Under the Radar over the Top

Under the Radar Over the Top is the fourteenth studio album by the German dance band Scooter. It was published on 2 October 2009 at Scooters own label Sheffield Tunes. The album was recorded in 2009 in the Sheffield Underground Studios by HP Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Michael Simon and Jens Thele produced. It went straight to # 2 on the media controls, making it the highest album placement, which have reached Scooter in Germany so far.

It is a standard edition of the album available, as well as a limited edition, in addition to the normal CD both a DVD is included showing a Scooter interview and excerpts from various visits abroad, as well as a second CD, after which, according to HP Are Baxxter, "Scooter atypical " songs. Another Edition, the limited fan box, next to the two CDs and the DVD also contains miscellaneous promotional material, including a flag.

Style

A characteristic feature of the album is the great use of Hardstyle elements. Was the last album still held in Jumpstyle, so it is harder this time in the sound.

The single version of The Sound Above My Hair has been amended and now contains no Hardstyle elements more. The original purely instrumental parts were taken out and replaced by chants and bagpipes.

In Ti Sento the chorus is sung by a female singer, but. Not normally pitched voice, but from the original performer of the song, Antonella Ruggiero The Track Second Skin sings H. P. Baxxter itself

Clic Clac and Metropolis are the only instrumental tracks on the album. In number to this is in comparison to other albums scooter, rather little.

Singles

On 14 August 2009 the single J'adore Hardcore was released. They went straight to number 12 in the Media Control. In the video for the single can be seen Scooter frontman HP Baxxter, the band in a music hall, and several Melbourne shuffle dancers.

On October 2, appeared on the same day as the album, the single Ti sento, which is a cover version of the same song by the Italian band Matia Bazar. They went straight to number 11 in the Media Control. The following week the title climbed to position 10 on the charts and is therefore Scooters 23 top-ten hit in Germany. In the video you renounced this time to dancer; it plays in the 1940s. The Scooter members wear black suits and are bodyguards of an opera singer Antonella Ruggiero namely that sings the female vocals in the song.

On November 27, the third single release appeared from the album: The Sound Above My Hair. The song reached in the first week in the charts only accommodate 38 and must therefore, She's the Sun, the least successful single release. The video for the single is set against the Castle of Wernigerode in the Harz. Accompanied by half-naked women with bagpipes and a smaller crowd drove the scooter members on the so-called mobile scooter through the area. It shows obvious parallels to the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

In March, the single Stuck on replay, which was the official song of the Hockey World Cup 2010, which was held in Germany in May 2010 appeared. Scooter had a live performance at the opening game Germany - USA before 76,000 spectators at the Veltins - Arena in Gelsenkirchen. The single reached position 36 in the German charts.

Title list

Bonus CD:

Title and original songs

Swell

H. P. Baxxter • • Philip Michael Simon Speiser

Ferris Bueller • Axel Coon • Jay Frog • Rick J. Jordan

... And the Beat Goes On! (1995 ) • Our Happy Hardcore (1996 ) • Wicked! (1996 ) • Age of Love (1997) • No Time to Chill (1998) • ​​Back to the Heavyweight Jam (1999) • Sheffield (2000) • We Bring the Noise! (2001) • The Stadium Techno Experience ( 2003) • Mind the Gap ( 2004) • Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? (2005) • The Ultimate Aural Orgasm (2007) • Jumping All Over the World ( 2007) • Under the Radar Over the Top ( 2009) • The Big Mash Up (2011) • Music For A Big Night Out ( 2012)

Encore - Live & Direct ( 2002) • Excess All Areas (2006) • Live in Hamburg (2010)

Rough and Tough and Dangerous ( The Singles 94/98) (1998) • ​​Push the Beat for This Jam ( The Singles 98-02 ) (2002 ) • 24 Carat Gold ( 2002)

Discography

• Scooter album
• Album ( Dance)
• Album 2009