Track Listing
1. Dead Passengers
2. You Know So Well
3. Sleep on Needles
4. Suffused With Love
5. Side Two
6. Modern Nature
7. Virtue and Wine
8. On and Off Again
9. No One's Gonna Come
10. All Luck Ran Out
11. Things You Call Fate
12. Rosebud - (bonus track)
| Details | | Producer: | HP Gundersen, Jorgen Traeen | | Distributor: | Caroline Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Sondre Lerche (vocals, arranger, guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Helen Eriksen, Lillian Samdal, Ingrid Manger, Leslie Ahern (vocals); HP Gundersen (electric guitar, slide guitar, piano, Mellotron); Kato Adland (guitar, background vocals); Bergmund Skaslien (viola); Marcus Holdaway, Brilliant Strings (strings); Jorgen Traeen (electric piano, synthesizer, bass, programming); Morten Skage (bass); Frode Unneland (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Duper, Gjoa, Sondre Cording Studios, Bergen, Norway; Blackwing Studios, London, England between November 1999 & August 2001.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
On his incredibly accomplished debut, FACES DOWN, young Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche presents an elegant and heartfelt collection of alternative pop. Not even out of his teens at the time of the album's original 2001 European release, Lerche assuredly shifts between melancholy folk (the wistful "You Know So Well"), a playful vintage vibe (the ebullient "Modern Nature," later prominently featured in the movie DAN IN REAL LIFE), and even breezy bossa nova (the laid-back "Virtue and Wine"), often incorporating strings arranged by the High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan. For those interested in exploring Lerche's impressive catalogue, this is the best place to start.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2002
Rolling Stone (12/26/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...A plaintive debut [with] thoughtfully strummed guitars...
Q (10/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...The mix of wit, depth and kicky Sixties pop in FACES DOWN provides another bright spot from up north...
Rolling Stone (11/14/2002)
Ranked #6 in Rolling Stone's list of 2002's 10 Best Debuts
Rolling Stone (12/26/2002)
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