Machine II Machine
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{{Infobox album
| name = Machine II Machine
| type = Album
| artist = Doro
| cover = Doro - Machine II Machine.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 1995
| recorded = Ocean Recording, Ocean Gate, New Jersey, USA
Sheffield Mobile Unit
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hard rock, heavy metal
| length = 67:16
| label = Vertigo
| producer = Jack Ponti, Greg Smith, Dennis Bourke, Kevin Shirley, Camus Celli, Andres Levin, Harold Frazee
| prev_title = Doro Live
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = A Whiter Shade of Pale
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Limited edition CD cover
| type = Studio album
| cover = Doro machine 2 machine limited.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Machine II Machine
| type = studio
| single1 = Ceremony / Tie Me Up
| single1date = 1995
| single2 = In Freiheit Stirbt Mein Herz / Dirty Diamonds / You Got Me Singing
| single2date = 1995
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 =Musikexpress (GER)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|7}}{{cite web | url = http://www.metal-hammer.de/suche/?searchString=doro&from=01.01.1900&to=01.01.2100&pub=mse&src=all&src=wbs&src=pct&sortBy=score&filter=review | title = Doro Musikexpress Suchergebnis | accessdate = 3 August 2012 | date = 2 April 1995 | work = Musikexpress | publisher = Metal Hammer | language = German}}
| rev2 =Metal Hammer (GER)
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|7}}{{cite magazine | url = http://www.metal-hammer.de/suche/?searchString=doro&from=01.01.1900&to=01.01.2100&pub=mth&src=all&src=wbs&src=pct&sortBy=score&filter=review | title = Doro Metal Hammer Suchergebnis | accessdate = 3 August 2012 | date = 1 April 1995 | magazine = Metal Hammer | language = German}}
| noprose=yes
}}
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 most 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 on her next albums. The limited edition of the album contains the bonus track "Tie Me Up (Hard & Fast mix)".{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=10375 |title=Doro - Machine II Machine |accessdate=31 March 2010 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Metallum}}
The album peaked at position No. 33 in the German Longplay chart.{{cite web | url = http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Doro/Machine+II+Machine/longplay | title = Doro Machine II Machine Zusammenfassung | accessdate = 4 September 2010 | publisher = Musicline.de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201424/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Doro/Machine+II+Machine/longplay | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 67:16
| title1 = Tie Me Up
| writer1 = Doro Pesch, Jack Ponti, Greg Smith
| length1 = 4:59
| title2 = The Want
| writer2 = Pesch, Ponti, Camus Celli, Andres Levin
| length2 = 6:30
| title3 = Ceremony
| writer3 = Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin
| length3 = 4:56
| title4 = Machine II Machine
| writer4 = Pesch, Ponti, Smith
| length4 = 5:01
| title5 = Are They Coming for Me
| writer5 = Pesch, Ponti, Elliot Easton
| length5 = 4:38
| title6 = Can't Stop Thinking about You
| writer6 = Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin
| length6 = 4:19
| title7 = Don't Mistake It for Love
| writer7 = Pesch, Ponti, Nick Douglas
| length7 = 4:22
| title8 = Desperately
| writer8 = Pesch, Ponti, Harold Frazee
| length8 = 4:58
| title9 = Love Is a Thrill
| writer9 = Pesch, Ponti, Smith
| length9 = 4:06
| title10 = Light in the Window
| writer10 = Pesch, Ponti, Danny Tate
| length10 = 4:24
| title11 = Welcome to the Tribe
| writer11 = Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin
| length11 = 3:25
| title12 = Like Whiskey Straight
| writer12 = Pesch, Ponti, Smith
| length12 = 4:38
| title13 = In Freiheit stirbt mein Herz
| writer13 = Pesch, Ponti, Earl Slick
| length13 = 5:42
| title14 = Ceremony
| note14 = Rattlesnake Bite mix by Die Krupps FX
| length14 = 5:05
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Special Limited Edition
| title15 = Tie Me Up (hard & fast mix)
| length15 = 5:14
}}
Personnel
;Band members
- Doro Pesch – vocals
- Jack Ponti – guitars, bass, backing vocals
- Greg Smith – guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, backing vocals
- Andres Levin – guitars, bass
- Camus Celli – drums
- Harold Frazee – keyboards, backing vocals
- Nick Douglas – bass, backing vocals
- Johnny Dee – drums
- John Pfeiffer – guitars, backing vocals
- Elliot Easton – guitars, backing vocals
- Earl Slick – guitars
;Production
- Nelson Ayers – engineer
- Dennis Bourke – engineer, associate producer
- Camus Celli – producer
- Harold Frazee – associate producer
- Mike Goldberg – engineer
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Christine Kozler – assistant engineers
- Andres Levin – producer
- Garth "Gaff" Micheal – assistant engineer
- Jack Ponti – engineer, producer
- Kevin Shirley – mixing, associate producer
- Greg Smith – mixing, associate producer
- Keith Tackel – assistant engineer
- Steve Weinkam – assistant engineer
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1995) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Germany4|33|artist=Doro|album=Machine II Machine|id=2049|rowheader=true|access-date=July 5, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|38|artist=Doro|album=Machine II Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=July 5, 2024}} |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100921153821/http://www.dororocks.net/index2.htm American site]
- [http://video.mail.ru/mail/viktor_0606/1198/2030.html "Ceremony" video clip]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVltCiZnjLQ&feature=search "In Freiheit Stirbt Mein Herz" video clip]
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