''Endlich Urlaub!'' is the first solo album from the

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musician

Farin Urlaub Jan Vetter (born 27 October 1963), better known as Farin Urlaub. (from the German ''Fahr in Urlaub!'', "Go on holiday!"), is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for punk rock band Die Ärzte. He ...

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), released in 2001. It features the typical humour and overall music style fans of

are used to but is more diverse and experimental. The title translates to ''Vacation at last'', or, seeing as this was his first solo effort, ''Urlaub at last''. The album originally had a cover featuring Farin walking away from a building that he had implicitly set on fire. The idea was dropped following the

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Track listing

All songs written by Farin Urlaub. # "Intro (manche nennen es Musik)" (''Intro (some call it music)'') - 1:02 # "Jeden Tag Sonntag" (''Every day Sunday'') - 2:09 # "

Sumisu "Sumisu" is a song by Farin Urlaub. It's the second single and third track from his debut album ''Endlich Urlaub!''. The song is a homage to the Smiths – according to the lyrics, Farin used to listen to them, when he was down. "Sumisu" ("スミ ...

" (Japanese for ''Smith'' – a tribute to

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) - 2:13 # " Glücklich" (''Happy'') - 2:56 # "Ich gehöre nicht dazu" (''I don't belong to them'') - 3:15 # " OK" - 4:19 # "Der Kavalier" (''The gentleman'') - 3:27 # "Am Strand" (''On the beach'') - 2:45 # "Wunderbar" (''Wonderful'') - 2:39 # "Das schöne Mädchen" (''The beautiful girl'') - 4:37 # "1000 Jahre schlechten Sex" (''1000 years of bad sex'') - 3:30 # "...und die Gitarre war noch warm" (''...and the

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was still warm'') - 3:39 # "Lieber Staat" (''Dear state'') - 3:53 # "

Phänomenal egal "Phänomenal egal" henomenally indifferentis a song by Farin Urlaub. It's the fourth single and fourteenth track from his debut album ''Endlich Urlaub!''. It's a love song, sung sarcastically as the narrator sings things like "Zwar gibt es keine ...

" (''Phenomenally indifferent'') - 3:13 # "Abschiedslied" (''Farewell song'') - 3:26 # "Outro (ja, das wurde auch Zeit)" (''Outro (yeah, it was about time)'') - 2:22

Singles

2001: Glücklich
2001:

2002: OK
2002:

Personnel

- guitar, vocals, bass, drums *Peter Quintern - saxophone *Robert Göhring - sackbut *Hans-Jörg Fischer - saxophone *Hardy Appich - trumpet

Track listing

Singles

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References