Spissrotgang

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Spissrotgang
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Studio album by
Released15 October 2007
Genre Country rock
Label EMI Norway
Producer Lars Håvard Haugen
Hellbillies chronology
Niende
(2004)
Spissrotgang
(2007)

Spissrotgang (English: Run The Gauntlet) is the eighth album by the Norwegian country group Hellbillies. The album was released on October 15, 2007 through EMI Records Norway. As of November 2009, it has sold over 35,000 copies in Norway.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mot Straumen (Against the Tide)" 
2."Spissrotgang" 
3."Gamle Spor (Old Tracks)" 
4."Ingen der (No one there)" 
5."Livsfarlig leik (Dangerous Game)" 
6."6000 Hål (6000 Holes)" 
7."Fint å væra to (Good to Be Two)" 
8."Mørkemann (The Dark Man)" 
9."Drukne ei gudinne (Drowning a Goddess)" 
10."Svelg ein kamel (Swallow a Camel)" 
11."Ukjent by (Unknown City)" 
12."Hallo Telenor (Hello Telenor)" 

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