Unter falscher Flagge

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Unter falscher Flagge
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Studio album by
Released1984
2007 (jubilee edition)
Recorded1984
Genre Punk rock
Length39:56
79:24 (re-release)
Label Totenkopf
Virgin Records
Producer Jon Caffery
Die Toten Hosen chronology
Opel-Gang
(1983)
Unter falscher Flagge
(1984)
The Battle of the Bands
(1985)
Singles from Unter falscher Flagge
  1. "Liebesspieler"
    Released: 1984

Unter falscher Flagge (Under false colors or Under false flag ) is the second album of the German punk band Die Toten Hosen.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" (Play me the song of death; German title for "Once Upon a Time in the West") (Ennio Morricone) − 2:19
  2. "Liebesspieler" (Love Player) (von Holst, Breitkopf, Frege/Frege) − 2:50
  3. "Letzte Wache" (Last watch) (von Holst, Breitkopf, Frege, Meurer/Frege) − 3:18
  4. "Der Abt von Andex" (The abbot of Andex ) (Trimpop, Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf/Frege, Meurer) − 3:12
  5. "Der Mord an Vicky Morgan" (The murder of Vicky Morgan) (Trimpop, Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf, Meurer/Trimpop, Frege, Meurer) − 3:32
  6. "Im Hafen ist Endstation" (In harbour is the end station) − 4:16
  7. "Unter falscher Flagge" (Under the wrong flag) (Trimpop, Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf/Trimpop Frege, Meurer/Narrator: Hans Paetsch) − 4:12
  8. "Sekt oder Selters" ([In] good or bad, lit. Champagne or soda ) (Trimpop, Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf, Meurer/Frege) − 3:56
  9. "Der Schandfleck" (Disgrace) (Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf/Frege) − 2:56
  10. "Betrunken im Dienst" (Drunk on duty) (Trimpop, Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf, Meurer/Trimpop, Frege, Meurer) − 2:20
  11. "Shake Hands" (Drafi Deutscher cover) − 2:13
  12. "Warten auf dich" (Waiting for you) (Trimpop, Frege, von Holst, Breitkopf/Frege) − 3:40
  13. "Im Hafen ist Endstation 2" − 1:12

2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks

  1. "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" – 1:14 (from "Liebesspieler")
  2. "Es ist vorbei" (It's over) (Frege, von Holst/Frege, Meurer, Trimpop) – 2:27 (from "Liebesspieler")
  3. "Till to the Bitter End" (English version of "Bis zum bitteren Ende") (Frege/Frege) – 2:48 (from "Liebesspieler")
  4. "Seafever" (English version of "Reisefieber") (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:38 (from "Liebesspieler")
  5. "Hofgarten" (Court garden) (Breitkopf, von Holst, Meurer/von Holst) – 1:41 (from "Liebesspieler")
  6. "Hip Hop Bommi Bop" (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Meurer, Trimpop) – 4:26 (Unter falscher Flagge demo)
  7. "Faust in der Tasche" (Fist in the pocket) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 3:55 (from The Battle of the Bands )
  8. "Head over Heels" (Trimpop/Frege) – 4:05 (from The Battle of the Bands)
  9. "La historia del pescador Pepe" (The story of Pepe the fisherman [in Spanish]) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:17 (from The Battle of the Bands)
  10. "Schöne Bescherung" (roughly Happy holidays; lit. Nice gift-giving, also Nice mess) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 2:23 (from The Battle of the Bands)
  11. "Vom Surfen und vom Saufen" (About surfing and about drinking) (Breitkopf/Frege) – 2:49 (from The Battle of the Bands)
  12. "Der Schandfleck" – 2:43 (Unter falscher Flagge demo)
  13. "Unter falscher Flagge" – 3:58 (Unter falscher Flagge demo)

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