Launched is the second album from German hardcore punk band, Beatsteaks. It was released in March, 2000 on Epitaph Records and follows the band's debut release 48/49 in 1997 on XNO Records. The album contains an interesting half acoustic cover version of a song by heavy metal band, Manowar, "Kings of Metal". The band stayed with Epitaph Records for their next release, Living Targets, in 2002.

Track listing

• All songs written by Beatsteaks unless stated otherwise

1. "Panic"  2:38
2. "We Have to Figure It Out Tonight"  1:36
3. "Shut Up Stand Up"  2:44
4. "Shiny Shoes"  2:59
5. "2 O'Clock"  2:58
6. "Happy Now?"  3:51
7. "Mietzi's Song"  2:44
8. "Excited"  1:24
9. "...And Wait"  3:45
10. "Filter"  2:20
11. "Fake"  3:14
12. "Go"  2:09
13. "Kings of Metal" (Joey DeMaio)  4:35
14. "Schluß mit Rock 'n' Roll"  12:54

• Track 14 is only actually 3:12  the rest of the track starts at 4:15 and is taken from rehearsals

Credits

• Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß  vocals, guitar
• Peter Baumann  guitar
• Bernd Kurtzke  guitar
• Alexander Roßwaag  bass
• Thomas Götz  drums

• El Köfte and Holly  guest musicians on "Mietzi's Song" and "Schluß mit Rock 'n' Roll"
• Recorded in 1999 at K4 (Elektro Automatisch), Berlin, Germany
• Produced and engineered by Uwe Sabirowsky
• Co-produced by Beatsteaks
• Mixed at Nucleus Studio, Berlin, Germany
• Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, New York City, USA

External links

• Beatsteaks official website
• Epitaph Records album page