Machine II Machine

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)".^[3]

Machine II Machine
Studio album by Doro
Released	March 1995
Recorded	Ocean Recording, Ocean Gate, New Jersey, USA Sheffield Mobile Unit
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
Doro chronology
Doro Live (1993) Machine II Machine (1995) A Whiter Shade of Pale (1995)
Limited edition CD cover
Singles from Machine II Machine
"Ceremony / Tie Me Up" Released: 1995 "In Freiheit Stirbt Mein Herz / Dirty Diamonds / You Got Me Singing" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Musikexpress (GER)	[1]
Metal Hammer (GER)	[2]

The album peaked at position No. 33 in the German Longplay chart.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tie Me Up"	Doro Pesch, Jack Ponti, Greg Smith	4:59
2.	"The Want"	Pesch, Ponti, Camus Celli, Andres Levin	6:30
3.	"Ceremony"	Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin	4:56
4.	"Machine II Machine"	Pesch, Ponti, Smith	5:01
5.	"Are They Coming for Me"	Pesch, Ponti, Elliot Easton	4:38
6.	"Can't Stop Thinking about You"	Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin	4:19
7.	"Don't Mistake It for Love"	Pesch, Ponti, Nick Douglas	4:22
8.	"Desperately"	Pesch, Ponti, Harold Frazee	4:58
9.	"Love Is a Thrill"	Pesch, Ponti, Smith	4:06
10.	"Light in the Window"	Pesch, Ponti, Danny Tate	4:24
11.	"Welcome to the Tribe"	Pesch, Ponti, Celli, Levin	3:25
12.	"Like Whiskey Straight"	Pesch, Ponti, Smith	4:38
13.	"In Freiheit stirbt mein Herz"	Pesch, Ponti, Earl Slick	5:42
14.	"Ceremony" (Rattlesnake Bite mix by Die Krupps FX)		5:05
Total length:			67:16

Special Limited Edition

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Tie Me Up (hard & fast mix)"	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

Chart (1995)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6]	38