Pink Bubbles Go Ape [Import]

Pink Bubbles Go Ape [Import]

Track Listings

1. Pink Bubble Go Ape

2. Kids of the Century

3. Back on the Streets

4. Number One

5. Heavy Metal Hamsters

6. Goin' Home

7. Someone's Crying

8. Mankind

9. I'm Doin' Fine, Crazy Man

10. Chance

11. Your Turn

12. Shit and Lobster

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese reissue of the German heavy metal veterans' 1991 album with 'Shit And Lobster' added as an unmarked bonus track, for a total of 12 selections. Also features the original cover art. 1999 release.

Pink Bubbles Go Ape,Helloween,Jvc Japan,Heavy Metal,Pop,Power Metal,Rock,Thrash

Average customer rating:

This isn't pretty

Underrated even today! A great album with 4 Bonus Tracks

Musically talented and put down by the musically limited

Trouble for Helloween

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Better Than Raw

ASIN: B000EU1PKA
Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Kids of the Century
Back on the Streets
Number One
Heavy Metal Hamsters
Goin' Home
Someone's Crying
Mankind
I'm Doin' Fine Crazy Man
The Chance
Your Turn
Blue Suede Shoes (single b-side)
Shit and Lobster (single b-side)
Les Hambourgeois (single b-side)
You Run With The Pack (single b-side)

Customer Reviews:

This isn't pretty.......2006-12-09

Listening to an album like the ludicrously titled Pink Bubbles Go Ape, you have to wonder what was going on in the Helloween guys' heads. They had just released a pair of albums (Keeper of the Seven Keys Parts I and II) that would completely redefine the term power metal, and lost founding guitarist Kai Hansen to his new band Gamma Ray. Instead of releasing another power metal epic that showed the world they were every bit the band they were with Hansen on board, we got Pink Bubbles Go Ape, a bizarre attempt to show off the band's sense of humor with tracks like "I'm Doin Fine, Crazy Man", and "Heavy Metal Hamsters"...that's right, "Heavy Metal Hamsters".

Believe it or not, Pink Bubbles Go Ape is actually a pretty decent melodic rock album. The guys in Helloween are just too good at what they do to put out something truly awful. Unfortunately, pretty decent is simply not good enough, nor is melodic rock. Not from Helloween. This band set the bar quite high with the Keeper albums, and this confused effort falls way too short. Even with standout tracks "Mankind", "Goin' Home", "Your Turn", and "Kids of the Century", the best rating I can give this effort is 3 stars. Unfortunately the downward spiral would continue with the band's follow-up album Chameleon. The good news is that the band would manage to get back to releasing quality power metal albums with 1994's Master of the Rings.

If you're unfamiliar with Helloween's work, for God's sake do not pick this album up first (or even 8th for that matter). Pink Bubbles Go Ape and Chameleon should only be tracked down after you've heard every other studio album Helloween has to offer and you're simply looking to complete your collection.

I must be a glutton for punishment, because I actually bought the expanded edition of Pink Bubbles Go Ape. I guess I couldn't bear to see my old disc sitting in the middle of all of those new Helloween reissues on my shelf! It features digitally remastered sound, expanded liner notes, and four bonus tracks, one of which was a cover of the Carl Perkins staple "Blue Suede Shoes". The bonus tracks fit the wacky and irreverent mood of the rest of the album, which sadly isn't such a good thing.

Underrated even today! A great album with 4 Bonus Tracks.......2006-08-19

Coming out from a law-suit after their label change and a huge line-up change which leaves legendary guitarist-songwriter Kai Hansen out of the band, Helloween come back with "Pink Bubbles Go Ape". A record which was bashed by music critics due to the fact that the band changed their music to a small effect when compared to their highly praised Keeper Of The Seven Keys records.

"Pink Bubbles..." admitably has a really strange, even silly title but this is not the case with the song writing. The music departs a bit from the continuous double-bass drumming, power metal stile and is enriched with more progressive and at parts mainstream ideas. Some songs are softer than the usual tracks found on the Keeper records reminding more of heavy metal than power metal, but that's not a drawback for sure.

