Guano Apes discography

Guano Apes discography
Guano Apes live at Bospop (2009)
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Compilation albums2
Singles18
Video albums5
Music videos20

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]Their music is usually 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]
  • WW: 3,000,000[3]
2000 Don't Give Me Names 1 1 13 14 — 19 27 — 5
[10]
  • AFP: Platinum[4]
  • BVMI: Gold[5]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold[7]
2003 Walking on a Thin Line 1 5 — 9 123 — 18 16 8
2011 Bel Air 1 5 — — — — — — 2
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
[13]

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
GER AUT BEL FIN FRA ITA NL PRT SWI
2004 Planet of the Apes
  • Released: 29 November 2004
  • Label: BMG
  • Format:
 32 33 — — — — — — 28
2006 Lost (T)apes — — — — — — — — —

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER AUT SWI
[14] 		NL BEL IT UK US
Main. Rock
[15]
1997 "Open Your Eyes" 5 10 11 19 14 8 — 24 GER: Gold[5] Proud Like a God
1998 "Rain" 76 — — — — — — —
"Lords of the Boards" 10 10 34 80 11 — — — GER: Gold[5]
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 [de]
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 Joffrey Jans
2014 Fake
2017 Lose Yourself Marcel Brell
2017 Open Your Eyes feat. Danko Jones Marcel Brell
2017 Suzie Marcel Brell

Video albums

Guano T-apes is a video that documents the development of the Guano Apes from their beginning. With the 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 much 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

  1. ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Guano Apes - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. ^ Steffen Hung. "Guano Apes - Proud Like A God". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  3. ^ Small item about Guano Apes at deichbrand.de Archived 2011-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c d "Guano Apes Multi-Platinum Award 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Guano Apes)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  6. ^ "Austrian certifications – Guano Apes" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  7. ^ a b "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Guano Apes')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  8. ^ "Dutch certifications – Guano Apes" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Guano Apes in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  9. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 1999 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  10. ^ Steffen Hung. "Guano Apes - Don't Give Me Names". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  11. ^ "Guano Apes werden vergoldet". Musikwoche.de (in German). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Top 30 Artistas – Semana 11 de 2003" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  13. ^ Steffen Hung. "Guano Apes - Live". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  14. ^ "Guano Apes - Charts". swisscharts.com. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  15. ^ "Guano Apes – Chart History: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 10, 2016.