Electric Psalmbook is the second album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in 1999.Andreassen, Johnny, abcnyheter.no (April 26, 2009). De unge og lovende The album was produced by Nils B. Kvam and recorded at Athletic Sound in August 1998, with the exception of the song "Wild Bird", which was recorded at Oslo Lyd in December of that year.
Overview For the Warner Music release of the album, "Volume or Tone" and "Wild Bird (live)" were added as bonus tracks. The former being produced by Lars Lundevall and recorded at Musikkloftet in September 1996, while the latter was recorded at Norwegian Wood in 1999 by NRK Musikkteknikk. The original album released through Grand Sport Records ends after the title track.
"Long Distance Man" is Øystein Greni's English adaptation of the Undertakers Circus song "Nettenes Prinsesse" (Princess of the Night).Bergan, Jon Vidar, Store Norske Leksikon BigBang. Kunnskapsforlaget. The original song was available in the Ragnarock LP released in February 1973 by Polydor.Rakvaag, Geir, Dagsavisen (November 10, 2007). Ragnarock på ny Gjersøe, Jørn, NRK.no (December 16, 2008). Gammelt sirkus blir som nytt Live versions of the track with Øystein Greni's lyrics were later released on the Smiling For 2001 EP (live at Rockefeller '01), on the 2003 live album Radio Radio TV Sleep and a special duet version with Greni's sister, Taran Greni, was included in the Radio Radio TV Sleep video album. An anterior version of "How Do You Do" was released on the 1997 How Do You Do? / Something Better limited print vinyl single.
Track listing
Personnel Bigbang Øystein Greni – lead vocals, guitars, arrangements Erik Tresselt – bass, backing vocals, arrangements Kristian Syvertsen – drums, backing vocals, arrangements Additional personnel
Nils B. Kvam – producer, photography Lars Lundevall – producer (track 12) Kai Andersen – engineer Vidar Lunden – engineer (track 12) Arne Dypevik – engineer (track 13) Øystein Halvorsen – engineer (track 13) Stig Morten Sørheim – mixing (track 13) Ola Johansen – mastering Martin Horntveth – drums, percussion, accordion (track 13), backing vocals (all tracks except 1 and 11) Christer Engen – drums, percussion (track 1), backing vocals (tracks 4 and 5) Knut Schreiner – lead guitar (track 10) Vegar Bakke – organ (track 4) Alex Kayiambakis – cover photography Rob Erickson – photography Jan Inge Janbu – artwork Dimitri "D.F.O" Kayiambakis – artwork, layout
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