''Smack Smash'' is the fourth album from
German
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band,
Beatsteaks
The Beatsteaks are a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1995.
History
Peter Baumann, Stefan Hircher, Alexander Rosswaag and Bernd Kurtzke founded Beatsteaks in 1995. Shortly afterwards, Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß joined the band as singer and ...
. It was released in March, 2004 on
Epitaph Records
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as was previous album, ''
Living Targets
''Living Targets'' is the third album from German punk rock band, Beatsteaks. It was released in August, 2002 on Epitaph Records as was previous album, '' Launched'', in 2000. There was one line-up change from the previous album – Torste ...
'', in 2002. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream and was simultaneously released on
WEA
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. The first two singles, "Hand in Hand" and "I Don't Care as Long as You Sing" became major hits on German
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and the album nearly broke into the German top ten. The increased exposure allowed the band to play concerts in other
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an countries. It shipped 100,000 copies in Germany, going
gold
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only for the album to go platinum in 2008 for shipping 200,000 copies in total since its release.
Track listing
#"Big Attack" – 2:24
#"Vision" – 2:49
#"Ain't Complaining" – 2:48
#"Hello
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" – 3:29
#"Hand In Hand" – 2:41
#"Monster" – 2:02
#"Everything" – 3:09
#"I Don't Care As Long As You Sing" – 3:35
#"Atomic Love" – 2:33
#"Loyal To None" – 1:28
#"What's Coming Over You" – 3:15
#"My Revelation" – 1:45
Credits
*Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß – vocals, guitar
*Peter Baumann – guitar
*Bernd Kurtzke – guitar
*Torsten Scholz – bass
*Thomas Götz – drums
*Recorded in
Berlin, Germany
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*Produced by
Moses Schneider
Moses Schneider (born 1966 as ''Andreas Schneider'') is a successful German rock music producer, known for his work with Tocotronic and Beatsteaks.
Biography
Moses Schneider first worked as an assistant engineer during the mid and late eightie ...
*Mixed by Peter Schmidt
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
Beatsteaks official websiteEpitaph Records album page
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2004 albums
Beatsteaks albums
Epitaph Records albums