Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau


Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau is the sixth LP by Die Toten Hosen, released in 1988. This is considered by the band as the best DTH album as of 1988.
The LP is mainly a concept album based on the film A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, which in turn is based on the book of the same name by Anthony Burgess, although not all of the songs are about the main theme. The idea of the LP has its origin during a performance of A Clockwork Orange at Theater Bonn where the band acted as supernumeraries and as supporting band. Songs 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12 are from the play and these are the ones recorded in Schauspielhaus Bonn, other songs were recorded in Berlin and Cologne.
The songs are linked together by snippets of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, whose music plays a prominent role in A Clockwork Orange. The cover features a famous painting of Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler. The word 'Horrorschau' is a play on the Nadsat word 'horrorshow', which comes from the Russian хорошо and means 'good' or 'well'. A couple of Nadsat words are used in songs too.
The song "Hier kommt Alex" appears as a bonus track in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. It is also included in the European release of Rock Band, and as a downloadable track on the American version. The song is also available for download in Guitar Hero World Tour.
"Bye, bye Alex" is structurally and musically similar to "Hier kommt Alex".

Track listing

  1. "Hier kommt Alex" – 3:53
  2. "1000 gute Gründe" – 3:33
  3. "Ein Schritt zuviel" – 2:22
  4. "Keine Ahnung" – 2:08
  5. "Die Farbe Grau" – 3:52
  6. "180 Grad" – 4:33
  7. "Mehr davon" – 5:10
  8. "Zahltag" – 2:42
  9. "35 Jahre" – 2:15
  10. "Musterbeispiel" – 3:55
  11. "Testbild" – 3:17
  12. "Bye, bye Alex" – 2:58

2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks


  1. "Zum Chef " – 2:10
  2. "Jo singt " – 0:46
  3. "Liebeslied" – 3:50
  4. "Die Farbe Grau" – 3:51
  5. "Zahltag" – 2:43
  6. "Musterbeispiel" – 3:51
  7. "1200 Grad" – 4:35
  8. "Einmal in vier Jahren" – 4:49
  9. "Schwarze Sheriffs" – 3:39
  10. "Zigarettenautomat" – 2:04

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