Pink Bubbles Go Ape

The album contains two singles, which are "Kids of the Century" and "Number One". "Kids of the Century" reached #56 in the United Kingdom. The track "Heavy Metal Hamsters" (supposedly written about the band's former record company) was, according to Michael Weikath, never intended to be on the album, but rather on a B-side of a single.{{cite web |title=Michael Weikath Interview: 7-21-98 |url=http://www.truemetal.org/keeper/intervs/weiki1.html |website=True Metal |quote=I also took a lot of shit because of the song "Heavy Metal Hamsters" which was intended on being a b-side for the Pink Bubbles album and instead it ended up being an album track. |accessdate=19 July 2019}}

Many disputes between the producer, bandmembers, management and the record company ensued. Weikath laid much of the blame at the feet of veteran Brit Metal producer Chris Tsangarides. Weikath said, “Straight away, I could tell things were going wrong. The show was being run by Michael and Ingo, and Chris simply didn’t like my songs. He couldn’t understand that certain cleverness they had.” Weikath wanted Tommy Hansen to produce the album.

Also, the band spent close to 400,000 pounds recording the new album. “The whole situation was bad,” Kiske said in 2017. “We spent a fortune in a studio in Denmark, but there was no inspiration.”{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=loudersound|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/helloween-were-not-as-big-as-maiden-but-were-way-bigger-than-spinal-tap}}

Storm Thorgerson designed the Pink Bubbles Go Ape’s cover and the girl on that cover is his niece. Thorgerson also directed the promo-video for "Kids of the Century."

Helloween had left Noise Records and turned to EMI. After the album was released, a lawsuit stopped Helloween from touring for a year. In the spring of 1992 an agreement was reached, and they could finally play on a short European Tour starting in Hamburg 30 April 1992, and in the autumn they also played some shows in Japan.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Tours|url=http://tosse2.se/helloween_tour.htm}}

{{Track listing

|title1 = Pink Bubbles Go Ape

|writer1 = Michael Kiske

|length1 = 0:36

|title2 = Kids of the Century

|writer2 = Kiske

|length2 = 3:51

|title3 = Back on the Streets

|length3 = 3:23

|writer3 = Music: Roland Grapow, Lyrics: Kiske

|title4 = Number One

|writer4 = Michael Weikath

|length4 = 5:13

|title5 = Heavy Metal Hamsters

|writer5 = Music: Weikath, Lyrics: Weikath, Kiske

|length5 = 3:27

|title6 = Goin' Home

|writer6 = Kiske

|length6 = 3:51

|title7 = Someone's Crying

|writer7 = Grapow

|length7 = 4:18

|title8 = Mankind

|writer8 = Music: Grapow, Lyrics: Kiske

|length8 = 6:18

|title9 = I'm Doin' Fine, Crazy Man

|writer9 = Music: Markus Grosskopf, Lyrics: Grapow

|length9 = 3:39

|title10 = The Chance

|writer10 = Grapow

|length10 = 3:47

|title11 = Your Turn

|writer11 = Kiske

|length11 = 5:38

| total_length = 44:02

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Japanese edition bonus track

|title12 = Shit and Lobster

|writer12 = Grosskopf

|length12 = 4:08

}}

{{Track listing

|headline = Expanded edition bonus tracks

|title12 = Blue Suede Shoes

|note12 = Carl Perkins cover

|writer12 = Carl Perkins

|length12 = 2:36

|title13 = Shit and Lobster

|writer13 = Grosskopf

|length13 = 4:08

|title14 = Les Hambourgeois Walkways

|writer14 = Weikath

|length14 = 5:45

|title15 = You Run with the Pack

|writer15 = Grosskopf

|length15 = 3:54

}}

• M - 12, 13 also appears on the single "Kids of the Century".
• M - 14, 15 also appears on the single "Number One".

• Michael Kiske - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Michael Weikath - guitar
• Roland Grapow - guitar
• Markus Grosskopf - bass
• Ingo Schwichtenberg - drums

• Keyboards – Pete Iversen, Phil Nicholas

• Storm Thorgerson - album cover

• Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris Tsangarides. Recorded at PUK Studios Gjerlev, Denmark.
• "Heavy Metal Hamsters" , "I´m Doin´ Fine, Crazy Man", "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Shit and Lobster": Recorded at Sound House Studio, Hamburg, Germany. Produced by Helloween. Engineered by Dirk Steffens. Mixed by Chris Tsangarides.
• "Les Hambourgeois Walkways" and "You Run with the Pack": Produced and Mixed by Helloween and Dirk Steffens.

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