Mean Machine (Lucifer's Friend album)

Mean Machine
Mean Machine
Studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	39:40
Label	Elektra (in the US); Vertigo Records (in Europe)
Producer	Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend chronology

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.

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Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

Mean Machine (Lucifer's Friend album)

Track listing

Personnel

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