Don't Give Me Names

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Don't Give Me Names
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Studio album by
Guano Apes
Released2 May 2000
Recorded1999–2000
Studio
Genre Funk metal, nu metal, alternative metal, alternative rock
Length45:09 (standard edition)
57:27 (digipak version)
Label BMG/GUN/Supersonic Records
Producer
Guano Apes chronology
Proud Like a God
(1997)		Don't Give Me Names
(2000)		 Walking on a Thin Line
(2003)
Singles from Don't Give Me Names
  1. "Big in Japan"
    Released: 20 March 2000
  2. "No Speech"
    Released: 14 June 2000
  3. "Living in a Lie"
    Released: 2 October 2000
  4. "Dödel Up"
    Released: 29 January 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 9/10 [1]
laut.de Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
RockHard 9/10 [3]

Don't Give Me Names is the second studio album by the German band Guano Apes, released in 2000. It includes the hit single "Big in Japan" (a cover of the Alphaville song), which peaked at #9 on the German charts and remains one of Guano Apes' most popular songs.

Contents

The album was certified gold in Germany [4] and in Switzerland. [5]

Background

After the success of their debut album Proud Like a God , the members of Guano Apes felt pressed to come up with a new album that could hold its own against its predecessor, and spent a lot of time on writing and demoing new songs. According to Dennis Poschwatta in the 2005 documentary Planet of the Apes, the band was determined "not to let anybody trick [them]. The album had to be awesome. It had to be out of sight.”

Recording for Don’t Give Me Names began in October 1999 and was done at three different studios: Horus Studio in Hannover, Vox Klangstudio in Bendestorf, and Galaxy Studios in Mol, Belgium. Wanting to achieve maximum result, the band tried to handle as much tasks as possible themselves, with the working process soon becoming chaotic, costly and time-consuming. Henning Rümenapp related how, eventually, producers Fabio Trentini and Wolfgang Stach were instrumental in “[getting] us all into the groove, bringing four oddballs together and focusing our ideas.”

A number of songs featured on Don't Give Me Names, including “Innocent Greed”, “I Want It” and “Dödel Up”, had already been performed live by the band by the time they were recorded, with a few of them dating back to the period before the release of Proud Like a God. [6] [7] "Big in Japan", the first single, was initially recorded for a compilation album called Pop 2000, released to celebrate 50 years of German pop and rock music. [8] The band originally intended to include “Don't You Turn Your Back on Me” (released as a standalone single in March 1999) on the album as well, but eventually decided against it due to the song's low chart ratings and overall fan feedback.

Four tracks from Don’t Give Me Names were released as singles: “Big in Japan”, ”No Speech", "Living in a Lie" and "Dödel Up".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Guano Apes, except "Big in Japan", written by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens

No.TitleLength
1."Innocent Greed"3:52
2."No Speech"3:30
3."Big in Japan" (Alphaville cover)2:49
4."Money & Milk"2:39
5."Living in a Lie"4:33
6."Dödel Up"3:38
7."I Want It"3:19
8."Heaven"4:59
9."Mine All Mine"3:49
10."Too Close to Leave"3:33
11."Gogan"2:48
12."Anne Claire"5:42
Total length:45:09
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Open Your Eyes" (live)3:21
Total length:48:30
Super audio CD bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Ain't Got Time"2:42
Total length:47:51
Bonus tracks on digipak version
No.TitleLength
13."Ain't Got Time"2:43
14."Living in a Lie" (unplugged)4:27
15."Anne Claire" (unplugged)5:09
Total length:57:27

Personnel

Additional musicians

Other staff

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [20] Gold150,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [21] Gold25,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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