Living Targets is the third album from German punk rock band, Beatsteaks. It was released in August, 2002 on Epitaph Records as was previous album, Launched, in 2000. There was one line-up change from the previous album – Torsten Scholz took over bass duties from Alexander Roßwaag. The album featured more hard rock tracks than previous efforts, including songs which were far slower and more melodic and structured. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream which was completed on 2004's Smack Smash – released on Epitaph Records and WEA.
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| Released | August 13, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | Minirock Studio, Cologne, Germany Tritonus, Berlin, Germany | |||
| Genre | Punk rock Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 38:52 | |||
| Label | Epitaph Records | |||
| Producer | Uwe Sabirowsky Billy Gould | |||
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Track listing edit
- "Not Ready to Rock" (Teutoburg, Götz, Kurtzke) – 1:27
- "God Knows" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:32
- "Let Me In" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 3:32
- "Soothe Me" (Götz) – 2:30
- "Above Us" (Teutoburg, Kurtzke, Baumann, Götz) – 3:03
- "This One" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:47
- "Disconnected" (Teutoburg, Kurtzke, Baumann) – 3:05
- "A-Way" (Götz, Scholz) – 3:40
- "Mirrored" (Kurtzke, Scholz) – 3:48
- "Run Run" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:55
- "To Be Strong" (Teutoburg) – 2:49
- "Summer" (Teutoburg, Baumann, Götz, Kurtzke) – 6:40
- Track 12 is only actually 3:25, the remainder is a hidden track, "Yeah!"
Credits edit
- Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß – vocals, guitar
- Peter Baumann – guitar
- Bernd Kurtzke – guitar
- Torsten Scholz – bass
- Thomas Götz – drums
- Alexander Freund – cello on "Mirrored"
- Pamela Falcone – backing vocals on "Yeah!"
- Engineered by Gerd Krueger
- Assistant engineered by Torsten Otto
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12 edit
Tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 edit
- Recorded at Tritonus, Berlin, Germany
- Produced by Billy Gould