Guilty Pleasures (Didrik Solli-Tangen album)

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Guilty Pleasures
Didrik Solli-Tangen Guilty Pleasures.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 November 2010
Genre Pop
Label Universal Norway, Class A Records
Singles from Guilty Pleasures
  1. "My Heart Is Yours"
    Released: 20 January 2010
  2. "Best Kept Secret"
    Released: 3 September 2010
  3. "Compass"
    Released: February 2011

Guilty Pleasures is the first album by Norwegian recording artist Didrik Solli-Tangen, and was released on November 1, 2010. [1] The album's lead single, "My Heart Is Yours", was released on January 20, 2010. On 6 February 2010, it was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo in May 2010. The second single, "Best Kept Secret" featuring the Norwegian trumpet soloist Tine Thing Helseth, was released on September 3, 2010. At an interview on the day of the album's release date, Solli-Tangen confirmed that "Compass" would be the third single. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Compass"3:42
2."Your Song"3:17
3."Daughters"3:42
4."Nighthawk Diner"3:58
5."Best Kept Secret" (feat. Tine Thing Helseth)3:25
6."When Words Won't Come"3:37
7."You"3:44
8."Released"3:47
9."Next To You"4:37
10."Cold Words"3:32
11."My Heart Is Yours"3:07

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Norwegian Albums Chart [3] 28

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References

  1. Platemonpaniet.no - Product page: Didrik Solli-Tangen - Guilty Pleasures
  2. "didriksollitangen.com: Interview about the album". Archived from the original on 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  3. norwegiancharts.com