Die Wahrheit übers Lügen (The truth about lying) is the second album by Farin Urlaub Racing Team and the fourth album by Farin Urlaub

Farin Urlaub

Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...

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As FURT was initially Farin Urlaub's live band, it was previously used on the live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 Livealbum of Death

Livealbum of Death

Livealbum of Death is the only live album by Farin Urlaub, incorporating his live-band Farin Urlaub Racing Team . At the same time it's the third album of Urlaub. It was released on February 3, 2006 as a CD- and a vinyl-edition, the latter consisting of six 7" discs. Each of the twelve sides of the...

. This is the first studio album (being the third overall) in which Farin Urlaub incorporates his Racing Team.

The album was released with a short bonus album, "Ponyhof", just as Jazz ist anders

Jazz ist anders

Jazz ist anders is Die Ärzte's eleventh full-length studio album since Debil. It was released on 2 November 2007. The album has a bonus-EP with three songs about Die Ärzte and a hidden track. This is the first album after Debil that Die Ärzte produced alone. The cover is a reference to the most...

was. "Büffelherde", the main album, consists of rock songs and on "Ponyhof", Farin experiments with reggae

Reggae

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 and ska

Ska

Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...

 songs. The main album, however, is quite short, with only 11 songs, which is rather unusual for Die Ärzte

Die Ärzte

Die Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...

's and its members' solo albums since 1993

Die Bestie in Menschengestalt

Die Bestie in Menschengestalt is the tenth album by German Punk rock band Die Ärzte, counting Uns geht's prima... as their first album...

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"Die Wahrheit übers Lügen" was actually a title for a song, which was not completed in time. This was then chosen for the album title instead of another one, which was, according to Farin's friend, too boring.

Track listing

All songs written by Farin Urlaub

Farin Urlaub

Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...

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Großes Album (Büffelherde) (Big album (Buffalo

Bubalus

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 herd))

1. "Nichimgriff
   Nichimgriff
   "Nichimgriff" is a song by Farin Urlaub Racing Team. It's the first single from Farin Urlaub's third solo studio album Die Wahrheit übers Lügen....
   
   " (Notundercontrol) – 2:46
2. "Unscharf" (Fuzzy, lit. Unsharp) – 2:55
3. "Gobi Todič" – 2:32
4. "Seltsam" (Odd) – 2:51
5. "Krieg
   Krieg (song)
   "Krieg" is a song by Farin Urlaub Racing Team. It's the third single and the fifth track from the album Die Wahrheit übers Lügen...
   
   " (War) – 3:15
6. "Pakistan
   Pakistan
   Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
   
   " – 2:50
7. "Niemals
   Niemals
   "Niemals" is a song by Farin Urlaub Racing Team. It's the second single and the seventh track from Farin Urlaub's third solo studio album Die Wahrheit übers Lügen...
   
   " (Never) – 3:31
8. "Die Leiche" (The corpse) – 3:45
9. "Monster" – 3:28
10. "Atem" (Breath) – 4:09
11. "Karten" (Cards) – 4:21

Kleines Album (Ponyhof) (Small album (Pony

Pony

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 ranch))

1. "I.F.D.G." (short for "Ich find' das gut" (I like that, lit. I find that good)) – 4:06
2. "Zu heiß" (Too hot) – 4:03
3. "Insel" (Island) – 3:29
4. "Trotzdem" (Nevertheless) – 2:18

Singles

2008: "Nichimgriff

Nichimgriff

"Nichimgriff" is a song by Farin Urlaub Racing Team. It's the first single from Farin Urlaub's third solo studio album Die Wahrheit übers Lügen....

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2009: "Niemals

Niemals

"Niemals" is a song by Farin Urlaub Racing Team. It's the second single and the seventh track from Farin Urlaub's third solo studio album Die Wahrheit übers Lügen...

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2009: "Krieg

Krieg (song)

"Krieg" is a song by Farin Urlaub Racing Team. It's the third single and the fifth track from the album Die Wahrheit übers Lügen...

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2010: "Zu Heiß"