Walking on a Thin Line

Walking on a Thin Line
Walking on a Thin Line
Studio album by Guano Apes
Released	3 February 2003
Recorded	2001–02
Studio	Area 51 Recording Studios (Celle, Germany); Studios 301 (Cologne, Germany); Horus Sound Studio (Hannover, Germany); Home Studios (Hamburg, Germany);
Genre	Nu metal; funk metal; alternative rock;
Length	44:29 (standard edition); 51:49 (digipak version)
Label	BMG/GUN/Supersonic Records
Producer	Fabio Trentini; Guano Apes; Artemis Gounaki;
Guano Apes chronology
Singles from Walking on a Thin Line
	"You Can't Stop Me"; Released: 9 December 2002; "Pretty in Scarlet"; Released: 23 April 2003; "Quietly"; Released: 23 July 2003;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
laut.de	^[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".

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.	Title	Length
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

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

Additional musicians

Roland Peil – Percussion

Credits

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

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[5]	18
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[6]	9
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	123
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[9]	28
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[10]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	35

Certifications

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

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

External links

Walking on a Thin Line at AllMusic
Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line at Discogs (list of releases)

[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]}

[ac_Austria_Guano_Apes-4] "Austriancharts.at – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_Netherlands_Guano_Apes-5] "Dutchcharts.nl – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_Finland_Guano_Apes-6] "Guano Apes: Walking On A Thin Line" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_France_Guano_Apes-7] "Lescharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_Germany4_Guano_Apes-8] "Offiziellecharts.de – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_Italy_Guano_Apes-9] "Italiancharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_Portugal_Guano_Apes-10] "Portuguesecharts.com – Guano Apes – Walking On A Thin Line". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

[ac_Switzerland_Guano_Apes-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.

[GermanyGuano_ApesWalking_On_A_Thin_LinealbumCertRef-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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v t e Guano Apes
Sandra Nasić Henning Rümenapp Stefan Ude Dennis Poschwatta
Studio albums	Proud Like a God Don't Give Me Names Walking on a Thin Line Bel Air Offline
Live albums	Live
Compilation albums	Planet of the Apes Lost (T)apes
Video albums	Live Planet of the Apes: The Documentary
Singles	"Open Your Eyes" "Rain" "Lords of the Boards" "Big in Japan" "No Speech" "Living in a Lie" "Dödel Up" "You Can't Stop Me" "Pretty in Scarlet" "Quietly" "Break the Line" "Oh, What a Night" "Don't You Turn Your Back on Me" "Kumba Yo!"
Related articles	Discography IO