Let Them Eat Cake (album)

Let Them Eat Cake is the eighth full-length studio album by the Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released early in 2000, the album showed the band taking steps in a new direction, leaning more towards jazz and psychedelia than the heavy indie rock guitars the band was famous for.[1]

Let Them Eat Cake
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 2000
Recorded1999
GenreRock
Length45:36
LabelSony (Norway)
Stickman (Europe)
ProducerMotorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology
Trust Us
(1998)
Let Them Eat Cake
(2000)
Phanerothyme
(2001)

The EP "The Other Fool" reached nr. 1 on VGs singles-list.

Track listing

No.TitleWritten byLength
1."The Other Fool"Sæther5:40
2."Upstairs-Downstairs"Ryan5:12
3."Big Surprise"Sæther3:36
4."Walkin With J."Gebhardt/Sæther3:59
5."Never Let You Out"Gebhardt2:46
6."Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro')"Sæther6:30
7."Stained Glass"Sæther6:12
8."My Best Friend"Ryan/Sæther4:21
9."30/30"Sæther7:21
Total length:45:37

LP track listing

Side A
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."The Other Fool"Sæther5:40
2."Upstairs-Downstairs"Ryan5:12
3."Big Surprise"Sæther3:36
4."Walkin With J."Gebhardt/Sæther3:59
5."Never Let You Out"Gebhardt2:46
Side B
No.TitleWritten byLength
6."Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro')"Sæther6:30
7."Stained Glass"Sæther6:12
8."My Best Friend"Ryan/Sæther4:21
9."30/30"Sæther7:21
Total length:45:37

Personnel

  • Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, drums, percussion, Rhodes piano, wood blocks, Minimoog, piano, harmonium
  • Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, clavinet, double bass, violins, mandolin
  • Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, vocals, percussion, zither, guitars, piano
with
  • Helge Sten (Deathprod): drum machine
  • Baard Slagsvold: Piano, Rhodes piano, back. vocals
  • Ole Henrik Moe (Ohm): Violins, gong
  • Kristin Karlsson: violin
  • Kristin Skjølaas: violin
  • Einy Langmoen: viola
  • Kjersti Rydsaa: cello
  • Arne Frang: tenor saxophone
  • Jørgen Gjerde: trombone
  • Erlend Gjerde: trumpet
  • Helge Sunde: trombone
  • Tone Reichelt: waldhorn
  • Arve Henriksen: trumpet, mellophone[2]

References

  1. Rønsen, Arild (2000-02-18). "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake - Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  2. "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
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