| Walking on a Thin Line | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Guano Apes |
| Cover: | Walkingonathinline_cover.gif |
| Released: | 3 February 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2001–02 |
| Length: | 44:29 (standard edition) 51:49 (digipak version) |
| Label: | BMG/GUN/Supersonic Records |
| Prev Title: | Don't Give Me Names |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
| Next Title: | Live |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Walking on a Thin Line is the third studio album by Guano Apes. It was released on 3 February 2003 by BMG. Title of the album comes from a line in the song "Kiss the Dawn".
The album reached #1 on the German album charts[1] and was certified gold for shipping 100,000 copies. Lead single "You Can't Stop Me" peaked at #10 in Germany.
Recording Walking on a Thin Line went slow and was delayed multiple times. In the 2005 documentary Planet of the Apes, Dennis Poschwatta said that the band "made the mistake of going [into the studio] with unfinished songs. That’s why it took a year to write and create this record." At the time of the release of "You Can't Stop Me" it was still unclear what the album title would be. Despite all that, Sandra Nasić called the album her favorite, saying she considered it "the most mature thing [Guano Apes had] done" and that they'd "essentially achieved what [she] was aiming for".
"Diokhan" is one of the oldest songs on the album: a demo version of this song was recorded as early as 1994, and was later included on the compilation album Lost (T)apes.