Without diving into each and every song, I'm going to name only the outstanding ones! "Mankind" is a great-epic and progressive song with wonderful vocal and musical variations. "The Chance" is a mid-paced heavy metal anthem, which contains some of the albums best vocals and solos and is the most known track from this relish. "Someone's Crying" is the only song that could be categorized as pure power metal (fast double-base drumming & fast guitar soloing), a truly great song, which reminds a lot of their previous albums. "Your Turn" is a wonderful rock-blues ballad with great vocals and finally "Kids of the Century" is another fast song with smart lyrics and great solos.

The new guitarists R.Grapow proves to be a worthy replacement, as his guitar playing is outstanding and he also contributes some great tracks to the album. Vocalist Michael Kiske has improved even more (if that could be possible) in both technicality and emotion delivering his best vocal performance up to that point. While the other 3 band members, especially drummer Ingo and bassist Markus, continue to show how talented musicians they are.

The main drawback of this album was the thin production, but now this relish offers a remaster of the original sound, thus a TRULY improved sound quality. The other drawback are tracks 1,5,9, but the 4 Bonus Tracks make up for that one also, especially You Run With The Pack and the cover of Blue Suede Shoes.

You should definitely give this album a chance, if you enjoyed Helloweens previous relishes, as you can see how the band progresses and doesn't continue repeating itself for the sake of record sales.

Musically talented and put down by the musically limited.......2006-08-13

Yes, this album followed two enormous ones (keepers 1& 2). However, the musical quality of "Someones Crying" and "Mankind" are some of the best songs that Helloween ever produced as far as lyrics, vocals, guitars, and drums are concerned. And of course "Your Turn" is a nice change for Helloween. The B-Sides "You Run With The Pack" and "S**t and Lobsters" are melodic and talented as well. Some songs on this album such as "Number One" may really turn some people off because it lacks the "metal" feel, however, it is not bad either. I gave this album 4 stars because of the song "Heavy Metal Hamsters." That song is just too cheesy for my taste. If you only like metal then this album may dissappoint you. But if you admire creativity this album is worth getting. Make no mistake though: "Someone's Crying" is one of the fastest songs that Helloween has written.

Trouble for Helloween.......2006-07-20

How do you follow up Two Groundbreaking, Classic albums like the "Keepers I & II" ? Well Helloween decided to put this album out, Pink Bubbles Go Ape. Now Sure, this has good tracks like Kids of The Century, and the amusing Heavy Metal Hamsters, but there are no great tracks here. The band just sounds like they were tapped for ideas, and with a new bigger label, they through stuff together to meet a deadline. Chameleon actually had more recognizeable songs than this.
The bonus tracks Blue Suede Shoe's, S*** and Lobsters, Les Hambourgeois Walkways are again filler, much like Chameleon, and You Run With The Pack is Ok. These were all definine burrried B-Side on singles for a reason.
The Packaging, continuation of the remaster's interview in the booklet with the new slipcase are neat, and it upsets me again that this version cost me less than what I paid for the original disc without bonus tracks.
Again, for a slight Helloween fan, this album can be overlooked. Since I am a Fan, Love complete collections, and feel this packaged deal is a good component to my collection, a 4 is the lowest I can give this album. If I had not been a fan, a 2 or 3 could have been pulled.

Average customer rating:

Seriously?
An Underated Solid Album With A Very Strange Name
Weird amalgam of styles - scrapes into four star territory.
Underrated album!
helloween

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Proper Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1

ASIN: B00005QK3D
Release Date: 2001-11-06

Tracks:

PINK BUBBLES GO APE
KIDS OF THE CENTURY
BACK ON THE STREETS
NUMBER ONE
HEAVY METAL HAMSTERS
GOIN' HOME
SOMEONE'S CRYING
MANKIND
I'M DOIN' FINE, CRAZY MAN
THE CHANCE
YOUR TURN

Customer Reviews:

Seriously?.......2006-12-09

An Underated Solid Album With A Very Strange Name.......2006-08-18

In My own opinion This Album Is Pretty Underated, Probably Cause Helloween Couldn't Do Better Or Even Close To Keeper Pt.2 So They Made This Instead, An Album With A Strange Name, An Even Stranger Album Artwork (Eggs In The Eyes...This Album Is By Far The "Oddest Artowrk" Champion) The Intro Is Really Weird and The Song Mankind Is A Little To Long For My Taste But Other Than The Album Is Quite Enjoyable (I Find "Heavy Metal Hampsters" Quite Amusing) I Wouldn't Pay Full Price For This But I Would Give It A Listen If Your A Helloween Fan

Weird amalgam of styles - scrapes into four star territory........2006-06-29

OK, horrid cover art on both back and front aside, the pumpkinheads of Helloween came up with a very interesting album here. To illustrate how varied this disc is you only have to listen to tunes such as Number One which is a strangely plaintive piece of metal balladeering and Heavy Metal Hamsters which is musically excellent yet lyrically so off the wall you start to wonder what sort of recreational substance abuse was happening in the studio. Personally I find the track funny but I'm probably in the minority on that one, many fans of a band of hitherto 'serious' musos such as Helloween would be aghast at such wilful silliness on the part of their heroes.

