Endlich Urlaub! Explained

Endlich Urlaub!
Type:	studio
Artist:	Farin Urlaub
Cover:	EndlichUrlaubCover.jpg
Released:	22 October 2001
Recorded:	Sonnenstudio, Casa Pepe Studio
Genre:	Punk rock Rock Ska-punk
Length:	49:41
Label:	Völker hört die Tonträger
Producer:	Farin Urlaub
Next Title:	Am Ende der Sonne
Next Year:	2005

Endlich Urlaub! is the first solo album from the German musician Farin Urlaub (guitarist of Die Ärzte), released in 2001. It features the typical humour and overall music style fans of Die Ärzte are used to but is more diverse and experimental. The title translates to Vacation at last, or, seeing as this was his first solo effort, Urlaub at last.

The album originally had a cover featuring Farin walking away from a building that he had implicitly set on fire. The idea was dropped following the September 11 attacks.

Track listing

All songs written by Farin Urlaub.

"Intro (manche nennen es Musik)" (Intro (some call it music)) - 1:02
"Jeden Tag Sonntag" (Every day Sunday) - 2:09
"Sumisu" (Japanese for Smith – a tribute to The Smiths) - 2:13
"Glücklich" (Happy) - 2:56
"Ich gehöre nicht dazu" (I don't belong to them) - 3:15
"OK" - 4:19
"Der Kavalier" (The gentleman) - 3:27
"Am Strand" (On the beach) - 2:45
"Wunderbar" (Wonderful) - 2:39
"Das schöne Mädchen" (The beautiful girl) - 4:37
"1000 Jahre schlechten Sex" (1000 years of bad sex) - 3:30
"...und die Gitarre war noch warm" (...and the guitar was still warm) - 3:39
"Lieber Staat" (Dear state) - 3:53
"Phänomenal egal" (Phenomenally indifferent) - 3:13
"Abschiedslied" (Farewell song) - 3:26
"Outro (ja, das wurde auch Zeit)" (Outro (yeah, it was about time)) - 2:22

Singles

2001: Glücklich
2001: Sumisu
2002: OK
2002: Phänomenal egal

Personnel

Farin Urlaub - guitar, vocals, bass, drums
Peter Quintern - saxophone
Robert Göhring - sackbut
Hans-Jörg Fischer - saxophone
Hardy Appich - trumpet

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 5 September 2020.