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Phanerothyme

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Released
  
September 3, 2001

Length
  
43:38

Release date
  
3 September 2001

Producer
  
Deathprod

Recorded
  
2000, 2001

Artist
  
Motorpsycho

Label
  
Stickman Records

Genre
  
Psychedelic music

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Phanerothyme (2001)
  
It's a Love Cult (2002)

Similar
  
It's a Love Cult, Let Them Eat Cake, Trust Us, Black Hole/Blank Canvas, Timothy's Monster

Motorpsycho bedroom eyes


Phanerothyme is the ninth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho. It was released through Stickman Records (Europe) and Sony (Norway). It was also released in Japan through P-Vine.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bedroom Eyes" – 2:18
  2. "For Free" – 5:13
  3. "B.S." – 3:41
  4. "Landslide" – 4:38
  5. "Go To California" – 8:00
  6. "Painting The Night Unreal" – 6:35
  7. "The Slow Phaseout" – 4:30
  8. "Blindfolded" – 3:44
  9. "When You're Dead" – 4:52
  • Nr. 1–3, 6 by Sæther.
  • Nr. 4, 5, 7 by Sæther/Ryan.
  • Nr. 8 by Ryan.
  • Nr. 9 by Gebhardt.

    • Vinyl version

    Due to space limitations, the track list was altered for the LP release.

    Side A

    1. Bedroom Eyes
    2. For Free
    3. B.S.
    4. Landslide
    5. The Slow Phaseout

    Side B

    1. Go To California
    2. Painting the Night Unreal
    3. Blindfolded
    4. When You're Dead

    Personnel

  • Bent Sæther: vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, guitarmando, percussion, viscount organ, drums
  • Hans Magnus Ryan: guitars, vocals, piano, viscount organ, mellotron, bass
  • Håkon Gebhardt: drums, vocals, percussion, guitars, zither, banjo, lap-steel guitar
  • Helge Sten (Deathprod): audio virus, filters, ringmodulators, echoplex, theremin
  • Baard Slagsvold: piano, Wurlitzer, clavinette, Rhodes piano, backing vocals. Slagsvold did all the string/reed-arrangements, except for "When You're Dead"; which was arranged by Lars Horntveth.
  • Øyvind Fossheim: violin
  • Vegard Johnsen: violin
  • André Orvik: violin
  • Hans Morten Stensland: violin
  • Jon W. Sønstebø: viola
  • Anne Britt Søvig Årdal: cello
  • Ketil Vestrum Einarsen: flute
  • Lars Horntveth: tenor sax and bass-clarinet
  • Anne-Grethe Orvik: oboe
  • Even Skatrud Andersen: trombone
  • Mathias Eick: trumpet and flugelhorn
  • Line Horntveth: tuba
  • Kim Hiorthøy: cover artwork

    • Videos

    The band made videos for "The Slow Phaseout" and "Go To California", the latter showing them as Amish people walking, running and jumping through the Norwegian woods, whilst carrying surfboards around.

    Singles

    There were no single/EP releases for this album, but some of the additional songs recorded during the Phanerothyme sessions surfaced on the "Serpentine" EP (2002). Also an EP named "Barracuda" was released in February 2001, containing left over songs from the Let Them Eat Cake-sessions. Still, promotional only singles of "The Slow Phaseout" and "Go To California" (edited version, 2:53 mins) were pressed and sent to radio stations.

    Songs

    1Bedroom Eyes2:19
    2For Free5:13
    3BS3:42

    References

    Phanerothyme Wikipedia
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