Living Targets
Encyclopedia
Living Targets is the third album from German
punk rock
band, Beatsteaks
. It was released in August, 2002 on Epitaph Records
as was previous album, Launched
, in 2000. There was one line-up change from the previous album – Torsten Scholz took over bass duties from Alexander Roßwaag. The album featured more hard rock
tracks than previous efforts, including songs which were far slower and more melodic and structured. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream which was completed on 2004's Smack Smash
– released on Epitaph Records
and WEA
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band, Beatsteaks
Beatsteaks
Beatsteaks are a punk rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 1995.- History :Peter Baumann, Stefan Hircher, Alexander Rosswaag and Bernd Kurtzke founded the Beatsteaks in 1995. Shortly after Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß joined the band as a singer and additional guitarist...
. It was released in August, 2002 on Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
as was previous album, Launched
Launched
Launched is the second album from German hardcore punk band, Beatsteaks. It was released in March, 2000 on Epitaph Records and follows the band's debut release 48/49 in 1997 on XNO Records. The album contains an interesting half acoustic cover version of a song by heavy metal band, Manowar, "Kings...
, in 2000. There was one line-up change from the previous album – Torsten Scholz took over bass duties from Alexander Roßwaag. The album featured more hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
tracks than previous efforts, including songs which were far slower and more melodic and structured. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream which was completed on 2004's Smack Smash
Smack Smash
Smack Smash is the fourth album from German band, Beatsteaks. It was released in March, 2004 on Epitaph Records as was previous album, Living Targets, in 2002. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream and was simultaneously released on WEA...
– released on Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
and WEA
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
.
Track listing
- "Not Ready to Rock" (Teutoburg, Götz, Kurtzke) – 1:27
- "God Knows" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:32
- "Let Me InLet Me In (Beatsteaks song)Let Me In is a song by the German alternative/punk rock group Beatsteaks. It is the second single from their third album Living Targets, released in 2002.- Music video :...
" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 3:32 - "Soothe Me" (Götz) – 2:30
- "Above Us" (Teutoburg, Kurtzke, Baumann, Götz) – 3:03
- "This One" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:47
- "Disconnected" (Teutoburg, Kurtzke, Baumann) – 3:05
- "A-Way" (Götz, Scholz) – 3:40
- "Mirrored" (Kurtzke, Scholz) – 3:48
- "Run Run" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:55
- "To Be Strong" (Teutoburg) – 2:49
- "Summer" (Teutoburg, Baumann, Götz, Kurtzke) – 6:40
- Track 12 is only actually 3:25, the remainder is a hidden track, "Yeah!"
Credits
- Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß – vocals, guitar
- Peter Baumann – guitar
- Bernd Kurtzke – guitar
- Torsten Scholz – bass
- Thomas Götz – drums
- Alexander Freund – cello on "Mirrored"
- Pamela Falcone – backing vocals on "Yeah!"
- Engineered by Gerd Krueger
- Assistant engineered by Torsten Otto
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12
- Recorded and mixed at Minirock Studio, CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - Produced by Uwe Sabirowsky
Tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10
- Recorded at Tritonus, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - Produced by Billy Gould