Mean Machine (Lucifer's Friend album)

Mean Machine
Studio album by
Lucifer's Friend
Released1981
Recorded1981
GenreHeavy metal
Length39:40
LabelElektra
ProducerLucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend chronology
Sneak Me In
(1980) 		Mean Machine
(1981) 		Sumogrip
(1994)
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Mean Machine is the eighth album by German rock band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1981. It marks a return to heavy metal, coinciding with the regained popularity of the genre with the NWOBHM movement.

Track listing

Side One
No.TitleLength
1."One Way Street to Heartbreak"4:35
2."Hey Driver"4:11
3."Fire and Rain"4:40
4."Mean Machine"1:08
5."Cool Hand Killer"4:58
Side Two
No.TitleLength
6."Action"4:00
7."Born to the City"4:12
8."One Night Sensation"4:44
9."Let Me Down Slow"3:37
10."Bye Bye Sadie"3:18
2011 CD re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Old Man Roller (7 inch A-side)"3:38
12."Stardancer (7 inch A-side)"4:02
13."1999 (7 inch B-side)"4:23
14."Writing on the Wall (7 inch version B-side)"4:44
15."Stardancer (12 inch A-side)"5:16
16."1999 (12 inch B-side)"5:12
17."Moonshine Rider (Live at Rockpalast, Dortmund, Germany on December 6, 1978)"5:32
18."Sweet Little Lady (Live at Rockpalast, Dortmund, Germany on December 6, 1978)"4:39
19."Fugitive (Live at Rockpalast, Dortmund, Germany on December 6, 1978)"7:29

Personnel

  • John Lawton – lead vocals
  • Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, backing vocals
  • Peter Hecht – keyboards
  • Dieter Horns – bass
  • Herbert Bornhold – drums