Machine II Machine
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| Musikexpress (GER) |   [1] |
| Metal Hammer (GER) | [2] |
Machine II Machine is the fifth studio album by the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. The album was released in March 1995 and mixed by Kevin Shirley and Greg Smith. It is the more mainstream oriented album of the German singer to date, thanks to the production of Jack Ponti (Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Baton Rouge) and the collaboration of musicians and authors coming from pop, country and even Latin music. The lyrics break new ground for Doro, as many of the songs deal with erotic themes. The last track is a remix done by members of the German industrial metal band Die Krupps, who worked with Doro in her next albums. The limited edition of the album contains the bonus track "Tie Me Up (Hard & Fast mix)".[3]
The album peaked at position No. 33 in the German Longplay chart.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tie Me Up" | Doro Pesch, Jack Ponti, Greg Smith | 4:59 |
| 2. | "The Want" | Pesch, Ponti, Camus Celli, Andres Levin | 6:30 |
| 3. | "Ceremony" | Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin | 4:56 |
| 4. | "Machine II Machine" | Pesch, Ponti, Smith | 5:01 |
| 5. | "Are They Coming for Me" | Pesch, Ponti, Elliot Easton | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Can't Stop Thinking about You" | Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Don't Mistake It for Love" | Pesch, Ponti, Nick Douglas | 4:22 |
| 8. | "Desperately" | Pesch, Ponti, Harold Frazee | 4:58 |
| 9. | "Love Is the Thrill" | Pesch, Ponti, Smith | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Light in the Window" | Pesch, Ponti, Danny Tate | 4:24 |
| 11. | "Welcome to the Tribe" | Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin | 3:25 |
| 12. | "Like Whiskey Straight" | Pesch, Ponti, Smith | 4:38 |
| 13. | "In Freiheit Stirbt Mein Herz" | Pesch, Ponti, Earl Slick | 5:42 |
| 14. | "Ceremony" (Rattlesnake Bite mix by Die Krupps FX) | 5:05 | |
| Total length: | 67:16 | ||
Limited Edition
- Tie Me Up (Hard & Fast Mix)
Machine II Machine: Electric Club Mixes
- The Want (Single Edit) 04:05
- Machine II Machine (Electric Mix) 05:26
- Ceremony (Krupps Mix) 05:05
- Tie Me Up (Hard & Fast Mix) 05:14
- The Want (Give It Up Mix) 06:48
- Ceremony (Metal Hammer Mix) 03:56
- Machine II Machine (Big Phat Mix) 05:26
- The Want (5 a.m. Mix) 05:40
- Emotional Suicide (Cave Man Mix) 04:29
==Machine II Machine Sampler - The Best of the Rest==Spirit of Metal
- Ceremony
- Tie Me Up
- The Want
- Machine II Machine
- Burnig the Witches
- Hellbound
- True As Steel
- Fall for Me Again
- All We Are
- I Rule the Ruins
- Unholy Love
- Bad Blood
- Last Day of My Life
- In Freiheit Stirbt Mein Herz
Personnel
- Band members
- Doro Pesch – vocals
- Jack Ponti – guitars, bass, backing vocals, producer, engineer
- Greg Smith – guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, backing vocals, mixing, associate producer
- Andres Levin – guitars, bass, producer
- Camus Celli – drums, producer
- Harold Frazee – keyboards, backing vocals, associate producer
- Nick Douglas – bass, backing vocals
- Johnny Dee – drums
- John Pfeiffer – guitars, backing vocals
- Elliot Easton – guitars, backing vocals
- Earl Slick – guitars
- Production
- Dennis Bourke – engineer, associate producer
- Nelson Ayers, Mike Goldberg – engineers
- Kevin Shirley – mixing, associate producer
- Garth "Gaff" Micheal, Keith Tackel, Christine Kozler, Steve Weinkam – assistant engineers
- Ted Jensen – mastering
References
- ^ "Doro Musikexpress Suchergebnis". Musikexpress (in German). Metal Hammer. 2 April 1995. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ "Doro Metal Hammer Suchergebnis" (in German). Metal Hammer. 1 April 1995. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Doro - Machine II Machine". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Doro Machine II Machine Zusammenfassung". Musicline.de. Retrieved 4 September 2010.