Demon Box (album)

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Demon Box
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ReleasedFebruary 1993
RecordedDec 1992/Jan 1993
Genre Rock
Length71:58 (CD)
89:23 (LP)
Label Voices of Wonder
Rune Grammofon
Producer Motorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology
8 Soothing Songs for Rut
(1992)
Demon Box
(1993)
Timothy's Monster
(1994)

Demon Box is the third full-length studio album by Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released on double vinyl and single CD formats (the original CD-edition omitting the tracks "Mountain", "Gutwrench" and "Mr. Who?") in February 1993, it saw the band earn their name as one of the most important bands in Norway. [1]

Contents

LP track listing

Side A:

  1. "Waiting for the One" - 2:50 (Sæther)
  2. "Nothing to Say" - 5:18 (Sæther)
  3. "Feedtime" - 5:15 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
  4. "Gutwrench" - 4:45 (Sæther)
  5. "Sunchild" - 4:05 (Sæther)

Side B:

  1. "Mountain" - 11:12 (Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt/Lien/Sten)
  2. "Tuesday Morning" - 4:22 (Ryan/Sæther)
  3. "All Is Loneliness" - 5:08 (Moondog)

Side C:

  1. "Come On In" - 2:40 (Sæther)
  2. "Step Inside Again" - 3:39 (Sæther)
  3. "Demon Box" - 17:06 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sten/Sæther)

Side D:

  1. "Babylon" - 2:30 (Sæther)
  2. "Mr. Who?" - 1:46 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
  3. "Junior" - 4:34 (Sæther)
  4. "Plan #1" - 7:39 (Ryan/Sæther/Burt)
  5. "Sheer Profoundity" - 3:37 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
  6. "The One Who Went Away" - 3:13 (Sæther)

The first pressing of 500 copies and the American version (?) have sides A and D on one record and sides B and C on the other.

CD track listing

  1. "Waiting for the One" – 2:50 (Sæther)
  2. "Nothing to Say" – 5:18 (Sæther)
  3. "Feedtime" – 5:15 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
  4. "Sunchild" – 4:05 (Sæther)
  5. "Tuesday Morning" – 4:22 (Ryan/Sæther)
  6. "All Is Loneliness" – 5:08 (Moondog)
  7. "Come On In" – 2:40 (Sæther)
  8. "Step Inside Again" – 3:39 (Sæther)
  9. "Demon Box" – 17:06 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sten/Sæther)
  10. "Babylon" – 2:30 (Sæther)
  11. "Junior" – 4:34 (Sæther)
  12. "Plan #1" – 7:39 (Ryan/Sæther/Burt)
  13. "Sheer Profoundity" – 3:37 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
  14. "The One Who Went Away" – 3:13 (Sæther)

The tracks "Gutwrench", "Mountain" and "Mr. Who" were omitted from the CD edition in order to fit the album onto one disc.

2014 reissue

Demon Box was reissued on both vinyl and CD in 2014 on Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. The vinyl edition was issued in a limited transparent vinyl edition, as well as regular, non-limited black vinyl edition. The CD version is a non-limited extended 5-disc issue, containing the original album in its entirety for the first time on CD, including the 1993 "Mountain EP" and the 1994 "Another Ugly EP", as well as outtakes, alternate versions and live tracks. The fifth disc is a video recording of a show at the Vera club in Groningen, the Netherlands on 19 September 1993.

Personnel

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References

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  2. "Motorpsycho – Demon Box". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.