Other tracks that are indicative of how the band were changing can be found in Kids of the Century which rides a decent melody, but is somehow taken less seriously by the listener because one gets the impression that the band were taking themselves less seriously. With many bands that's a good thing, but here you just come away disappointed. Sort of like a restaurant that you go to and then years later realise you've never been back to, this album cranks to a decent level however doesn't seem to demand extra listens.

In summation, a finely produced, ambitious release from a band with great musicianship with the likes of guitarist Roland Grapow on guitar, Michael Kiske on vocals and once again Weikath is sharing writing duties. Chris Tsangarides produced the whole thing and this is a band that cares enough to actually credit solos on the individual songs. But it ain't the first Helloween album I'd recommend for the newcomer to sink their teeth into.

Underrated album!.......2006-05-10

I heard for "Halloween" only few monts ago. Then I bought "Keeper of 7 keys part 1" - and that album became one of my favorite albums ever! Two days ago,I decided to buy another album by "Halloween",and I got this one. I read many negative reviews on this CD,saying that this album is terrible,but I don't agree - I like it! It's deffinitely not great as "Keeper 1" but it's still good. I'll rate every song:

1. Pink bubbles go ape - This intro sucks. 1/5
2. Kids of the century - Probably my favorite track here. 5/5
2. Back on the streets - Good,but still not great. 4/5
4. Number one - Another excellent song. I'm still singing it along. 5/5
5. Heavy metal hamsters - Really stupid lyrics,but it's still enjoyable. 5/5
6. Goin' home - Man,I love the begining of this song. One of the best here. 5/5
7. Someone's crying - Nice song,with amazing guitar solo. 5/5
8. Mankind - I think this one is overrated. I don't like it that much. 3/5
9. I'm doing fine,crazy man - Another average song,but still good. 4/5
10. The chance - Cool melody. A highlight here. 5/5
11. Your turn - Good way to end this album. 4/5

Overall,I gave this album 4 stars. Some songs brought it down a bit ("Mankind","I'm doing fine") but I still love it. I think I became a "Helloween" fan.

helloween.......2005-10-06

Helloween is one of my favorite metal groups. I have all their studio albums. This album is not as bad as people say it is, but it is not as great either. I would not start with this album if your new to the band. But I would add it to your collection.

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This isn't pretty

Pink Bubbles Go Ape

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ASIN: B000E40P4S
Release Date: 2006-02-07

Album Description

ABOUT THE BAND: Forged in the early 80's from several Hamburg bands, Helloween began their monumental rise through the metal ranks via several songs released on a Noise Records Death Metal sampler. From here a deal was struck and their first release proper came in the shape of a now rare 5 track mini album in 1985. Later the same year came the album Walls Of Jericho, however, it was the addition of vocalist Michael Kiske for the opus Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part I that shook the metal world to its core. This album and the following Keepers II became the albums that would define the Power Metal genre and provide Helloween with the momentum that still resonates to this day. ABOUT THE ALBUM: With the departure of guitarist Kai Hansen in 1988, Helloween enlisted the services of Roland Grapow who's first album with the band was the curiously titled, Pink Bubbles Go Ape. Recorded by Chris Tsangarides in Denmark, the band's high musical standard continued and can be heard in evidence on the track 'The Chance'. Grapow's influence would manifest itself immediately and the band began to evolve around their now signature Power Metal infrastructure. This deluxe expanded edition contains four bonus tracks of single b-sides. WHY BUYS: *Re-mastered and expanded classic from the Teutonic innovators of Power Metal. *Features bonus material including remixes, b-sides and alternative versions. *Fully endorsed by the band. *Deluxe packaging with sleeve notes by Classic Rock's Dave Ling. *Helloween have recently released the third in the series, Keepers-The Legacy.

