Ballast der Republik was Die Toten Hosen's first album in four years, reaching number one on the German charts and selling over 200,000 copies.
- The album was produced by Vincent Sorg and Die Toten Hosen, recorded at their JKP studio in Ratingen.
- The first single, "Tage wie diese," became an unexpected crossover hit, widely played during Germany's run in the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament.
- "Ballast der Republik" was the band's seventh album to top the German album charts.
Die Toten Hosen are a German punk rock band formed in Düsseldorf in 1982. They are one of Germany's most commercially successful and enduring punk bands.
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