Open Your Mind and Your Trousers

Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
Studio album by
Scooter
Released22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
Recorded2022–23
StudioSheffield Underground (Hamburg, Germany)
Length42:27
Label
Producer
  • Scooter
  • Merlin
  • Benzsoul
  • Mike Hawkins
  • Toby Green
  • Timmy Trumpet
Scooter chronology
God Save the Rave
(2021) 		Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
(2024)
Singles from Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
  1. "Waste Your Youth"
    Released: 13 January 2023
  2. "Techno Is Back"
    Released: 14 April 2023
  3. "Constellations"
    Released: 23 June 2023
  4. "For Those About to Rave"
    Released: 21 July 2023
  5. "Berliner Luft"
    Released: 15 September 2023
  6. "Rave & Shout"
    Released: 1 December 2023
  7. "I Keep Hearing Bingo"
    Released: 9 February 2024
  8. "Let's Do It Again"
    Released: 1 March 2024
  9. "Posse Reloaded"
    Released: 22 March 2024
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
laut.de[1]
Musikexpress[2]

Open Your Mind and Your Trousers is the twenty first studio album by German band Scooter. It was released on 22 March 2024 through Sheffield Tunes, Kontor Records and Virgin Records.[3] This is the first album to feature Marc Blou, who joined the group in 2022, replacing previous member Sebastian Schilde, and the first without Michael Simon, who was with the band from 2006 to 2022. This album also marks the return of Jay Frog, who was previously with the band from 2002 to 2006, then rejoined in 2022. It's his first album with the band since Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? in 2005.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Thirty, Rough and Dirty"
Scooter1:45
2."Rave & Shout" (with Harris & Ford)
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
  • Patrick Pöhl
  • Kevin Kridlo
  • Donna Lugassy
  • Rachel Velberg
Scooter3:00
3."Posse Reloaded" (with Finch)
Scooter2:33
4."Techno Is Back" (with Harris & Ford)
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
  • P. Pöhl
  • Kridlo
  • Lugassy
  • Velberg
  • Emil Dietrich
Scooter2:56
5."I Keep Hearing Bingo"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Thele
  • Matthias Uhle
  • Alexander Kaiser
Scooter2:25
6."Children of the Rave"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
  • André Appel
  • Morten Juhl
  • Velberg
  • Lugassy
  • Sebastian Moser
Scooter2:27
7."Let's Do It Again"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
Scooter2:11
8."Waste Your Youth"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
  • Maximillian Bohnet
  • Mary Jensen
  • Peter Stephan Brugger
  • Rüdiger Linhof
  • Florian Weber
2:44
9."Sun Comes Back Around"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Thele
  • Christin Pohl
  • Loris Cimino
  • Riehl
2:33
10."For Those About to Rave" (with Timmy Trumpet)
  • Mike Hawkins
  • Toby Green
  • Timmy Trumpet[b]
  • Scooter[b]
2:42
11."ARDRHU"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Leander Benz
  • Merlin Janowsky
  • Thele
3:53
12."Berliner Luft"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
Scooter2:46
13."Ten Feet"
  • Baxxter
  • Thele
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Sebastian Schilde
  • Simon Adrian
  • Riehl
  • C. Pohl
Scooter3:06
14."Constellations"
  • Baxxter
  • Thele
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Andreas Josef Huber
  • Jan Hammele
  • Lina Hansson
Scooter2:56
15."Avoid Rivals"
  • Baxxter
  • Blou
  • Frog
  • Thele
Scooter4:25

Notes

  • ^a signifies a co-producer
  • ^b signifies an additional producer
  • "Posse Reloaded" is a re-recorded version of Scooter's self-titled track "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" from the album "We Bring The Noise"
  • "I Keep Hearing Bingo" contains elements of "A Neverending Dream" by X-Perience.
  • "Waste Your Youth" contains elements of "Ein Kompliment" by Sportfreunde Stiller.
  • "Berliner Luft" contains elements of "Berliner Luft", written by Paul Lincke.

Charts

Chart performance for Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 2
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 8
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[8] 2

References

  1. ^ Fromm, Dani. "Bumm-bumm for those about to rave" (in German). laut.de. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ Spilker, Rebecca (22 March 2024). "Scooter :: OPEN YOUR MIND AND YOUR TROUSERS" (in German). Musikexpress. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Bewährtes Rezept: Scooter bringen "Open your Mind and your Trousers" heraus" (in German). RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 16. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 March 2024.