No Limits (U.D.O. album)

No Limits
Studio album by
U.D.O.
Released20 April 1998
Recorded1998
StudioRoxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany
GenreHeavy metal
Length53:35
LabelGUN
ProducerStefan Kaufmann, Udo Dirkschneider
U.D.O. chronology
Solid
(1997) 		No Limits
(1998) 		Holy
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[1]
Rock Hard9.0/10[2]

No Limits is the sixth studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It was recorded and mixed by Stefan Kaufmann at Roxx Studio in Pulheim. No Limits is the last album to feature guitarist Jürgen Graf.

The album includes a new recording of "I'm a Rebel" from Accept's album I'm a Rebel. "Love Machine" is a cover version of a song by Supermax. "Azrael" was written by the German musician Albert Böhne in connection with a book by German horror writer Wolfgang Hohlbein.[3]

Track listing

Original Edition
No.TitleLength
1."The Gate"0:51
2."Freelance Man"4:24
3."Way of Life"4:45
4."No Limits"4:01
5."With a Vengeance"5:26
6."One Step to Fate"5:10
7."Backstreet Loner"3:28
8."Raise the Crown"4:06
9."Manhunt"4:16
10."Rated X"3:54
11."Lovemachine"5:24
12."I'm a Rebel"2:19
13."Azrael"5:31
Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
14."The Key"4:07

Personnel

U.D.O.
Additional musicians
  • Mathias Dieth – guitar solo on "One Step to Fate"
Production
  • Manfred Melchior – mastering
  • Jan Meininghaus – cover art
  • Jens Rosendahl – photography
  • Peter Lohde – design
  • Tim Eckhorst – design (anniversary edition)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Schleutermann, Marcus (1998). "Review Album : U.D.O. - No Limits". Rock Hard (in German). No. 132. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ U.D.O. (1998). No Limits (CD Booklet). Bochum, Germany: GUN Records. GUN158.