''Crash-Landing'' or ''Crash Landing'' (subtitled ''Perfect Tunes for the Final Ride'' or ''...perfekt tunes for the final ride''
t is unknown whether "perfekt" is a misprint or intentional is the second
English language
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studio album
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by the
German
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**Ger ...
punk
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band
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers", figuratively "The Deadbeats") is a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf.
History
The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephe ...
, intended for the
Australia
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n market. As on ''
Love, Peace & Money
''Love, Peace & Money'' (also ''Love Peace & Money''; Japanese 愛、平和、そして金) is the first English-language album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen (ディ・トーテン・ホーゼン di tōten hōzen"in katakana; DTH), not ...
'', most of the songs are translated DTH
German language
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songs. Some songs were originally b-sides to various singles.
Track listing
# "The Producer" (Rohde/Frege) − 0:44
(lounge
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intro of "Umtausch ausgeschlossen!")
# "The Product" (Rohde/Frege,
T. V. Smith
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Biography
Smith and Gaye Ad ...
) − 1:23
(singing part of "Umtausch ausgeschlossen!")
# "The Fly" (Frege/Frege, Smith) − 2:01
("Die Fliege")
# "Man" (v. Holst/Frege, Smith) − 4:08
("Mensch")
# "
Pushed Again
"Pushed Again" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It is the only single and the fifth track from the album '' Crash-Landing''.
The song is about being tormented by somebody and trying to get this somebody off the narrator's back.
Music video
The mus ...
" (Breitkopf/Frege) − 3:49
# "Big Bad Wolf" (v. Holst/Frege, Smith) - 3:53
("Böser Wolf")
# "
Bonnie & Clyde
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" (Breitkopf/Frege, Smith) - 3:33
(English version)
# "Hopeless Happy Song" (Bretikopf, Frege/Frege, Smith) - 2:55
# "
I Am the Walrus
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" (
Lennon–McCartney
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) − 3:06
(from " Paradies"; The Beatles
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cover)
# "
I Fought the Law
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" (misprinted on the back "I Faught the Law") (
Sonny Curtis
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) − 2:35
(from " Kauf MICH!"; The Crickets
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cover)
# "No Escape" (v. Holst/Frege, Smith) - 3:33
# "Soul Therapy" (Breitkopf/Frege, Smith) - 5:13
("Seelentherapie")
# "Viva la Revolution" (Breitkopf/Frege, Smith) − 4:31
(English version)
# "
Disneyland
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(Stays the Same)" (Breitkopf/Frege,
Hanns Christian Müller
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*Hanns Bolz (1885–1918), German expressionist and cubist painter
* Hanns Brandstätter (born 1949), Austrian fencer
*Hanns Braun (18 ...
, Smith) − 3:27
("Entenhausen bleibt stabil")
# "Revenge" (Meurer/Frege, Smith) − 3:59
(from "Pushed Again
"Pushed Again" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It is the only single and the fifth track from the album '' Crash-Landing''.
The song is about being tormented by somebody and trying to get this somebody off the narrator's back.
Music video
The mus ...
")
# "Beautiful Day" (Meurer/Frege, Smith) − 3:24
("Der letzte Tag")
2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks
- "Runaway Train Driver" (Smith/Smith) – 3:11 (from "
Nur zu Besuch
"Nur zu Besuch" (''Just visiting'') is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the eleventh track from the album '' Auswärtsspiel''.
It is a tribute to someone who has recently died. The narrator, being at the grave at the time, ...
"; T.V. Smith cover)
- "Radio
Argentina
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#1" – 0:23
- " Carnival in Rio (Punk Was)" (Frege, von Holst/
Ronald Biggs
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) – 3:56 (live in River Plate Stadium
Estadio Monumental (), officially Estadio Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons,[Buenos Aires
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, 1996)
- "Born to Lose" (
Johnny Thunders
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) – 2:41 (live in River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, 1996; The Heartbreakers
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History
Johnny Thunders (vocals/guitar) and Jerry N ...
cover)
- "Radio Argentina #2" – 0:30
- "
Hier kommt Alex
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" (Meurer/Frege) – 2:09 (live in River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, 1996)
- "Radio Argentina #3" – 0:35
- " Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson,
Elvis Presley
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/George R. Poulton, Ken Darby
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) – 1:29 (live in CBGB
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's, New York
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* '' ...
, 1992; Elvis Presley
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cover)
- "
Blitzkrieg Bop
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The song, w ...
" (Dee Dee Ramone
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, Tommy Ramone
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) – 1:40 (live in CBGB's, New York, 1992; Ramones
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cover)
- "First Time" (Honest John Plain/Plain) – 2:42 (live in CBGB's, New York, 1992;
The Boys
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* ''The Boys'' (1962 Finnish film), a war drama by Mikko Niskanen
* ''Boys'' ( ...
cover)
- " The Return of Alex" (Meurer/Frege, Dangerfield) – 3:45 (live in CBGB's, New York, 1992; "
Hier kommt Alex
"Hier kommt Alex" (''Here comes Alex'') is a song by German punk band Die Toten Hosen. It is the first single and the first track from the album '' Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau''. The song in concept introduces Alex, who is the central chara ...
")
- "Perfect Criminal" (von Holst/Frege, Dangerfield) – 2:31 (live in CBGB's, New York, 1992; "Musterbeispiel")
Singles
1998: "
Pushed Again
"Pushed Again" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It is the only single and the fifth track from the album '' Crash-Landing''.
The song is about being tormented by somebody and trying to get this somebody off the narrator's back.
Music video
The mus ...
"
Personnel
*
Campino
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-
vocals
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*Andreas von Holst -
guitar
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*Michael Breitkopf - guitar
*Andreas Meurer -
bass
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*Wolfgang Rohde -
drums
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*Vom Ritchie - drums
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crash-Landing (Die Toten Hosen Album)
Die Toten Hosen albums
1999 albums