Thunderball is U.D.O.

U.D.O.

U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead singer Udo Dirkschneider in 1987.-1987–1992:After Udo Dirkschneider left Accept in 1987, a large fan community followed him to U.D.O....

's ninth studio album. Since their last studio effort, U.D.O. released the DVD Nailed To Metal and an accompanying live CD entitled Nailed To Metal - The Missing Tracks in 2003.

The title of this album and Udo Dirkschneider's posture on the cover are allusions to the movie Thunderball

Thunderball (film)

Thunderball is the fourth spy film in the James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, which in turn was based on an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham...

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The album was recorded at Roxx Studio, Pulheim

Pulheim

Pulheim is a city in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.Since the 1920s, a large substation of the RWE has been sited at Pulheim...

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Track listing

All songs written by Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O.After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O....

 and Stefan Kaufmann, with additional credits on "The Arbiter", "Blind Eyes" and "Fistful of Anger" to Igor Gianola and on "The Bullet and the Bomb" and "Pull the Trigger" to Fitty Weinhold.

1. "Thunderball" - 3:53
2. "The Arbiter" - 4:07
3. "Pull the Trigger" - 4:34
4. "Fistful of Anger" - 3:11
5. "The Land of Midnight Sun" - 5:18
6. "Hell Bites Back" - 3:09
7. "Trainride in Russia (Poezd po Rossii)" - 4:45
8. "The Bullet and the Bomb" - 3:58
9. "The Magic Mirror" - 4:56
10. "Tough Luck II" - 3:36
11. "Blind Eyes" - 4:19
12. "Hardcore Lover" (Digipak
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    bonus) - 4:50
13. "Trainride in Russia" (alternative version, Digipak bonus) - 4:45
    • "Blind Eyes" video clip (Digipak bonus)

Credits

• Udo Dirkschneider
  Udo Dirkschneider
  Udo Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O.After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O....
  
  : Vocals
• Stefan Kaufmann: Guitar
• Igor Gianola: Guitar
• Fitty Wienhold: Bass Guitar
• Lorenzo Milani - Drums