Past Perfect Future Tense

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Past Perfect Future Tense
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Studio album by
Magne Furuholmen
Released2004
Recorded2004
Genre
Length46:03
Label Passionfruit
Producer
Magne Furuholmen chronology
Hermetic
(1998)
Past Perfect Future Tense
(2004)
A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss
(2008)
Singles from Past Perfect Future Tense
  1. "Past Perfect Future Tense"
    Released: September 2004
  2. "Kryptonite"
    Released: 14 March 2005
  3. "2CU Shine"
    Released: 9 May 2005
  4. "All The Time (UK Promo)"
    Released: 2005
  5. "Nothing Here to Hold You (Italy Promo)"
    Released: 2005

Past Perfect Future Tense is the first solo album of Norwegian band a-ha's Magne Furuholmen as Magne F. [1] Coldplay members, Will Champion and Guy Berryman [2] [3] [4] collaborated on this project as well as Travis member, Andy Dunlop.

Contents

The album was recorded at Kensaltown Recording Studios in London. To launch the record Magne Furuholmen set up a website featuring hidden links to be found among the album lyrics. The album was launched in conjunction with "Payne’s Gray", a portfolio consisting of 12 prints featuring extracts of the album lyrics, followed by a coffee table art book ("Payne's Gray", 2004, Hatje Cantz Publishers, ISBN   978-3775715676).

Furuholmen told Norwegian newspaper VG: "It all started out as an ordinary songwriting process in the wake of the last a-ha album, but all the way I’ve had this feeling that it was turning into a solo project." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Magne Furuholmen

No.TitleLength
1."Obsolete"3:47
2."All the Time"4:22
3."Past Perfect Future Tense"3:27
4."No One Gets Me But You"5:03
5."Kryptonite"4:25
6."Nothing Here to Hold You"5:13
7."A Friend Like Me"2:36
8."Little Angels"2:52
9."2CU Shine"3:00
10."You Don't Have to Change"3:18
11."Envelop Me"3:30
12."Never Sweeter plus Perfect Circle"09:33
Total length:46:03

The song "Never Sweeter" ends at minute 2:56. After 5 minutes of silence (2:56 – 7:56), begins the hidden track "Perfect Circle".

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