''Solid'' is the fifth studio album by German heavy metal band

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. Accept's drummer Stefan Kaufmann joined U.D.O. as a guitar player on this album. Guitarists Fitty Weinhold and Jürgen Graf from Bullet were hired as new members. The album was recorded and mixed at Roxx Studios in

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Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, producer * Stefan Kaufmann – guitar, producer, engineer, mixing *Jürgen Graf – guitar *Fitty Wienhold – bass guitar *

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– drums ;Production *Manfred Melchior – mastering *Jens Rosendahl – photography *Andreas Marschall – cover art

References

1997 albums U.D.O. albums GUN Records albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub