''Sheffield'' is the seventh studio album by German
hard dance band
Scooter, released in 2000. It includes two singles: "
I'm Your Pusher" and "
She's the Sun" .
Track listing
All songs written by
H.P. Baxxter,
Rick J. Jordan
Rick J. Jordan (born Hendrik Stedler, 1 January 1968) is a music producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and sound designer, who is most well known for his work in the German band Scooter.
Youth and early years
Rick Jordan lea ...
, Axel Coon, and Jens Thele, except "I'm Your Pusher" co-written by Allan Gray and Walter Reisch; "Sex Dwarf" written by
David Ball and
Marc Almond
Peter Mark Sinclair "Marc" Almond, (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer. Almond first began performing and recording in the synthpop/ new wave duo Soft Cell where he became known for his distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He ...
; and "Summer Wine" written by
Lee Hazlewood. All lyrics written by
The Screaming Lord.
# "MC's Missing" – 1:16
# "Don't Gimme the Funk" – 4:13
# "
I'm Your Pusher" – 3:59
# "Where Do We Go?" – 4:06
# "Sex Dwarf" – 4:20
# "
She's the Sun" – 4:54
# "Space Cowboy" – 5:51
# "Never Slow Down" – 3:56
# "Down to the Bone" – 4:11
# "Summer Wine" – 3:58
# "Dusty Vinyl" – 4:53
# "Cubic" – 5:05
Sample credits
*"MC's Missing" uses the sound of
Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England, and the name is frequently extended to refer also to the clock and the clock tower. The officia ...
chiming.
*"I'm Your Pusher" samples the 1932 song "Flieger, grüß' mit mir die Sonne" by
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers (22 September 1891 – 24 July 1960) was a German actor and singer. He was the biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1960 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.
Early life
...
and
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...
.
*"
Sex Dwarf
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" is a cover of the
Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. The duo consists of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The band are primarily known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" and their plat ...
song, from the 1981 album ''
Non-stop Erotic Cabaret
''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, released on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the success of its lead single, a cove ...
''.
*"
Summer Wine
"Summer Wine" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood. It was originally sung by Suzi Jane Hokom and Lee Hazlewood in 1966, but it was made famous by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood in 1967.
Lyrics
Lyrically, "Summer Wine" describes a man, voiced by H ...
" is a cover of the 1967 song, originally performed by
Nancy Sinatra and
Lee Hazlewood.
*"Never Slow Down" is very similar musically to
Bomfunk MC's song "
Freestyler
"Freestyler" is a song by Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MC's. It was released in Finland on 30 October 1999 as the third single from their debut studio album, '' In Stereo'' (1999), and was released internationally in February 2000. "Freestyler" ...
", taken from the 1999 album ''
In Stereo''.
*The drum loop in "
She's the Sun" is sampled from the introduction of
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are ci ...
's version of "
When the Levee Breaks", taken from the 1971 album ''
Led Zeppelin IV
The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as ''Led Zeppelin IV'', was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was produced by guitarist Jimmy Page and recorded between December 1970 and Fe ...
''.
Charts
References
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2000 albums
Scooter (band) albums