Walking on a Thin Line

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Walking on a Thin Line
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Studio album by
Guano Apes
Released3 February 2003
Recorded2001–02
Studio
Genre
Length44:29 (standard edition)
51:49 (digipak version)
Label BMG/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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
RockHard 8.5/10 [2]

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".

Contents

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

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

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

Additional musicians

Credits

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Walking on a Thin Line
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [13] Gold100,000^
Portugal (AFP) [14] Silver10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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