Faceless World

Studio album by U.D.O.

Released

February 25, 1990

Recorded

October 1989 - January 1990

Studio

Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany

U.D.O. chronology

Mean Machine
(1989)

Faceless World
(1990)

Timebomb
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]

Faceless World is the third studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O., released on February 25, 1990, by RCA Records. It was recorded in Dierks Studios in Cologne, Germany and mastered in Hamburg. 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.

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Heart of Gold"		5:00
2.	"Blitz of Lightning"		4:23
3.	"System of Life"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Andy Susemihl	4:12
4.	"Faceless World"		6:31
5.	"Stranger"		5:15
6.	"Restricted Area"		3:09
7.	"Living on a Frontline"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Susemihl	4:19
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, Susemihl	5:13
Total length:			53:25

2013 Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Length
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:		1:10:08

Personnel

Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
Mathias Dieth – guitars, backing vocals
Thomas Smuszynski – bass guitar
Stefan Schwarzmann – drums

Production

Stefan Kaufmann – producer, mixing
Uli Baronowsky – engineering, mixing
Ananda Kurt Pilz – cover art
Wolfgang Burat – photography
Tim Eckhorst – design (Anniversary Edition)

Charts

	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[3]	52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	37

References

↑ "Faceless World". Rock Hard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
↑ Alex Henderson. "Faceless World - U.D.O.". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – U.D.O. – Faceless World". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

External links

Discogs. "U.D.O. (2) - Faceless World". Retrieved 8 January 2017.

U.D.O.
Udo Dirkschneider Bill Hudson Andrey Smirnov Fitty Wienhold Sven Dirkschneider Stefan Kaufmann Francesco Jovino Kasperi Heikkinen Igor Gianola Stefan Schwarzmann Mathias Dieth Andy Susemihl Dieter Rubach Peter Szigeti Frank Rittel Thomas Franke Thomas Smuszynski Jürgen Graf Lorenzo Milani
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)
Live albums	Live from Russia (2001)
Related	Accept Sinner

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