Hotel Oslo

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Hotel Oslo
HotelOslo-Timbersound.jpg
Studio album by
Magne Furuholmen
Released1997
Genre
Length43:00
Label Norsk Plateproduksjon
Producer Timbersound
Magne Furuholmen chronology
Ti Kniver I Hjertet
(1994)		Hotel Oslo
(1997)		Hermetic
(1998)
Singles from Hotel Oslo
  1. "In The Hands Of Fools (Norwegian radio promo)"
    Released: 1997
  2. "We’ll never speak again (radio promo)"
    Released: 1997

Hotel Oslo is the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie of the same name. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The album is written and performed by Magne Furuholmen, Freddie Wadling , Kjetil Bjerkestrand. [5] [6] Other artists who collaborated are: Anneli Drecker (singer on We'll Never Speak Again [7] ), Per Lindvall (drums), Eivind Aarset (guitar), Jonny Sjo (bass), Bjorg Vaernes (cello), Henninge Batnes (viola).

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Con Sordino"1:06
2."In The Hands Of Fools"4:33
3."City View"1:22
4."A Room For Thought"3:25
5."Witchi Tai To The Sharp – Canopies Of Your Broken Heart"4:07
6."Corridor"2:04
7."We'll Never Speak Again"6:50
8."I Remember You"2:17
9."Half Remembering, Half Trying To Forget"4:33
10."Shaft Man"2:03
11."White Walls, A Door And A Window"1:08
12."The City Breathes A Stinking Rhythm"3:16
13."Freddie's Hymn: Ismael – Sea Of Blood"3:09
14."The Postcard You Never Sent: - Greetings From Hotel Oslo"3:29
Total length:43:00

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References

  1. ↑ "Hotel Oslo" . Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Hotel Oslo (13.1.97)". a-hadiscography. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. ↑ Grønneberg, Andreas. "Hotel Oslo". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Alle Rezensionen zu Kjetil Bjerkestrand & Magne Furuholmen" (in German).
  5. ↑ "Hotel Oslo (1997)". Rockipedia.no. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. ↑ Gherardi, Guido. "a-ha, Il calore gelido dei fiordi". Onda Rock (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  7. ↑ "Anneli Dreker's discography". Anneli Drecker's official website. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
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