Customer Reviews:

This isn't pretty.......2006-12-09

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Pink Bubbles Go Ape/Expanded Edition

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000RZGF0W
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Average customer rating:

Seriously?
Way underrated, even today! Get the Expanded-remastered edition!
What the long-standing fan thinks...
Who says this record sucks??
A Tragically Underrated Album that DOESN'T Deserve a Bashing

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005RFV
Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Kids of the Century
Back on the Streets
Number One
Heavy Metal Hamsters
Goin' Home
Someone's Crying
Mankind
I'm Doin' Fine, Crazy Man
Chance
Your Turn

Album Details

Helloween Are Hamburg, Germany's Metal Meisters; This Quintet, During their Peak Gave Heaviness their Own Unique Spin. 'pink' is the Group's 1990 Release and features 'kids of the Century', 'your Turn', 'somebody's Crying', and Eight More.

Customer Reviews:

Seriously?.......2006-12-09

Way underrated, even today! Get the Expanded-remastered edition!.......2005-01-01

Coming out from a law-suit after their label change and a huge line-up change which leaves legendary guitarist-songwriter Kai Hansen out of the band, Helloween come back with "Pink Bubbles Go Ape". A record which was bashed by music critics due to the fact that the band changed their music to a small effect when compared to their highly praised Keeper Of The Seven Keys records.

"Pink Bubbles..." admit ably has a really strange, even silly title but this is not the case with the song writing. The music departs a bit from the continuous double-bass drumming stile and is enriched with more progressive and at parts mainstream ideas. Some songs are softer than the usual tracks found on the Keeper records reminding more of heavy metal than power metal, but that's not a drawback for sure.

Without diving into each and every song, I'm going to name only the outstanding ones! "Mankind" is a great-epic and progressive song with wonderful vocal and musical variations. "The Chance" is a mid-paced heavy metal anthem, which contains some of the albums best vocals and is the most known track from this relish. "Someone's Crying" is the only song that could be categorized as pure power metal (fast double-base drumming), a truly great song, which reminds a lot of their previous albums. "Your Turn" is a wonderful hard rock ballad with great vocals and finally "Kids of the Century" is another fast song with smart lyrics and great solos.

The new guitarists R.Grapow proves to be a worthy replacement, as his guitar playing is outstanding and he also contributes some great tracks to the album. Vocalist Michael Kiske has improved even more (if that could be possible) in both technicality and emotion delivering his best vocal performance up to that point. While the other 3 band members, especially drummer Ingo and bassist Markus, continue to show how talented musicians they are.

The drawbacks of this album are the production, which is kind of weak, making the vocals and the drums stand out above the rest (there is an EXPANDED-remastered edition available!). The other drawback being songs Heavy Metal Hamsters, Pink Bubbles Go Ape and I'm Doing Fine Crazy Man.

You should definitely give this album a chance, if you enjoyed Helloweens previous relishes, as you can see how the band progresses and doesn't continue repeating itself for the sake of record sales

(The Expanded edition includes 4 bonus tracks and offers a great improvement of sound quality)

What the long-standing fan thinks..........1999-12-08

I've been a big Helloween fan for years, followed them from the ground up, and am yet to listen to one of their records that sucks. I'm in agreement with the others above...yeah, it wasn't Keepers 1 or 2, but it wasn't garbage either. It was well thought out, experimental, different. A lot of old-school metalheads are afraid of that kind of change (who can blame them...look at the previously "alternative" music takeover) but that doesn't mean that change is always a bad thing. It took two times through "Bubbles" to really get a feel for it. By the third time, it became a part of the bigger Helloween picture. For those critics out there who think it sucked, listen again. Bands are like people, if they refuse to mature and grow, they fail. Whether or not "Bubbles" was a growing pain or a step toward a better Helloween is not the issue. The issue is the development of the band.

Who says this record sucks??.......1999-08-20

OK, I'll be honest. This is not Helloween's best album, but before I had the chance to listen to it, everywhere I read a review about it, it was labeled as a horrible album. This is not the "Keepers", but "Bubbles" has some great songs you'll never find in any other of their albums. The intro is quite strange, but fun to listen to, then comes "Kids of the century", the song that actually turned my attention to this album 'cause it rocks!! Other classics include "Number one", "The chance", "Your turn", and last but definetly not least, "Mankind". If you know Helloween you understand that their music has been all about writing great intelligent lyrics, and powerful, melodic music. This album contains that, and while some songs on it are worth skipping (especially "I'm doin' fine crazy man") the rest are simply great; even the highly underrated "Heavy metal hamsters", this song has one of the best guitar solos of the whole disc. Bottom line: it deserves 4 stars because it's still a very good album that only this band can offer.

