Zurück zum Glück
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Zurück zum Glück is the tenth studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...

. The cover is designed by Dirk Rudolph.

Track listing

  1. "Kopf oder Zahl" (Heads or tails; lit. Head or number) (von Holst, Frege/Frege) − 2:46
  2. "Wir sind der Weg" (We are the way) (Breitkopf/Frege) − 2:18
  3. "Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir
    Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir
    "Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the lead single and the third track from the album Zurück zum Glück.It's a nostalgic song about a life together with somebody...

    " (I am the longing in you) (von Holst/Frege, Weitholz) − 4:03
  4. "Weißes Rauschen" (White noise
    White noise
    White noise is a random signal with a flat power spectral density. In other words, the signal contains equal power within a fixed bandwidth at any center frequency...

    ) (Meurer/Frege) − 2:07
  5. "Alles wird vorübergehen
    Alles wird vorübergehen
    "Alles wird vorübergehen" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the fifth track from the album Zurück zum Glück....

    " (Everything will go by) (von Holst/Frege) − 3:11
  6. "Beten" (Praying) (von Holst/Frege) − 2:47
  7. "Wunder" (Wonders) (Breitkopf/Frege, Funny van Dannen
    Funny van Dannen
    Funny van Dannen is a German singer, songwriter, author, and painter of Dutch origin....

    ) − 2:41
  8. "Herz brennt" (Heart burns) (Meurer/Frege) − 3:57
  9. "Zurück zum Glück" (Back to happiness) (van Dannen, Frege/Frege, van Dannen) − 2:42
  10. "Die Behauptung" (The statement) (von Holst/Frege) − 3:05
  11. "How Do You Feel?" (Breitkopf/T. V. Smith
    T. V. Smith
    T. V. Smith is a British punk rock singer-songwriter, who was part of the band The Adverts in the late 1970s...

    ) − 3:22
  12. "Freunde
    Freunde
    "Freunde" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the twelfth track from the album Zurück zum Glück.The song is a hymn and an ode to friendship overall.-Music video:...

    " (Friends) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) − 4:01
  13. "Walkampf
    Walkampf
    "Walkampf" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the second single and the thirteenth track from the album Zurück zum Glück...

    " (Whale
    Whale
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     struggle
    ; a play on the word "Wahlkampf" [Election campaign]) (Frege, van Dannen/van Dannen, Frege) − 3:34
  14. "Goldener Westen" (Golden West) (von Holst, Frege/Frege) − 2:50
  15. "Am Ende" (In the end) (Meurer/Frege) − 3:19

Singles

2004: "Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir
Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir
"Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the lead single and the third track from the album Zurück zum Glück.It's a nostalgic song about a life together with somebody...

"

2004: "Walkampf
Walkampf
"Walkampf" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the second single and the thirteenth track from the album Zurück zum Glück...

"

2005: "Alles wird vorübergehen
Alles wird vorübergehen
"Alles wird vorübergehen" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the third single and the fifth track from the album Zurück zum Glück....

"

2005: "Freunde
Freunde
"Freunde" is a song by Die Toten Hosen. It's the fourth single and the twelfth track from the album Zurück zum Glück.The song is a hymn and an ode to friendship overall.-Music video:...

"

Demos

One unreleased demo from the album surfaced in 2007 with the re-release of Auswärtsspiel
Auswärtsspiel
Auswärtsspiel is the ninth studio album by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. This is one of the favourite albums for the band. The album is much more personal than previous albums...

.
  • "Das Leben ist schwer, wenn man dumm ist" (The living is hard, when one's dumb) (von Holst/Frege) – 3:39

Personnel

  • Campino – vocals
  • Andreas von Holst – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Michael Breitkopf – guitar
  • Andreas Meurer – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Vom Ritchie – drums
  • Raphael Zweifel – cello
    Cello
    The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

     on 10
  • Hans Steingen's orchestra on 10

Charts

Year Country Position
2004 Germany
Germany
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1
2004 Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

2
2004 Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

3
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