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A Glimmer of Hope

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Genre
  
Roots rock

Label
  
Gravel Road Music

Length
  
47:18

Released
  
8 October 2008 (2008-10-08)

Recorded
  
February 2008 at Parachute Studio, Oslo

Producer
  
El Cuero & Lars Håvard Haugen

A Glimmer of Hope is the second studio album by Norwegian roots rock group El Cuero, released in October 2008.

Contents

Recording and release

Following a ten-month tour in support of their first album, El Cuero returned to the studio in Winter 2008. Recording of the album took place in February at Parachute Studious in Oslo, Norway, and the album was mixed in the following months, by veteran record producer and musician Lars Håvard Haugen, best known for his involvement with Hellbillies.

Mixing finished in the summer of 2008, and the album was released on October 8, 2008 to rave reviews and near universal acclaim from the Norwegian music press.

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Brynjar Takle Ohr.

  1. The Road Goes On - 6:14
  2. A Glimmer of Hope - 3:52
  3. Dreary Sundays - 4:54
  4. When The Lights Go Out - 6:08
  5. To Build A Home - 4:49
  6. This Town - 3:33
  7. Are You Listening? - 3:55
  8. These Times - 3:41
  9. Lights Up The River - 10:22

El Cuero

  • Brynjar Takle Ohr - lead vocals, guitars, piano on "When The Lights Go Out"
  • Tommy Reite - bass guitar
  • Håvard Takle Ohr - drums, backing vocals
  • Øyvind Blomstrøm - lead guitars, pedal steel, piano and backing vocals

    • Additional musicians

  • Ingrid Olava - vocals on "To Build A Home"
  • Lars Christian Narum - hammond organ
  • Andre Orvik, Vegard Johnsen, Dorthe Dreier, Anne Britt Sævig Årdal - strings

    • Mxed by Mike Hartung, engineered by Roar Nilsen.

    References

    A Glimmer of Hope Wikipedia
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