Timebomb (album)

For albums with a similar title, see Time bomb (disambiguation).
Timebomb
Studio album by
U.D.O.
Released13 April 1991
RecordedNovember 1990 – February 1991
StudioDierks Studios, Cologne, Germany
GenreSpeed metal, heavy metal
Length38:21
LabelRCA
ProducerStefan Kaufmann
U.D.O. chronology
Faceless World
(1990) 		Timebomb
(1991) 		Solid
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
Rock Hard7.5/10[3]

Timebomb is the fourth studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It was recorded and mixed at Dierks Studios in Cologne from November 1990 to February 1991. The album is considered the band's heaviest following a light approach on Faceless World.[2]

The band was aided by Gaby "Deaffy" Hawke on lyrics. Deaffy was also the author of the English lyrics on the Accept albums, and is a pseudonym for Gaby Hoffmann (maiden name Hauke), manager of Accept and later married to the guitarist Wolf Hoffmann.

Timebomb was the band's last release with Mathias Dieth and Thomas Smuszynski, whom the latter joined Running Wild in 1992. It was also their last release until 1997's Solid; in the time between, Udo Dirkschneider took part in the Accept reunion.

Track listing

Original Edition
No.TitleLength
1."The Gutter (Instrumental)"1:04
2."Metal Eater"3:42
3."Thunderforce"3:40
4."Overloaded (Instrumental)"1:05
5."Burning Heat"3:14
6."Back in Pain"3:46
7."Timebomb"3:57
8."Powersquad"4:13
9."Kick in the Face"3:47
10."Soldiers of Darkness"4:12
11."Metal Maniac Master Mind"5:41

Credits

Production
  • Stefan Kaufmann – production
  • Uli Baronowsky – engineering, mixing
  • Tim Eckhorst – design (anniversary edition)
  • Andreas Marschall – cover art

References

  1. ^ Timebomb at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Trojan, Frank (1991). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Timebomb". Rock Hard (in German). No. 49. Retrieved 8 September 2022.


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