8 Soothing Songs for Rut

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8 Soothing Songs for Rut
Soothe.jpg
Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedJanuary and July, 1992
Genre Grunge, stoner rock
Length42:04
Label Voices of Wonder
Producer Motorpsycho
Motorpsycho chronology
Lobotomizer
(1991)
8 Soothing Songs for Rut
(1992)
Demon Box
(1993)

8 Soothing Songs for Rut is the second studio album by the Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho, then still tinged in hard rock and grunge metal. It was first released as vinyl-only-mini-album called "Soothe" but later re-released on CD with two additional tracks from the single "3 Songs For Rut". Both titles were merged into "8 Soothing Songs For Rut". The music is very raw and hard, but also shows glimpses of Prog, as in the nearly 10-minute-long "Lighthouse Girl". [1]

Contents

Track listing

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Have Fun"Sæther3:48
2."Loaded"Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt2:50
3."Lighthouse Girl"Sæther/Ryan9:23
4."Sister Confusion"Sæther5:53
5."The Wait"Sæther6:41
6."Step Inside"Sæther/Ryan7:11
7."We All Float Down Here Too!"Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt1:06
8."California Dreamin'" Phillips/Gilliam 5:07

LP "Soothe"

Side A (45 rpm)
No.TitleLength
1."Lighthouse Girl"9:23
Side B (33 rpm)
No.TitleLength
1."Sister Confusion"5:53
2."The Wait"6:41
3."Step Inside"7:11
4."We All Float Down Here!"1:06
5."California Dreamin'"5:07

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