No Limits (U.D.O. album)

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1998 studio album by U.D.O.

No Limits

Studio album by

U.D.O.

Released| 20 April 1998
Recorded| 1998
Studio| Roxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany
Genre| Heavy metal
Length| 53:35
Label| GUN
Producer| Stefan Kaufmann, Udo Dirkschneider
U.D.O. chronology
| Solid
(1997)  | No Limits
(1998)  | Holy
(1999)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 7/10[1]
Rock Hard| 9.0/10[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

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Original EditionNo.| Title| Length

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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 TrackNo.| Title| Length

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14.| "The Key"| 4:07

## Personnel

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U.D.O.

* Udo Dirkschneider – vocals, producer
* Stefan Kaufmann – guitars, backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
* Jürgen Graf – guitars, backing vocals
* Fitty Wienhold – bass, backing vocals
* Stefan Schwarzmann – drums

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

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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.

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U.D.O.

* Udo Dirkschneider
* Andrey Smirnov
* Dee Dammers
* Peter Baltes
* Sven Dirkschneider

* Dieter Rubach
* Frank Rittel
* Thomas Franke
* Mathias Dieth
* Andy Susemihl
* Peter Szigeti
* Thomas Smuszynski
* Stefan Schwarzmann
* Wolfgang "Wolla" Böhm
* Frank Fricke
* Fitty Wienhold
* Jürgen Graf
* Stefan Kaufmann
* Lorenzo Milani
* Igor Gianola
* Francesco Jovino
* Kasperi Heikkinen
* Bill Hudson
* Tilen Hudrap

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)
* Steelfactory (2018)
* We Are One (2020)
* Game Over (2021)
* Touchdown (2023)

Related|

* Discography
* Members
* Accept
* Sinner

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* MusicBrainz release group

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