Guano Apes discography
| Guano Apes discography | |
|---|---|
 Guano Apes live at Bospop (2009) | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 2 |
| Singles | 18 |
| Video albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 20 |
Guano Apes are an alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen, Germany. The group members are Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars, backing vocals), Stefan Ude (bass, backing vocals) and Dennis Poschwatta (drums, backing vocals).[1]
Their sound has been described as a fusion of metal, pop and rap.[1] Usually their music is labeled as alternative rock and alternative metal.
Their discography consists of five studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, eighteen singles and five video albums.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | BEL | FIN | FRA | ITA | NL | PRT | SWI | |||||
| 1997 | Proud Like a God
|
5 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — | 27 | — | 13 [2] |
|
GER: Platinum[4] SWI:Platinum[5] | |
| 2000 | Don't Give Me Names
|
1 | 1 | 13 | 14 | — | 19 | 27 | — | 5 [6] |
GER: Gold[4] SWI: Gold[5] | ||
| 2003 | Walking on a Thin Line
|
1 | 5 | — | 9 | 123 | — | 18 | 16 | 8 | GER: Gold[4] | ||
| 2011 | Bel Air
|
1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | GER: Gold[4] | ||
| 2014 | Offline
|
8 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | BEL | FIN | FRA | ITA | NL | PRT | SWI | ||||
| 2003 | Live
|
26 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 58 [7] |
||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | BEL | FIN | FRA | ITA | NL | PRT | SWI | ||||
| 2004 | Planet of the Apes
|
32 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | ||
| 2006 | Lost (T)apes
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI [8] |
NL | BEL | IT | UK | US Main. Rock [9] | ||||
| 1997 | "Open Your Eyes" | 5 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 8 | — | 24 | GER: Gold[4] | Proud Like a God |
| 1998 | "Rain" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lords of the Boards" | 10 | 10 | 34 | 80 | 11 | — | — | — | GER: Gold[4] | ||
| 1999 | "Don't You Turn Your Back on Me" | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Meschugge OST | |
| 2000 | "Big in Japan" | 9 | 19 | 24 | 82 | 54 | 5 | — | — | Don't Give Me Names | |
| "No Speech" | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Living in a Lie" | 84 | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2001 | "Dödel Up" | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Kumba Yo!" a | 3 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 2003 | "You Can't Stop Me" | 10 | 15 | 69 | 65 | 60 | 19 | 99 | — | Walking on a Thin Line | |
| "Pretty in Scarlet" | 51 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Quietly" | 51 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2004 | "Break the Line" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Planet of the Apes | |
| 2011 | "Oh What a Night" | 37 | 68 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | Bel Air | |
| "Sunday Lover" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "This Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2012 | "When the Ships Arrive" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "Close to the Sun" | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Offline | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||
- ^a as Guano Babes featuring Michael Mittermeier
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Open Your Eyes | Liz Wendelbo |
| 1998 | Rain | Heiner Thimm, Andreas Marschall |
| Lords of the Boards | Erçin Filizli | |
| 1999 | Don't You Turn Your Back On Me | Daniel Lwowski |
| Open Your Eyes | Jeannine Panaccione | |
| 2000 | Big In Japan | Erçin Filizli |
| No Speech | Jorf Somner | |
| Living In A Lie | Erçin Filizli | |
| I Want It | n/a | |
| 2001 | Kumba Yo! | Norman Hafezi |
| Dödel Up | Gerhard Hahn | |
| 2003 | Pretty In Scarlet | Joern Heitmann |
| You Can't Stop Me | ||
| Quietly | ||
| Sing That Song | n/a | |
| 2004 | Sugar Skin | n/a |
| Break The Line | n/a | |
| 2011 | Oh What a Night | Markus Gerwinat |
| Sunday Lover | ||
| This Time | Oliver Sommer | |
| 2012 | When the Ships Arrive | Holger Gutt |
| 2014 | Close to the sun |
Video albums
- Guano T-Apes (VHS, 1998)
- Don't Give Me Names (VHS & DVD, 2000)
- Live (DVD, 2003)
- Planet Of The Apes / The Documentary (DVD) (2005)
- Guano Apes – Live @ Rockpalast (2012)
Guano T-apes is a video that documents the development of the Guano Apes from their beginning. With band and individual interviews you get to know the members of the band better and experience curiosities and events from daily life in the music business. Along with the video clips, it contains lots of live material shot during the tours from Nov., 1997 through the summer of 1998. The video was directed by Richard Anjou and edited by Mathias Dohmbrinck.
References
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Guano Apes - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Guano Apes - Proud Like A God". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ Small item about Guano Apes at deichbrand.de Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Guano Apes)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ a b "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Guano Apes')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Guano Apes - Don't Give Me Names". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Guano Apes - Live". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ^ "Guano Apes - Charts". swisscharts.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
- ^ "Guano Apes – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 10, 2016.