Snakecharmer (album)

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Snakecharmer
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 2001
Recorded2001
Genre Rock, alternative rock
Length36:43
Label Mercury
Producer Per Sunding, Sort Sol
Sort Sol chronology
Unspoiled Monsters
(1996)
Snakecharmer
(2001)
Stor Langsom Stjerne
(2017)
Singles from Snakecharmer
  1. "Nights in White Satin"
    Released: November 2000
  2. "Elia Rising"
    Released: 2001
  3. "I'll Take Care of You"
    Released: 2001

Snakecharmer is the eighth studio album by the Danish rock band Sort Sol and the sixth under that name after renaming from the earlier Sods.

Contents

The album was released on April 3, 2001, by Mercury Records. It was their first album in five years since Unspoiled Monsters (1996). The album reached number one in Denmark, and was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 25,000 copies.

Track listing

  1. "I'll Take Care of You" – 4:46 (Jørgensen/Top-Galia)
  2. "It's Gonna Rain" – 4:10 (Jørgensen/Top-Galia)
  3. "Brogue" – 4:34 (Jørgensen/Top-Galia)
  4. "Rhinestone" – 3:58 (Odde)
  5. "Next Century" – 3:38 (Jørgensen/Top-Galia)
  6. "Elia Rising" (featuring Sissel) – 4:25 (Odde)
  7. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" – 2:39 (Odde/Odde, Top-Galia, Ortved)
  8. "Daddy Howard in Queens" – 3:36 (Odde/Odde-Ortved)
  9. "Nights in White Satin" – 4:57 (Hayward)

Personnel

Sort Sol
Additional musicians and production

Charts and certifications

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References

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