''Jazz ist anders'' ("

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

is different") is the eleventh full-length studio album by German rock band

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. It was released on 2 November 2007. The album has a bonus- EP with three songs about the band and a hidden track. This is the first album after ''Debil'' that Die Ärzte produced alone. The cover is a reference to the most consumed food during their studio sessions: pizza."Pizza hält uns seit 25 Jahren zusammen"
- NZZ-Interview from 25 October 2007 The whole packaging looks like a pizza box; the CD itself has a picture of a pizza on it and the bonus EP on their website is accessible using a code printed on paper in the shape of a green pepper. The EP looks like a tomato slice. The album has been criticized for not being as funny as one would expect from Die Ärzte, although it was very warmly received by fans.

Track listing

Bonus EP

* "Nimm es wie ein Mann (a.k.a. Kurt Cobain)" is after "Wir sind die lustigsten" on vinyl and download versions.

Singles

2007: " Junge"
2008: "

Lied vom Scheitern "Lied vom Scheitern" (Song about failing) is a song by German rock band Die Ärzte. It's the second track and the second single from their 2007 album ''Jazz ist anders''. The song is about trying to be someone else and failing at it. Music vid ...

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2008: "

Lasse redn "Lasse redn" (colloquial for standard German "Lass sie reden" - Let 'em talk) is a song by the German rock music, rock band Die Ärzte. It is the fourth track and the third single released from their 2007 album ''Jazz ist anders''. The song is op ...

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2009: " Perfekt" "

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" " Himmelblau"

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Economy

The "Economy" version CDs were sold on the concerts of the "Es wird eng" and "Jazzfäst" tours. The vinyl version is available from dealers. On this version there are humorous changed versions of the 16 songs from ''Jazz ist anders''. Also, after the last song, a mangled "Was hat der Junge doch für Nerven" (from ''

Im Schatten der Ärzte ''Im Schatten der Ärzte'' ("In the shadow of Die Ärzte") is the second studio album by German rock band Die Ärzte. Track listing # " Du willst mich küssen" ("You want to kiss me") – 3:08 # "Dein Vampyr" ("Your vampyre") – 3:18 # "... un ...

'') was included as a

hidden track In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track, secret track or unlisted track) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as t ...

. The CD looks like the backside of a pizza. The

CD-Text CD-Text is an extension of the Red Book Compact Disc specifications standard for audio CDs. It allows storage of additional information (e.g. album name, song name, and artist name) on a standards-compliant audio CD. The specification for CD- ...

features different jokes for titles; some are altered titles, some "hidden messages" and some totally disconnected longer jokes. Instead of lyrics, other jokes are present. Economy versions of the bonus EP songs and some of the

B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...

s were released as B-sides to ''Jazz ist anders'' singles.

Personnel

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 ...

– guitar, vocals *

Bela Felsenheimer Dirk Albert Felsenheimer (born 14 December 1962),''Die Ärzte. Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf'', p. 80 better known under his stage name Bela B (formerly Bela B.), is a German musician, songwriter, actor and author, b ...

– drums, vocals * Rodrigo González – bass, vocals

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jazz Ist Anders 2007 albums Die Ärzte albums German-language albums