We come to complain

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We come to complain
Studio album from Tocotronic

Publication
(s)

April 1, 1996

Label (s) L'age d'or

Format (s)

CD, MC, vinyl LP

Genre (s)

Indie rock , punk

Title (number)

16

running time

48:13

occupation

production

Carol von Rautenkranz

Studio (s)

Soundgarden Studio, Hamburg

chronology
After Lost Time
(1995) 		We come to complain It doesn't matter but
(1997)

We come to complain is the third album by the German indie rock group Tocotronic . It was published on April 1, 1996 by L'age d'or .

Recordings

The album was recorded in December 1995 in the Soundgarden Studio in Hamburg . It was produced by Carol von Rautenkranz and Christian Mevs.

Style and texts

The album continues the style of the first two albums and contains short pop-punk songs as well as longer rock pieces with extravagant solos. The lyrics are very personal and melancholy, but also contain concentrated anger and the catchy slogans that are typical for Tocotronic .

In the song titles and lyrics, Tocotronic u. a. to the band Team Dresch , the TV series I'm Marrying a Family and Mark E. Smith , the lead singer of The Fall .

Reviews

In a review by Arne Willander from Rolling Stone in January 2011, the album is described as the best German punk rock record since the early Ton Steine ​​Scherben and " Monarchy and everyday life " and as the answer to " Nevermind " .

Björn Döring from Amazon sees the record as a statement against any kind of perfection and recognizes an establishment as a remarkably independent voice in German pop music .

successes

The album entered the German album charts shortly after it was released and stayed there for nine weeks. The best position achieved was 47th place.

Track list

  1. Now everything starts all over again , 03:56
  2. The world can no longer understand me , 1:38
  3. I dreamed that I was eating pizza with Mark E. Smith , 1:09 am
  4. Steps on the stairs , 3:40 am
  5. We come to complain , 02:01 am
  6. We don't get together that young anymore , 05:46
  7. The cousin , 01:03
  8. I deeply detest you for your cabaret , 1:20
  9. Please give me my mind back , 02:22
  10. The thing with the Team Dresch Platte , 1:19 am
  11. I've definitely been here before , 6:24 am
  12. Wish I was interested in tennis , 2:57 am
  13. I will never change , 1:47 AM
  14. I want to be something for you , 7:46 am
  15. I make my peace with you , 1:37
  16. I'm marrying a family , 3:41 am

Single releases

  • The world can no longer understand me
  1. The world can no longer understand me
  2. We don't get together that young anymore
  3. The 10 o'clock show (cover of the band Huah! )
  4. I want to be part of a youth movement (international version)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b look back ( memento from December 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the official site tocotronic.de
  2. ↑ Review in the Repeat section on rollingstone.de
  3. ↑ We come to complain on amazon.de
  4. ↑ Chart tracking ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on musicline.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de