''13'' is the eighth studio album by German rock band

Die Ärzte Die Ärzte (; ) is a German rock band from Berlin. The band has released 14 studio albums. The group consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B and bass player Rodrigo González. All three write and perform their songs. History Ea ...

, released on 25 May 1998. It is their most successful album, going

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in Germany and

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in Austria and Switzerland. The 13th track, "

Männer sind Schweine "Männer sind Schweine" ("Men are pigs") is a pop/rock song by Die Ärzte. It's the thirteenth track from their 1998 album '' 13''. The tongue-in-cheek lyrics are based on the cliché of men always wanting sex, warning women not to fall for the ...

", is their most successful single. The CD version of the album features a hidden track in the

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of the first song. This technique was later used frequently—on ''

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Jazz ist anders ''Jazz ist anders'' ("Jazz is different") is the eleventh full-length studio album by German rock band Die Ärzte. 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 fir ...

'',

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 ...

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Am Ende der Sonne ''Am Ende der Sonne'' is the second solo album of the German musician Farin Urlaub, released in 2005. The title translates to ''At Sun's end''. Track listing All songs written by Farin Urlaub. # "Mehr" (''More'') – 3:14 #* "Noch einmal" (''Once ...

'', and

Bela B. 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 ...

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''. On vinyl versions of ''Jazz ist anders'' and ''Am Ende der Sonne'' though, the hidden tracks are not lost, but put after the last track. The album features many film and TV samples. Samples are used on tracks 1, 4, 5,simpsonspedia.net
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Track listing

Hidden track

The song "Lady" is hidden in the

of "Punk ist...". It was composed by González with lyrics by González and Felsenheimer. To hear it, one has to rewind the record from the first track to -3:55.

Personnel

– 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 guitar, vocals

Charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:13 (Die Arzte Album) 1998 albums Die Ärzte albums German-language albums