''Adios'' is the sixteenth studio album by German rock band
Böhse Onkelz
Böhse Onkelz (; sensational spelling of (German for "evil uncles")) is a German rock band formed in Frankfurt in 1980. The band reunited in 2014. Despite mass-media criticism concerning their past as skinheads, several of their later records ...
. It was released in 2004.
In 2005, the album was ranked number 393 in ''
Rock Hard'' magazine's book of "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time".
Track listing
Track notes
Superstar
A song criticizing the pop music
talent shows
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in television like ''
Popstars
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'' or ''
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the ''Idol'' franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show ''P ...
'' (the German version of ''
American Idol
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'').
Ja, Ja
Refers to an
idiom
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, which means "Kiss my ass".
Kinder dieser Zeit
Whether hip hop, metal or other fans - all should stand united.
Hass-tler
The title is a wordplay from Hass (Hate) and Hitler. "You are the Hass-tler: Paranoid and confused / You are the Hass-tler: One time pierced through brain"
Onkelz vs. Jesus
A song about their wrong confidence being more famous than Jesus.
Singles
Track listing
#Onkelz vs. Jesus
#Superstar
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My Generation
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The Who
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cover)
#Prinz Valium (instrumental)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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Böhse Onkelz albums
2004 albums
2000s German-language albums