Gasolin' (English album)

Infobox Album
Name = Gasolin'
Type = studio
Artist = Gasolin'


Released = Early Start date|1974
Recorded = August 1973 and January 1974 at Rosenberg studio, Copenhagen
Genre = Rock
Language = English
Length = 34:34
Label = CBS
Producer = Roy Thomas Baker
Reviews =
Last album = "Gasolin' 3"
(1973)
This album = "Gasolin"'
(1974)
Next album = "Stakkels Jim"
(1974)
Misc = Singles
Name = Gasolin'
Type = studio
Single 1 = Lucky Linda
Single 1 date = 1974 (Germany)

"Gasolin"' is the first album with English lyrics by rock band Gasolin' in an attempt to win the band recognition outside their native Denmark. It is almost identical to their third Danish album, "Gasolin' 3" and was released in some Western European countries in the beginning of 1974 on CBS. It failed to make impact on the charts anywhere, but didn't stop Gasolin' from issuing three more albums in English in the period from 1974 to 1978.

History

After the artistic and commercial success of "Gasolin' 2", Kim Larsen left the band due to his unhappiness with too many of his new songs being rejected by the band. Poul Bruun, the director of CBS in Denmark, afraid to see band disappear resolved the situation by letting Larsen record a solo album ("Værsgo") and Gasolin' make their next album in two versions, one in Danish for the home market and one with English lyrics to be released in Europe. To provide the right international sound, the record company brought Englishman Roy Thomas Baker to Copenhagen to produce the album in August 1973. Baker, a hot name in the record industry thanks to his recent success with Queen had already worked as engineer on the bands debut album Gasolin' in 1970 and was happy to work with them again. [ Bundgaard (2003) p.54 ] After finishing "Gasolin' 3", the band teamed up with Leonard "Skip" Malone, an American living in Denmark at the time, who helped the band translate the Danish lyrics into English. The lyrics were re-recorded in January 1974 and the resulting album released shortly after. [ Bundgaard (2003) pp.67-69 ]

Track listing

All titles are written by Gasolin' / Gasolin', Skip Malone except where otherwise noted.

Side one

#"Lucky Linda" – 5:02
#"If You Dare" (Trad. / Gasolin', Malone) – 3:15
#"Quasimodo's Song" – 4:05
#"Lilli-Lilli" – 4:55

Side two

#"It Was Inga, Katinka And Groovy Charlie On His Harley" (Tommy Pedersen / Gasolin', Malone) – 2:51
#"The Big Hullabaloo" – 2:28
#"The Cat" – 2:50
#"Stark Raving Mad" – 3:15
#"Sju-Bi-Du-Bi-Man" – 5:53

Personnel

Gasolin'

* Kim Larsen – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "It Was Inga, Katinka..." and "Quasimodo's Song"
* Franz Beckerlee – lead guitar, moog, vocals, bass on "Stark Raving Mad"
* Wili Jønsson – bass, piano, organ, vocals
* Søren Berlev – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

* Niels Harrit – tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion

Production

* Roy Thomas Baker – producer
* Freddy Hansson – engineer

Release history

Notes

References

*cite book
last=Bundgaard
first=Peder
title=Gasolin' - Masser af Success
origyear=1993
url=http://www.saxo.com/dk/item/peder-bundgaard-gasolin-masser-af-succes-indbundet.aspx?authorid=35486
accessdate=2008-04-08
edition=2nd Edition
year=2003
publisher=Lindhardt og Ringhof
language=Danish
isbn=87-595-2242-9