Let Them Eat Cake (album)

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Let Them Eat Cake
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 2000
Recorded1999
Genre Rock
Length45:36
Label Sony (Norway)
Stickman (Europe)
Producer Motorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology
Trust Us
(1998)
Let Them Eat Cake
(2000)
Phanerothyme
(2001)

Let Them Eat Cake is the eighth full-length studio album by the Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released early in 2000, the album showed the band taking steps in a new direction, leaning more towards jazz and psychedelia than the heavy indie rock guitars the band was famous for. [1]

Contents

The EP "The Other Fool" reached nr. 1 on VGs singles-list.

Track listing

No.TitleWritten byLength
1."The Other Fool"Sæther5:40
2."Upstairs-Downstairs"Ryan5:12
3."Big Surprise"Sæther3:36
4."Walkin With J."Gebhardt/Sæther3:59
5."Never Let You Out"Gebhardt2:46
6."Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro')"Sæther6:30
7."Stained Glass"Sæther6:12
8."My Best Friend"Ryan/Sæther4:21
9."30/30"Sæther7:21
Total length:45:37

LP track listing

Side A
No.TitleWritten byLength
1."The Other Fool"Sæther5:40
2."Upstairs-Downstairs"Ryan5:12
3."Big Surprise"Sæther3:36
4."Walkin With J."Gebhardt/Sæther3:59
5."Never Let You Out"Gebhardt2:46
Side B
No.TitleWritten byLength
6."Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro')"Sæther6:30
7."Stained Glass"Sæther6:12
8."My Best Friend"Ryan/Sæther4:21
9."30/30"Sæther7:21
Total length:45:37

Personnel

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References

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  2. "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.