Do or Die (The BossHoss album)

Thu or Die
Studio album by The BossHoss
Publication (s)	June 19, 2009
Label (s)	Universal ; Island Records
Format (s)	CD , deluxe version (CD + DVD )
Genre (s)	Rock , country , hard rock
Title (number)	14th
occupation	Boss Burns : vocals , washboard Hoss Power : vocals, acoustic and electric rhythm guitar Sir Frank Doe: drums , backing vocals Hank Williamson: harmonica , mandolin , stylophone , washboard, backing vocals Guss Brooks: Stand-up bass fiddle Russ T. Rocket: electric lead guitar , backing vocals Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana: percussion , keytar , background vocals Furthermore: female background choir: vocals on Quick Joey Small
production	Hoss Power
Studio (s)	Sonnenstudio Music, Berlin
chronology Stallion Battalion (2008) Thu or Die Low Voltage (2010)

Do or Die is the fourth studio album by the German band The BossHoss , released in 2009 . The album mainly contains compositions by the band and, in addition to country music, also elements from punk , hard rock and rockabilly .

General

About the title of the album, Power noted in an interview: "Living in the sense of 'erasing the past, starting over, getting up again and again because every day can be your first'". Last Day and Close were later recorded with an acoustic line-up for the compilation album Low Voltage . Go! Go! Go! was released as a single, but did not reach the charts.

Crazy About Mary follows the lyrics to the songs Mary Marry Me and Goodbye Mary from the albums Rodeo Radio and Stallion Battalion . The piece is one of two that Power composed with Williamson.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Thu or Die   DE 4th 07/03/2009 (16 weeks)   AT 38 07/03/2009 (6 weeks)   CH 32 07/05/2009 (10 weeks)

Singles

Last Day (Do or Die)   DE 78 06/19/2009 (1 week)

1. Last Day (Power) 3:54
2. Eagleize It (Power) 3:25
3. Boon And Bain (Power) 3:32
4. Jelly Bean (Power) 3:23
5. Break Free (Power) 3:38
6. 21st Century Buttkickin 'Love Affair (Power) 3:15
7. Go! Go! Go! (Power) 3:12
8. Rock On Rock (Power) 3:03
9. Wolf Call ( Presley ) 2:56
10. Close (Power) 3:03
11. Quick Joey Small (Kasenetz, Katz) 2:17
12. Shake Your Hips ( Harpo ) 3:24
13. Guitars And Cars (Power) 3:02
14. Crazy About Mary (Power / Williamson) 3:29

Bonus titles on the DVD

1. Anarchy in the UK ( Cook / Jones / Matlock / Rotten )
2. Rodeo Radio (Power)
3. Remedy (Power)
4. Polk Salad Annie ( White )
5. Drowned in Lake Daniels (Power / Heinen)
6. Sugarman (Rodriguez)
7. Ça plane pour moi (Lacomblez / Deprijk)
8. Yeehaw (Power)
9. Shake & Shout (Power)
10. Stallion Battalion (Power)
11. Jesus Built My Hotrod ( Jourgensen / Barker / Riefflin / Balch / Haynes)
12. Hey ya! ( Benjamin )

criticism

Marius Meyer wrote for Alternativmusik.de on June 16, 2009: “ The BossHoss don't make it difficult to like them even on Do or Die. It is more difficult to find new words for what it always is after all the concerts and releases: rousing music that is really fun and doesn't get boring. Despite the high frequency with which The BossHoss bring their music to the people - be it on tour or on CD - they manage not to become monotonous or to repeat themselves. And that alone is a really good achievement. Whoever liked The BossHoss so far will like this album too. An album to open up new target groups is also not Do or Die, but that should be a worry that the band from Berlin, Mississippi probably doesn't have to deal with so quickly. "

Footnotes

1. ↑ THE BOSSHOSS - Do Or Die. (Review) In: Terrorverlag. 2009, accessed November 2, 2015 . 
2. ↑ http://www.amazon.de/The-Bosshoss-Do-Or-Die/dp/B0028Z3764
3. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH
4. ^ Marius Meyer: The BossHoss - Do or Die. (Review) (No longer available online.) In: Alternativmusik.de. June 16, 2009, archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on November 1, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.