Ab 18

Infobox Album
Name = Ab 18
Type = compilation
Artist = Die Ärzte


Released = 21.10.1987
Recorded =
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 21:11
Label = CBS Schallplatten GmbH
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Ist das alles? (13 Höhepunkte mit den Ärzten)"
(1987)
This album = "Ab 18"
(1987)
Next album = "Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit..."
(1988)

"Ab 18" [over 18] is the sixth album by Die Ärzte. It's an EP compilation of which three songs are put in the German List of Media Harmful to Young People.

The indexed songs were, at the time, "Geschwisterliebe", "Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund" and "Schlaflied". By now, only "Geschwisterliebe" is in the index.

Track listing

# Sie kratzt, sie stinkt, sie klebt [She scratches, she stinks, she sticks] (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 2:31
# Geschwisterliebe [Sibling love] (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 4:11
# Helmut K. (Felsenheimer, Liebing, Urlaub/Felsenheimer, Liebing, Urlaub) - 2:34
# Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund [Claudia has a German shepherd] (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 2:00
# Claudia II (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 2:30
# Sweet Sweet Gwendoline (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 2:55
# Schlaflied [Lullaby] (Urlaub/Urlaub) - 4:30

Song information

* Tracks 1, 3, 5: new
* Tracks 2, 6: from "Die Ärzte"
* Tracks 4, 7: from "Debil"---
* "Sie kratzt, sie stinkt, sie klebt" is sung in the perspective of a man, who is in love with a disgusting girl.
* "Geschwisterliebe" is about incest between siblings.
* "Helmut K." is depicting Helmut Kohl as a wife-beater, stating, that he's just a man like every other.
* "Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund" is about zoophilia, between a woman and a dog.
* "Claudia II" is the sequel to "Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund"; now Claudia has a horse. There's also a third song, found on "Live - Nach uns die Sintflut" and "Das Beste von kurz nach früher bis jetze", where Claudia tries with a man, but fails, ending up with a humpback whale.
* "Sweet Sweet Gwendoline" is about bondage; the title is from the Sweet Gwendoline comic series; Gwendoline is also Die Ärzte's mascot; the song features lines in the beginning and in the end, which were not on the "Die Ärzte"-version.
* "Schlaflied" is about a monster coming and eating you after you fall asleep.