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Walking on a Thin Line

For the Huey Lewis and the News song, see Walking on a Thin Line (song).

Walking on a Thin Line is the third studio album by Guano Apes. It was released on 3 February 2003 by BMG. Title of the album comes from a line in the song "Kiss the Dawn".

Walking on a Thin Line
Studio album by
Guano Apes
Released3 February 2003
Recorded2001–02
Studio
Genre
Length44:29 (standard edition)
51:49 (digipak version)
LabelBMG/GUN/Supersonic Records
Producer
Guano Apes chronology
Don't Give Me Names
(2000) 		Walking on a Thin Line
(2003) 		Live
(2003)
Singles from Walking on a Thin Line
  1. "You Can't Stop Me"
    Released: 9 December 2002
  2. "Pretty in Scarlet"
    Released: 23 April 2003
  3. "Quietly"
    Released: 23 July 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[1]
RockHard8.5/10[2]

The album reached #1 on the German album charts[3] and was certified gold for shipping 100,000 copies. Lead single "You Can't Stop Me" peaked at #10 in Germany.

Background

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Recording Walking on a Thin Line went slow and was delayed multiple times. In the 2005 documentary Planet of the Apes, Dennis Poschwatta said that the band "made the mistake of going [into the studio] with unfinished songs. That’s why it took a year to write and create this record." At the time of the release of "You Can't Stop Me" it was still unclear what the album title would be. Despite all that, Sandra Nasić called the album her favorite, saying she considered it "the most mature thing [Guano Apes had] done" and that they'd "essentially achieved what [she] was aiming for".

"Diokhan" is one of the oldest songs on the album: a demo version of this song was recorded as early as 1994, and was later included on the compilation album Lost (T)apes.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."You Can't Stop Me"3:11
2."Dick"2:43
3."Kiss the Dawn"5:20
4."Pretty in Scarlet"4:07
5."Diokhan"3:34
6."Electric Nights" (bonus track on digipak version)3:26
7."Quietly"3:38
8."High"3:24
9."Sing That Song"3:03
10."Scratch the Pitch"3:47
11."Plastic Mouth"4:04
12."Counting the Days" (bonus track on digipak version)3:39
13."Storm"3:47
14."Sugar Skin"4:13

Personnel

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  • Sandra Nasić - vocals
  • Henning Rümenapp - guitars
  • Stefan Ude - bass
  • Dennis Poschwatta - drums, vocals

Additional musicians

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  • Roland Peil – Percussion

Credits

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  • Artwork – Friedel Muders
  • Engineer, mixing – Clemens Matznick
  • Additional engineers – Ben Hertel, Jan Helle, Philsen Hoppen, Tom Fein
  • Drumcare engineer – Rossi Rossberg
  • Mastering – Ian Cooper
  • Photography – Dirk Schelpmeier
  • Producer – Fabio Trentini, Guano Apes
  • Additional Vocal Production Producer – Artemis Gounaki, Sandra Nasic
  • Programming – Dirk Riegner, G-Ball

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Walking on a Thin Line
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[13] Gold 100,000^
Portugal (AFP)[14] Silver 10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Dobler, Eberhard. "Professionell. Doch wo bleibt der Gänsehaut-Effekt?". laut.de (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ Mühlmann, Wolf-Rüdiger. "GUANO APES - Walking On A Thin Line". Rock Hard (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Guano Apes, Walking On A Thin Line". charts.de. Retrieved 22 May 2013.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Guano Apes: Walking On A Thin Line" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Guano Apes; 'Walking On A Thin Line')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  14. ^ Top 30 Artistas - Semana 11 de 2003 at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 September 2011)
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