Launched (album)
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| Released | March 7, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 K4 (Elektro Automatisch), Berlin, Germany | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk, punk rock | |||
| Length | 49:57 inc hidden track | |||
| Label | Epitaph Records | |||
| Producer | Uwe Sabirowsky Beatsteaks | |||
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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 of Metal". The band stayed with Epitaph Records for their next release, Living Targets, in 2002.
Track listing
[edit]- All songs written by Beatsteaks unless stated otherwise
- "Panic" – 2:38
- "We Have to Figure It Out Tonight" – 1:36
- "Shut Up Stand Up" – 2:44
- "Shiny Shoes" – 2:59
- "2 O'Clock" – 2:58
- "Happy Now?" – 3:51
- "Mietzi's Song" – 2:44
- "Excited" – 1:24
- "...And Wait" – 3:45
- "Filter" – 2:20
- "Fake" – 3:14
- "Go" – 2:09
- "Kings of Metal" (Joey DeMaio) – 4:35
- "Schluß mit Rock 'n' Roll" – 12:54
- Track 14 is only actually 3:12 – the rest of the track starts at 4:15 and is taken from rehearsals
Credits
[edit]- Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß – vocals, guitar
- Peter Baumann – guitar
- Bernd Kurtzke – guitar
- Alexander Roßwaag – bass
- Thomas Götz – drums
- El Köfte and Holly – guest musicians on "Mietzi's Song" and "Schluß mit Rock 'n' Roll"
- Recorded in 1999 at K4 (Elektro Automatisch), Berlin, Germany
- Produced and engineered by Uwe Sabirowsky
- Co-produced by Beatsteaks
- Mixed at Nucleus Studio, Berlin, Germany
- Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, New York City, USA