A Tragically Underrated Album that DOESN'T Deserve a Bashing.......1999-06-01

Pink Bubbles Go Ape may be bizarrely named and possess a weird cover but it's a beautifullly played album. The only song that really sounds all that bad is "I'm Doin' Fine, Crazy Man". Even parts of that aren't totally awful. I've read all the critics' reviews and I just want to puke. The so-called "professional" critics are more worried about stringing together colorful sentences full of creative put-downs filled with blowhardish, pompous phrases than in actually THINKING. "Someone's Crying" is beautiful. Kiske's singing on that song, as well as on "The Chance" and "Your Turn", is staggering. I mean, c'mon, who in the singing world, in ANY category, can match him for power and beauty? One critic poo-poohed the song "Your Turn" because it wasn't really "heavy". Well, neither was "A Tale That Wasn't Right" from Keeper 1, yet that song was undeniably great. Besides, "Heavy" can mean something that is emotionally charged, and I believe "Your Turn" absolutely is. Please listen to "Pink Bubbles Go Ape". Forget the goofy name--sometimes I think Weikath and Company just wanted to see who had enough smarts to look past something as superficial as a name. This was, in many people' s opinions, the last Great Helloween album. I only wish more of them would speak up and defend it.

Average customer rating:

Obsolete Japanese Import
A good good work with 2 gems
Good but could be better!

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Jvc Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002DCXM
Release Date: 1999-09-08

Tracks:

Pink Bubble Go Ape
Kids of the Century
Back on the Streets
Number One
Heavy Metal Hamsters
Goin' Home
Someone's Crying
Mankind
I'm Doin' Fine, Crazy Man
Chance
Your Turn
Shit and Lobster

Album Description

Japanese reissue of the German heavy metal veterans' 1991 album with 'Shit And Lobster' added as an unmarked bonus track, for a total of 12 selections. Also features the original cover art. 1999 release.

Album Details

Japanese Reissue featuring a Bonus Track.

Customer Reviews:

Obsolete Japanese Import.......2006-12-09

Listening to an album like the ludicrously titled Pink Bubbles Go Ape, you have to wonder what was going on in the Helloween guys' heads. They had just released a pair of albums (Keeper of the Seven Keys Parts I and II) that would completely redefine the term power metal, and lost founding guitarist Kai Hansen to his new band Gamma Ray. Instead of releasing another power metal epic that showed the world they were every bit the band they were with Hansen on board, we got Pink Bubbles Go Ape, a bizarre attempt to show off the band's sense of humor with tracks like "I'm Doin Fine, Crazy Man", and "Heavy Metal Hamsters"...that's right, "Heavy Metal Hamsters".

Believe it or not, Pink Bubbles Go Ape is actually a pretty decent melodic rock album. The guys in Helloween are just too good at what they do to put out something truly awful. Unfortunately, pretty decent is simply not good enough, nor is melodic rock. Not from Helloween. This band set the bar quite high with the Keeper albums, and this confused effort falls way too short. Even with standout tracks "Mankind", "Goin' Home", "Your Turn", and "Kids of the Century", the best rating I can give this effort is 3 stars. Unfortunately the downward spiral would continue with the band's follow-up album Chameleon. The good news is that the band would manage to get back to releasing quality power metal albums with 1994's Master of the Rings.

If you're unfamiliar with Helloween's work, for God's sake do not pick this album up first (or even 8th for that matter). Pink Bubbles Go Ape and Chameleon should only be tracked down after you've heard every other studio album Helloween has to offer and you're simply looking to complete your collection.

NOTE: This expensive Japanese import was recently made obsolete by the 2006 remastered version of Pink Bubbles Go Ape, which features 4 bonus tracks and runs for about half the pricce of this particular version.

