Metal Reviews

I'm sort of an Accept junkie and haven't really delved into Udo's solo stuff. I hear it's pretty solid traditional metal and he usually doesn't miss a beat... But they have 13 albums and I doubt ALL of them are what I would consider great.

So are there a few I should put ahead of the rest?

Top three U.D.O. albums for me:
1 - Animal House (1987) Accept without Accept, basically
2 - Time Bomb (1991)
3 - Holy (1999)

I've got to admit I'm short of a few (3/4) albums to know his whole solo discography but, from what I know, that is it.

I'm a big fan of Accept but UDO never did much for me. I like a song here and there but every full album I heard seemed mediocre to me. Maybe I have a problem, I don't know...

Did you try Animal House?

I've never really given the solo stuff a shot but I was reading some favorable reviews this past week and it got me interested.

Thanks for the suggestions, Frenchie.

1.Faceless World(1990):the best UDO album,imo,very consistent and contains the catchiest choruses he ever recorded(check Heart of Gold,Blitz of Lightning,Born to Run-believe me,they will kick your ass)
2.Mean Machine(1989):pretty similar to Animal House, but more consistent(Animal House has at least a couple of fillers,imo),you really can't go wrong with songs like:Break the Rules,We're History,Don't Look Back and the title track.
3.Holy(1999):check the track Ride the Storm-if it doesn't make you raise your fist,then you must be dead.
4.Timebomb(1991):his most violent album,UDO's Painkiller,minus the incredible sogwriting qualities found on the Priest classic;a good album,nonetheless.