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Released
  
February 16, 1996

Length
  
61:46 (CD), 53:10 (LP)

Release date
  
16 February 1996

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
Sep-Dec 1995

Artist
  
Motorpsycho

Label
  
Stickman Records

Producers
  
Bent Sæther, Deathprod

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Blissard (1996)
  
Angels and Daemons at Play (1997)

Similar
  
Motorpsycho albums, Rock music albums

Motorpsycho sinful wind borne


Blissard is the fifth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho. It was the first where the band tried to bring some more focused and pre-written songs to tape, as opposed to their earlier working technique of doing lot of experimenation and brainstorming in the studio. It is often ranked among their best work by fans and critics.

Contents

Motorpsycho blissard album 1995


LP track listing

Blissard was also released on heavy-weight double vinyl. The track listing was as follows.

Track listing 2012 4-CD reissue

A 4-disc deluxe edition was released 23. November 2012 by Rune Grammofon, and includes the original album, the KiT-sessions, an additional mix of the original album with different track listing, as well as a fourth disc with B-sides and rarities.

Disc 1: The Original Album

  1. Sinful, Wind-borne
  2. "Drug Thing"
  3. Greener
  4. 's Numbness
  5. The Nerve Tattoo
  6. True Middle
  7. S.T.G.
  8. Manmower
  9. Fool's Gold
  10. Nathan Daniel's Tune From Hawaii

Disc 2: When the World Sleeps (The KiT-sessions, 1994)

  1. Stalemate
  2. Flick of the Wrist
  3. When the World Sleeps
  4. Black W'abbit
  5. The Ballad of Patrick & Putrick
  6. 7th Dream
  7. Mad Sun

Disc 3: The Pidah Mixes

  1. Sinful, Wind-borne
  2. "Drug Thing"
  3. Greener
  4. The Matter With Her
  5. 's Numbness
  6. The Nerve Tattoo
  7. Manmower
  8. Like Always
  9. True Middle
  10. S.T.G.
  11. Stalemate

Disc 4: The Ones That Got Away B-sides, rehearsal tapes, the Atlantis psychosis files...

  1. The Nerve Tattoo
  2. Of Beacons & Beams
  3. The Wheel
  4. Pale Day
  5. Mad Sun (short version)
  6. A Saw Sage Full of Secretion
  7. Heaven and Hell
  8. Sterling Says
  9. Never Judge
  10. Baby Scooter
  11. In the Midst of All That
  12. Silver Tongue
  13. Dave Gave Up
  14. That Dying Breed
  15. "Drug Thing"
  16. A Shortcut to the Stars
  17. La Luna
  18. Atlantis Swing
  19. Familjen tar plats i studion/Fyra kvällar session
  20. Jazz på trøndska

Personnel

  • Bent Sæther: vocals, bass, guitars, taurus,
  • Hans Magnus Ryan: lead and rhythm guitars, vocals, taurus, banjo
  • Håkon Gebhardt: drums
  • Morten Fagervik: rhythm guitars, mellotron, clavinette, viscount organ, piano, vibraphone, vocals
  • with:

  • Helge Sten (Deathprod): samples, echoplex, oscillator, theremin
  • Ole Henrik Moe (Ohm): saw, violins
  • Bitten Forsudd: backing vocals
  • Rolf Yngve Uggen: backing vocals
  • Matt Burt: voice
  • M. Banto: pandeira
  • Book

    The deluxe edition released in 2012 was accompanied by a 330-page book about the album, written by Norwegian author Johan Harstad. The book was released in both hardback (limited to 980 copies) and pocket editions. The book was published by Falck forlag, as a part of an ongoing series of books related to Morgenbladets list of the hundred best Norwegian albums.

    Songs

    1Sinful - Wind-Borne5:21
    2Drug Thing4:38
    3Greener6:14

    References

    Blissard Wikipedia