Soft rock is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock was prevalent on the radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into a form of the synthesized music of adult contemporary in the 1980s.
Alex Greenwald is an American musician, actor, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist of the California rock band Phantom Planet.
Michael Learns to Rock is a Danish soft rock and pop rock band formed in 1988. The band currently consists of Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher. Søren Madsen was an original member of the group since its formation but left in 2000. The band has sold over 11 million records over the course of their career, with the majority sold in Scandinavia and Asia. Despite being Danish, the band performs songs in English. The band has attributed its success in Asia to their drug-free, clean-living image and to singing in English as a second language.
Robert "Waddy" Wachtel is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Beth Hart, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy Newman, Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Jon Bon Jovi, James Taylor, Iggy Pop, Warren Zevon, Bryan Ferry, Michael Sweet, Jackson Browne, Karla Bonoff, and Andrew Gold, both in the studio and live.
Colours is the second studio album of the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released in October 1993. As of 1995, the album had sold 1.2 million copies worldwide. In Denmark the album sold 40,000 copies. Colours sold more than 300,000 copies in Thailand, becoming the second best-selling album of all time there.
Played on Pepper is the third studio album by the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released on 28 August 1995 by Medley Records in Europe. The first single from the album was "Someday" (1995), followed by "That's Why " (1995), "How Many Hours" (1996), "Love Will Never Lie" (1996).
Paint My Love – Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released in October 1996 by Medley Records in Asia and South Africa. As of May 1999, the album had sold 3.4 million copies worldwide. The title song, "Paint My Love", is an English version of "Kun med dig" by Danish singers Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft, which was composed by Jascha Richter. The song won the Danish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, but was one of seven entries voted off in a pre-contest semifinal, which was not televised. "Paint My Love", along with the other new song "Breaking My Heart", was later included on the band's fourth studio album, Nothing to Lose (1997).
Nothing to Lose is the fourth studio album of the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released on September 12, 1997, by Medley Records in Denmark. Like the previous album, Played on Pepper (1995), it was mainly produced by the band itself. Guitar player Mikkel Lentz said the band programmed new beats during the mixing process as they wanted to experiment a bit more with this album. While the band's previous albums relied heavily on soft rock ballads, Nothing to Lose contains a rockier sound intended to suit the European market. Bass guitar player Søren Madsen debuts as songwriter on the track "Magic".
Blue Night is the fifth studio album by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR). It was released on 1 November 2000 by Medley Records (EMI). The album was produced by Boe Larsen with band member Mikkel Lentz, who makes his debut as a songwriter on the song "Tell It to Your Heart". It is the first Michael Learns to Rock album since the departure of bass guitar player Søren Madsen in July 2000; however, his name is still credited on "More Than a Friend". This album was remastered by ADMS on Warner Music label in 2014 due to Michael Learns to Rock 25th anniversary celebrations.
"Sleeping Child" is a song by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, released in 1993 as the first single from their second album Colours. Jascha Richter composed the song.
Events from the year 1963 in Denmark.
The following are all the albums and singles released by the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock.
Richter is a surname of German origin.
Scandinavia is the eighth studio album by the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released on June 11, 2012. It was the first album to be solely produced by the guitarist Mikkel Lentz, who had produced most of the band's previous album, Eternity (2008).
"Paint My Love" is a song by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released as the first single from their 1997 album Nothing to Lose. It was first released in 1996 from their Greatest Hits album Paint My Love but later released as a promotional single in 1997 from their fourth album Nothing to Lose.
"That's Why (You Go Away)" is a power ballad by the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released in 1995 as the second single from their third studio album Played on Pepper. The song became one of the band's biggest international hits.
Still is the ninth studio album by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released digitally on 21 March 2018 and in limited physical copies two weeks later on 4 April 2018.
"25 Minutes" is a song by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released on 25 February 1994 on EMI as the third single and as well as the sixth track from their second studio album, Colours (1993). The song is a power ballad, written by vocalist Jascha Richter.
"Wild Women" is a song by Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock, released as the second single from the 1993 album Colours.