A good good work with 2 gems.......2004-11-26

Excellent album, in my opinion.
Before i'm going to judge it there is one point to remember: the band lost a basic member like Kay Hansen, one of the fathers of the entire speed-power metal movement.
His replacement, Roland Grapow, was an excellent guitarist, singer and composer but the magic that had Hellowen with Kay was gone.
Plus it wasn't the easiest thing to create something better than the giant-Keeper albums.
Anyway the album has a superb melodic feel and the sound is clear and better than the past albums (especially the drums).
'Pink Bubbles' is an honest melodic metal album with a couple of great songs like 'Someone's Crying' (great Grapow a la Malmsteen on this one), 'Your Turn', 'Number One' and 'Back in the Streets'.
There is place for two masterpieces too: 'Mankind' (with a superb guitar work again) and 'The Chance', probably two of the best Helloween's tracks of all times.
Michael Kiske shines as always with an excellent performance. His singing is probably deeper than the past albums and he proves his endless skill once again.
The bass lines of Markus are alays powerful and solid as Weiki and Ingo do their honest job (Ingo's best performances are on the albums before this one).
I saw the band live in Italy for the tour and they were excellent.
Since this album Roland Grapow became much important year by year, showing his true talent.
I recommend this album to Helloween's fans and not, that's not on the Keeper standards but the quality is high and 'Mankind' and 'The Chance' are masterpieces,as i said. Buy it!

Good but could be better!.......2000-06-12

I think it's a good CD but it is a little more soft than the last ones exept Chamaleon, but you should buy it if you like a good vocal like Michael Kiske! The bonus track is good but not a Helloween style music!

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Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Sanctuary
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000LX78EW

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This isn't pretty
Underrated even today! A great album with 4 Bonus Tracks
Not Helloween's Best but it sounds better

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Jvc Japan
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000E1KO06
Release Date: 2006-03-06

Tracks:

Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Kids of the Century
Back on the Streets
Number One
Heavy Metal Hamsters
Goin' Home
Someone's Crying
Mankind
I'm Doin Fine, Crazy Man
Chance
Your Turn
Blue Suede Shoes [*]
Shit and Lobster [*]
Hambourgeois Walkways [*]
You Run with the Pack [*]

Album Description

Japanese remastered reissue adds 4 B-side bonus tracks 'Blue Suede Shoes', 'Shit & Lobster', 'Les Hambourgeois' & 'You Run With The Pack'. Victor. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

This isn't pretty.......2006-12-09

Underrated even today! A great album with 4 Bonus Tracks.......2006-08-24

Coming out from a law-suit after their label change and a huge line-up change which leaves legendary guitarist-songwriter Kai Hansen out of the band, Helloween come back with "Pink Bubbles Go Ape". A record which was bashed by music critics due to the fact that the band changed their music to a small effect when compared to their highly praised Keeper Of The Seven Keys records.

"Pink Bubbles..." admitably has a really strange, even silly title but this is not the case with the song writing. The music departs a bit from the continuous double-bass drumming, power metal stile and is enriched with more progressive and at parts mainstream ideas. Some songs are softer than the usual tracks found on the Keeper records reminding more of heavy metal than power metal, but that's not a drawback for sure.

Without diving into each and every song, I'm going to name only the outstanding ones! "Mankind" is a great-epic and progressive song with wonderful vocal and musical variations. "The Chance" is a mid-paced heavy metal anthem, which contains some of the albums best vocals and solos and is the most known track from this relish. "Someone's Crying" is the only song that could be categorized as pure power metal (fast double-base drumming & fast guitar soloing), a truly great song, which could be placed in one of their previous albums. "Your Turn" is a wonderful rock-blues ballad with great vocals and finally "Kids of the Century" is another fast song with smart lyrics and great solos.

The new guitarists R.Grapow proves to be a worthy replacement, as his guitar playing is outstanding and he also contributes some great tracks to the album. Vocalist Michael Kiske has improved even more (if that could be possible) in both technicality and emotion delivering his best vocal performance up to that point. While the other 3 band members, especially drummer Ingo and bassist Markus, continue to show how talented musicians they are.

The main drawback of this album was the thin production, but now this relish offers a remaster of the original sound, thus a TRULY improved sound quality. The other drawback are tracks 1,5,9, but the 4 Bonus Tracks make up for that one also, especially You Run With The Pack and the cover of Blue Suede Shoes.

You should definitely give this album a chance, if you enjoyed Helloweens previous relishes, as you can see how the band progresses and doesn't continue repeating itself for the sake of record sales.

