Skills in Pills (album)

Skills in Pills is the debut album by Lindemann. It was released on 19 June 2015.

Skills in Pills
Album by Lindemann
Recorded:	Abyss Studio, Pärlby, Sweden
Producer:	Peter Tägtgren
Released:	19 June 2015 8 July 2015 (Japan)
Format:	CD
Length:	45:06
Label:	Warner Music
Stream:	Apple Music
Lindemann album chronology Skills in Pills (2015) F & M (2019)
Singles:
Praise Abort      29 May 2015 Fish On      9 October 2015
Alternative artwork:
Super deluxe/Vinyl cover

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Information

Recording

The recording took place in 2013/14 in the Abyss Studios in Pärlby, Sweden. The record started out as a simple fun project with no real intentions. The first idea was to keep everything secret and maybe release something. Till asked Peter to release one song on the internet to see how people would react to it. Peter declined that idea and both kept on working. After having three songs done, Peter had the idea to release an EP. After all songs for the EP were made, Peter wanted to create a full album.

Peter played all the instruments and created and produced all the songs by himself. Till wrote all the lyrics for the album. After a while, both realized they needed a man to produce the choir and orchestra arrangements. So they asked Clemens Wijers to do that job.

During the recording, both finished 12 songs in total. 10 of which are on the standard album, 11 on the special edition. The last song, G-Spot Michael, was released as a b-side for the single Fish On.

Formats

Release	Country		Label	Type		Comment	Bonus content	Discogs
2015	United States		Warner Bros. Records	CD	Card sleeve	Protected promo	11. That's My Heart - 04:37
2015	Japan		Warner Music Japan	CD	Card sleeve	Promo
2015-06-19	Argentina		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Jewel case	Promo
2015-06-19	Europe		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Digipak
2015-06-19	Europe		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Digipak	Special Edition	11. That's My Heart - 04:37
2015-06-19	Europe		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Box-Set	Super Deluxe edition	11. That's My Heart - 04:37
2015-06-19	Europe		Warner Music Central Europe	Vinyl	Gatefold	180g vinyl	11. That's My Heart - 04:37
2015-06-19	United States		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Digipak	Special Edition
2015-07-08	Japan		Warner Music Japan	CD	Digipak
2015	Brazil		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Jewel case
2015	Argentina		Warner Music Central Europe	CD	Jewel case
2015	Russia		Warner Music Group	CD	Jewel case

Album Artwork

• The album artwork was created by Rocket & Wink.
• The band photos for the artwork were done by Heilemania.

Promotion

Hunt in Berlin

On 8 June 2015, a small hunt was made available in Berlin. People had to find a place somewhere in Berlin, where the album would be hidden. The only hint where that place was, was a photo on Facebook. People had to meet at the Bethanien Kunstraum in Berlin-Kreuzberg, where more instructions followed. At 13:00 (German time) they were told they had to destroy a pig-piñata. When the piñata broke, a small pig fell out. The person who got the little pig was the lucky winner of all versions of the album (standard, special, super deluxe and LP).

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  Announcing the hunt

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  Hiding place

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  The pig

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  Photo by the winner

Song downloads

The instrumental version of Skills in Pills was available for download via a newsletter. On 12 June 2015, the title track was made available on iTunes.

Tracklist

Standard album
Skills in Pills - 04:13 Ladyboy - 03:19 Fat - 04:11 Fish On - 04:10 Children of the Sun - 03:34 Home Sweet Home - 03:43 Cowboy - 03:09 Golden Shower - 04:22 Yukon - 04:39 Praise Abort - 04:42

Vinyl
1. Skills in Pills - 04:13 2. Ladyboy - 03:19 3. Fat - 04:11 4. Fish On - 04:10 5. Children of the Sun - 03:34 1. Home Sweet Home - 03:43 2. Cowboy - 03:09 3. Golden Shower - 04:22 4. Yukon - 04:39 5. Praise Abort - 04:42 6. That's My Heart - 04:37

Bonus track
Special CD editions / Digital: That's My Heart - 04:37