Silver Moon (album)

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Silver Moon
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Studio album by Donkeyboy
Released 2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)
(Livingroom Studio, Soundbay Studio, Norsk Lydstudio and Eccentric Studio)
Recorded April–December 2011
Genre Electropop
Label Warner
Producer Simen Eriksrud, Espen Berg, Soundbay, Thomas Eriksen, George Tanderø, Thomas Eriksen, Lasse Michelsen
Donkeyboy chronology
Caught in a Life
(2009)
Silver Moon
(2012)
Singles from Silver Moon
  1. "City Boy"
    Released: 29 November 2011
  2. "Pull of the Eye"
    Released: 27 February 2012

Silver Moon is the second studio album by Norwegian pop group Donkeyboy, released on 2 March 2012 by Warner Music. The album peaked at number 2 on the Norwegian Albums Chart and number 35 on the Danish Albums Chart.

Donkeyboy Norwegian band

Donkeyboy is a synthpop band from Drammen, Norway, formed in 2005. The band consists of Cato Sundberg, Kent Sundberg, Peter Michelsen and Thomas Drabløs (drums)

Warner Music Group American global music conglomerate

Warner Music Group Inc. (WMG), also known as Warner Music or WEA International Inc., is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner, the company was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until May 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries, which was completed in July 2011. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world.

VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart. It is presented weekly in the newspaper VG. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continents around the world. The data are collected by Nielsen Soundscan International and are based on the sales in approximately 100 shops in Norway. The singles chart started as a top 10 chart in week 42 of 1958 and was expanded to a top 20 chart in week 5 of 1995, the same time the albums chart, which started as a top 20 chart in week 1 of 1967 was expanded to a top 40 chart.

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Singles

City Boy (song) single by Donkeyboy

"City Boy" is a song by Norwegian pop band Donkeyboy from their second studio album Silver Moon. It was released as the album's lead single on November 29, 2011. The song peaked at number one in Norway and Denmark, becoming their sixth top 10 single.

Pull of the Eye single by Donkeyboy

"Pull of the Eye" is a song by the Norwegian pop band Donkeyboy from their second studio album, Silver Moon, released on February 27, 2012, as the album's first single. The song peaked at number eleven in Norway.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Silver Moon"Cato Sundberg, Kent Sundberg, Espen BergSimen Eriksrud, Espen Berg3:42
2."City Boy"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Berg, Simen EriksrudSimen Eriksrud, Espen Berg, Soundbay*3:25
3."Drive"C. Sundberg, K. SundbergSoundbay4:05
4."Get Up"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Berg, EriksrudSimen Eriksrud, Espen Berg3:56
5."Out of Control"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Alexander Garborg Ågedal, Berg, Eriksrud, Simone Larsen Simen Eriksrud, Espen Berg, Soundbay*3:26
6."No More Movies"C. Sundberg, K. SundbergSoundbay3:09
7."Pull of the Eye"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Eriksrud, LarsenSimen Eriksrud, Espen Berg3:03
8."On Fire"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Thomas EriksenThomas Eriksen, Soundbay*3:33
9."All Up to You"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, George TanderøGeorge Tanderø, Soundbay*3:26
10."Darkest Night"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Berg, EriksrudSimen Eriksrud, Espen Berg3:59
11."We Can Be Friends"C. Sundberg, K. Sundberg, Berg, Eriksrud, LarsenSimen Eriksrud, Espen Berg3:17
12."Stay"K. Sundberg, Lasse Michelsen, Peter MichelsenLasse Michelsen, co-prod Thomas Eriksen3:50

(*) denotes co-producer

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart [2] 35
Norwegian Albums Chart [3] 2

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References

  1. Silver Moon (liner notes). Donkeyboy. Warner Music. 201. 5053105012329.
  2. "Album Top-40". Hitlisten. IFPI Denmark & Nielsen Music . Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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