Not Helloween's Best but it sounds better.......2006-03-03

This by far isn't my favorite Helloween album but it has it's moments. This 2006 Remastered/ Expanded Edition of Pink Bubbles Go Ape is still worth it even if you have the original especially if you don't have all the singles with the bonus tracks (which are only 4 tracks, there should have been more on this). Anyways this version definately sounds better than the original.

Pink Bubbles Go Ape (+1 Bonus Track) (Li

Average customer rating:

Obsolete Japanese Import
Not as bad as advertised
BAD..

Pink Bubbles Go Ape (+1 Bonus Track) (Li
Helloween
Manufacturer: Jvc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Metal | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005NSB8
Release Date: 2001-10-01

Album Details

Digital K2 Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase Cover. Also Includes One Bonus Track.

Customer Reviews:

Obsolete Japanese Import.......2006-12-09

Listening to an album like the ludicrously titled Pink Bubbles Go Ape, you have to wonder what was going on in the Helloween guys' heads. They had just released a pair of albums (Keeper of the Seven Keys Parts I and II) that would completely redefine the term power metal, and lost founding guitarist Kai Hansen to his new band Gamma Ray. Instead of releasing another power metal epic that showed the world they were every bit the band they were with Hansen on board, we got Pink Bubbles Go Ape, a bizarre attempt to show off the band's sense of humor with tracks like "I'm Doin Fine, Crazy Man", and "Heavy Metal Hamsters"...that's right, "Heavy Metal Hamsters".

Believe it or not, Pink Bubbles Go Ape is actually a pretty decent melodic rock album. The guys in Helloween are just too good at what they do to put out something truly awful. Unfortunately, pretty decent is simply not good enough, nor is melodic rock. Not from Helloween. This band set the bar quite high with the Keeper albums, and this confused effort falls way too short. Even with standout tracks "Mankind", "Goin' Home", "Your Turn", and "Kids of the Century", the best rating I can give this effort is 3 stars. Unfortunately the downward spiral would continue with the band's follow-up album Chameleon. The good news is that the band would manage to get back to releasing quality power metal albums with 1994's Master of the Rings.

If you're unfamiliar with Helloween's work, for God's sake do not pick this album up first (or even 8th for that matter). Pink Bubbles Go Ape and Chameleon should only be tracked down after you've heard every other studio album Helloween has to offer and you're simply looking to complete your collection.

NOTE: This expensive Japanese import was recently made obsolete by the 2006 remastered version of Pink Bubbles Go Ape, which features 4 bonus tracks and runs for about half the pricce of this particular version.

Not as bad as advertised.......2001-12-06

This album gets a bum rap because "light" sound and its relatively stupid lyrics. The most notable example would be the song Heavy Metal Hamsters. Nonetheless, this album has a precious gem on it - the song Number One, which easily eclipses anything the band put out after 1993. Other than that, there are a few average songs on the album and some poor ones. If you want to avoid this album, get the Number One single, which features a fantastic instrumental - Les Hamburgeois Walkways.

BAD.........2001-10-05

CAn somebody tell me what is this? Managed by Rod Smallwood's Sanctuary (from IRON MAIDEN), hiring the services of famous producer Cris Tsangarides and hot on thw wheels of two great albuns (KEEPER I and II), Helloween had all the ingredients for making a sucessful new album, who would be only their fourth full-lenght studio album. All this taking in consideration the fact that one of their founders, ace guitarrist Kai Hansen, had left, due to not succumbing to commercial pressures and also by not handling so well the rigours of touring endlessly. His replacement, Roland Grapow, was a veryg good player and also a songwriter.
Anyway, come the time and Helloween releases its new album, PINK BUBBLES GO APE. I think that, by judging the cover art, it should not have been a surprise what was inside... They just dropped the ball.. The sound is clean, clearly commercial. The lyrics hit an all-time low never seen before, unbeliavable silliness. To put it shortly: only KIds of the Century, SOmeone's Crying and The Chance are worthwhile here... More incredible: after this very weak album, they managed to release one still worse, the maligned CHAMELEON, that resulted in loss of management, loss of record company, loss of drummer Ingo Scwichtenberg (R.I.P.), loss of singer Michael Kiske (one supposed to lead to band to bad music). Now, led by greedy guitarrist Michael Weikath, they continue do go on. But the "spark" was lost forever when they released PIN BUBBLES GO APE...

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Pink Bubbles Go Ape
Helloween
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00000E0WR
Release Date: 1996-11-21

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