Faceless World

1990 studio album by U.D.O.

Faceless World

Studio album by

U.D.O.

Released

25 February 1990

Recorded

October 1989–January 1990

Studio

Dierks Studios, Cologne, Germany

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

53:25

Label

RCA

Producer

Stefan Kaufmann

U.D.O. chronology

Mean Machine
(1989)

Faceless World
(1990)

Timebomb
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[2]
Rock Hard	8.0/10^[3]

Faceless World is the third studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O., released on 25 February 1990 via RCA Records. It was recorded in Dierks Studios in Cologne and mastered in Hamburg. The album's musical style features a more light approach than previous and future albums, and achieved great success. Previous guitarist Andy Susemihl had left the band, but takes writing credits for "System of Life", "Living on a Frontline" and "Future Land". Guitarist Wolla Böhm was added, but is only credited and pictured in the album as a member, although he does perform with the band in the "Heart of Gold" music video. All guitar work was done by Mathias Dieth.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann; all music is composed by Dirkschneider, Kaufmann and Mathias Dieth, except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Heart of Gold"		5:00
2.	"Blitz of Lightning"		4:23
3.	"System of Life"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Andy Susemihl	4:12
4.	"Faceless World"		6:31
5.	"Stranger"		5:15
6.	"Restricted Area"		3:09
7.	"Living on a Frontline"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Susemihl	4:19
8.	"Trip to Nowhere"		3:22
9.	"Born to Run"		3:26
10.	"Can't Get Enough"		3:22
11.	"Unspoken Words"		5:13
12.	"Future Land"	Dirkschneider, Kaufmann, Dieth, Susemihl	5:13
Total length:			53:25

2013 anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Living on a Frontline" (live, taken from Live from Russia)	11:47
14.	"Heart of Gold" (live, taken from Live from Russia)	4:57
15.	"Heart of Gold" (Video)
Total length:		70:08

Personnel

Udo Dirkschneider – vocals
Mathias Dieth – guitars, backing vocals
Thomas Smuszynski – bass
Stefan Schwarzmann – drums

Production

Stefan Kaufmann – production, mixing
Uli Baronowsky – engineer, mixing
Ananda Kurt Pilz – cover art
Wolfgang Burat – photography
Tim Eckhorst – design (anniversary edition)

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[4]	52
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[5]	37

References

^ Henderson, Alex. "U.D.O. - Faceless World review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
^ 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.
^ Albrecht, Frank (1990). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Faceless World". Rock Hard (in German). No. 37. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – U.D.O. – Faceless World". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 January 2017.