''Smack Smash'' is the fourth album from
German
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band,
Beatsteaks. It was released in March 2004 on
Epitaph Records
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as was previous album, ''
Living Targets'', in 2002. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream and was simultaneously released on
WEA
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Today, the descendants of th ...
. The first two singles, "Hand in Hand" and "I Don't Care as Long as You Sing" became major hits on German
MTV
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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
Europe
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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
Joe" – 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
*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