Chameleon (Margaret Berger album)

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Chameleon
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Studio album by
Released4 October 2004 (2004-10-04)(Norway)
Genre Pop rock
Label BMG Norway (#82876-65240-2)
Producer Espen Berg, Hans Jørgen Støp
Margaret Berger chronology
Chameleon
(2004)
Pretty Scary Silver Fairy
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Chameleon is the debut album by Norwegian singer Margaret Berger. It was released by BMG Norway on 4 October 2004, five months after she placed second on Norwegian Idol . [2] The album did not receive an official single release, but the music video for the song "Lifetime Guarantee" was awarded a Spellemannprisen. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chameleon" (Margaret Berger, Chris Sansom, Hans Jørgen Støp) – 4:27
  2. "Lifetime Guarantee" (Berger, Ofstad, Jonny Sjo, Støp) – 3:15
  3. "Mind Game" (Espen Berg, Berger, Simen M. Eriksrud, Støp) – 4:41
  4. "Simple Mind" (Berger, Stop) – 3:01
  5. "Both Sides" (Berger, Stop) – 4:16
  6. "This is Perfect" (Berger, Stop)
  7. "Elephant" (Berger, Stop) – 5:40
  8. "Pleasure" (Ell, Hedstrom) – 3:36
  9. "Main Offender" (Stop) – 3:52
  10. "Still" (Berg, Berger, Vidar Bergethon Holm, Støp) – 4:37

Personnel

Chart performance

Charts (2004)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [4] 4

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Hoffman, K. Ross. "Chameleon > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  3. Hoffman, K. Ross. "Margaret Berger > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  4. "Norwegiancharts.com – Margaret Berger – Chameleon". Hung Medien.