Living Targets is the third album by German punk rock band, Beatsteaks. It was released in August 2002 on Epitaph Records. There was one line-up change from the previous album – Torsten Scholz took over bass duties from Alexander Roßwaag. The album featured more hard rock tracks than previous efforts, including songs which were far slower and more melodic and structured. It aided the band's breakthrough into the mainstream which was completed on 2004's Smack Smash – released on Epitaph Records and WEA.
Track listing "Not Ready to Rock" (Teutoburg, Götz, Kurtzke) – 1:27 "God Knows" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:32 "Let Me In" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 3:32 "Soothe Me" (Götz) – 2:30 "Above Us" (Teutoburg, Kurtzke, Baumann, Götz) – 3:03 "This One" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:47 "Disconnected" (Teutoburg, Kurtzke, Baumann) – 3:05 "A-Way" (Götz, Scholz) – 3:40 "Mirrored" (Kurtzke, Scholz) – 3:48 "Run Run" (Teutoburg, Baumann) – 2:55 "To Be Strong" (Teutoburg) – 2:49 "Summer" (Teutoburg, Baumann, Götz, Kurtzke) – 6:40 Track 12 is only actually 3:25, the remainder is a hidden track, "Yeah!"
Credits Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß – vocals, guitar Peter Baumann – guitar Bernd Kurtzke – guitar Torsten Scholz – bass Thomas Götz – drums Alexander Freund – cello on "Mirrored" Pamela Falcone – backing vocals on "Yeah!" Engineered by Gerd Krueger Assistant engineered by Torsten Otto
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12 Recorded and mixed at Minirock Studio, Cologne, Germany Produced by Uwe Sabirowsky
Tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 Recorded at Tritonus, Berlin, Germany Produced by Billy Gould
External links Beatsteaks official website Epitaph Records album page