Ponti, Greg Smith, Dennis Bourke, Kevin Shirley, Camus Celli, Andres Levin, Harold Frazee | |||
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Limited edition CD cover | ||||
Singles from Machine II Machine | ||||
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Musikexpress (GER) | [1] |
Metal Hammer (GER) | [2] |
Machine II Machine is the fifth studio album by the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. The album was released in March 1995 and mixed by Kevin Shirley and Greg Smith. It is the most mainstream oriented album of the German singer to date,thanks to the production of Jack Ponti (Bon Jovi,Alice Cooper,Baton Rouge) and the collaboration of musicians and authors coming from pop,country and even Latin music. The lyrics break new ground for Doro,as many of the songs deal with erotic themes. The last track is a remix done by members of the German industrial metal band Die Krupps,who worked with Doro on her next albums. The limited edition of the album contains the bonus track "Tie Me Up (Hard &Fast mix)". [3]
The album peaked at position No. 33 in the German Longplay chart. [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tie Me Up" | Doro Pesch, Jack Ponti, Greg Smith | 4:59 |
2. | "The Want" | Pesch, Ponti, Camus Celli, Andres Levin | 6:30 |
3. | "Ceremony" | Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin | 4:56 |
4. | "Machine II Machine" | Pesch, Ponti, Smith | 5:01 |
5. | "Are They Coming for Me" | Pesch, Ponti, Elliot Easton | 4:38 |
6. | "Can't Stop Thinking about You" | Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin | 4:19 |
7. | "Don't Mistake It for Love" | Pesch, Ponti, Nick Douglas | 4:22 |
8. | "Desperately" | Pesch, Ponti, Harold Frazee | 4:58 |
9. | "Love Is A Thrill" | Pesch, Ponti, Smith | 4:06 |
10. | "Light in the Window" | Pesch, Ponti, Danny Tate | 4:24 |
11. | "Welcome to the Tribe" | Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin | 3:25 |
12. | "Like Whiskey Straight" | Pesch, Ponti, Smith | 4:38 |
13. | "In Freiheit Stirbt Mein Herz" | Pesch, Ponti, Earl Slick | 5:42 |
14. | "Ceremony" (Rattlesnake Bite mix by Die Krupps FX) | 5:05 | |
Total length: | 67:16 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Tie Me Up (hard & fast mix)" | 5:14 |
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