The Tourniquet

Infobox Album | Name = The Tourniquet
Type = Album
Artist = Magnet


Released = May 30, 2005 (Norway)
August 22, 2005 (UK)
February 14, 2006 (US)
Recorded = Bolero Levende Lyd; Krabbe; Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 40:36
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Magnet, Jason Falkner, Jørgen Træen, Yngve Sætre
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o26cmpb09fco link]
*"VG Nett" (5/6) [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=104922 link]
*"BT.no" (5/6) [http://www.bt.no/kultur/musikk/article.jhtml?articleID=372830 link]
*"Panorama" (5/6) [http://www.panorama.no/vis.php?kat=1&did=4235 link]
*"Aftenposten" (5/6) [http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/musikk/article1049085.ece link]
*"Dagbladet.no" (4/6) [http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2005/05/31/433279.html link]
*"Dagsavisen" (5/6) [http://www.dagsavisen.no/nyetakter/anmeldelser/article1607203.ece link]
*"Varden" (4/6) [http://www.varden.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050602/KULTUR/106020066 link]
Last album = "Minus EP"
(2004)
This album = "The Tourniquet"
(2005)
Next album = "The Simple Life"
(2007) |

"The Tourniquet" is Magnet's third album, first released in Norway on May 30, 2005 where it debuted on the album chart at #2. The album is named "after the drink, which Even sampled in a Singapore airport bar, en route back from Los Angeles after recording there." [ [http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/home/forsiden?opendocument&url=http://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005053114530384231631 MIC Norway] ] There were two singles released from the album: "Hold On" and "Fall At Your Feet." The song "Believe" was scheduled to be a single but it was never released. The American edition of the album included the song "This Bird Can Never Fly" as a bonus track. The song originally appeared as the B-side to "Fall At Your Feet."

Track listing

# "Hold On" – 5:00
# "Duracellia" – 4:01
# "The Pacemaker" – 5:06
# "Believe" – 3:37
# "All You Ask" – 4:07
# "Deadlock" – 4:04
# "Fall At Your Feet" – 3:27
# "Blow By Blow" – 3:59
# "Miss Her So" – 3:41
# "Jaws" – 3:34
# "This Bird Can Never Fly" (US Bonus Track) - 3:16

ingles

* "Hold On" (August 22, 2005)
* "Fall At Your Feet" (December 5, 2005)
* "Believe" [CANCELED as a single]

References