Pink Bubbles Go Ape

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Studio album by Helloween
Released	March, 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Heavy metal, Power metal
Length	44:02
Label	EMI
Producer	Chris Tsangarides
Helloween chronology
Live in the UK (1989) Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991) Chameleon (1993)

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Pink Bubbles Go Ape is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1991. It marked the departure of guitarist Kai Hansen, with Roland Grapow replacing him. Musically it was written with a softer, less epic, and sometimes humorous approach, which would be later fully implemented in the band's follow up album, Chameleon.

The album contains two singles, which are "Kids of the Century" and "Number One". "Kids of the Century" reached #56 in the United Kingdom. There were some tunes recorded for this album, which were either not featured on it (Windmill)[1] or have never been finished (City Cries).[2] On the other hand, the track "Heavy Metal Hamsters" (supposedly written about the band's former record company) was, according to Michael Weikath, never intended to be on the album, but rather on a B-side of a single.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pink Bubbles Go Ape"	Kiske	0:36
2.	"Kids of the Century"	Kiske	3:51
3.	"Back on the Streets"	Grapow/Kiske	3:23
4.	"Number One"	Weikath	5:13
5.	"Heavy Metal Hamsters"	Weikath/Kiske	3:28
6.	"Goin' Home"	Kiske	3:51
7.	"Someone's Crying"	Grapow	4:18
8.	"Mankind"	Grapow/Kiske	6:18
9.	"I'm Doin' Fine, Crazy Man"	Grosskopf/Kiske	3:39
10.	"The Chance"	Grapow	3:47
11.	"Your Turn"	Kiske	5:38

Japanese Version Bonus Track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Shit and Lobster"	Grosskopf	4:08

Expanded edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	2:36
13.	"Shit and Lobster"	Grosskopf	4:08
14.	"Les Hambourgeois Walkways"	Weikath	5:47
15.	"You Run with the Pack"	Grosskopf	3:54

• M - 12,13 also appears on the single "Kids of the Century".
• M - 14,15 also appears on the single "Number One".

Personnel

• Michael Kiske - vocals
• Michael Weikath - guitar
• Roland Grapow - guitar
• Markus Grosskopf - bass
• Ingo Schwichtenberg - drums

Trivia

• As opposed to the customary pumpkin, the "o" in the "Helloween" logo was represented by, appropriately enough, a bubble.
• The opening notes of "Heavy Metal Hamsters" are from the riff of the song "Rat Bat Blue" by Deep Purple.