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Music for a Big Night Out

2012 studio album by Scooter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Music for a Big Night Out is the sixteenth studio album by German hard dance band Scooter. The album was released on 2 November 2012, preceded by the first single "4 AM" on 7 September 2012. The second single "Army of Hardcore" was released on the same day as the album. It is the last studio album featuring Rick J. Jordan, who left in 2014 after being with the band since the beginning in 1993.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Music for a Big Night Out” as 2012 studio album by Scooter. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2014, 1993—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Music, Night and studio can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2012 studio album by Scooter. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2012, 2014 and 1993.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Music for a Big Night Out” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.