The Savage Rose

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The Savage Rose
Savage Rose - Smukfest 2011.jpg
Savage Rose at Smukfest 2011
Background information
Origin Denmark
Genres Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, folk rock, psychedelic folk, blues rock
Years active1967-present
Members2015: [1]
Annisette Koppel (vocals)
Naja Rosa Koppel (chorus)
Amina Carsce Nissen (chorus)
Palle Hjorth (Hammond organ, piano, synths etc.)
Anders Holm (drums, percussion)
Jakob Falgre (bass, Moog)
Rune Kjeldsen (guitar, mandolin)
Frank Hasselstrøm (trombone, trumpet, keyboards)
Past membersAmong others:
Thomas Koppel
Anders Koppel
Alex Riel
Jens Rugsted
Flemming Ostermann
John Ravn
Website www.thesavagerose.net

The Savage Rose is a Danish psychedelic rock group, formed in 1967.

Contents

Career

The band was founded in 1967 by Thomas Koppel, Anders Koppel, Alex Riel, Jens Rugsted, Flemming Ostermann, and singer Annisette Koppel. [2] Ilse Marie Koppel was also participating. Nils Tuxen replaced Flemming Ostermann from their second album.

Since the mid-1970s, the group was an acoustic trio consisting of Thomas Koppel, Annisette Koppel (then Hansen) and John Ravn as a core. From the beginning of the 1990s, the group returned to electric instrumentation. Thomas Koppel died on February 25, 2006. [3]

After the release of Love and Freedom in 2012, Savage Rose went on tour, but in Christmas 2013 they were back in the studio recording new songs and re-recording old songs. The album titled Roots of the Wasteland was released in April 2014; after 47 years and 21 studio albums, they are still going strong. The first single "Mr. World" was released April 12, 2014 and the new album was released May 19.

In 1996 The Savage Rose received a Danish Music Award for the album Black Angel, which was recorded in the US. [4] The band's debut album, The Savage Rose, was chosen as part of the Danish Culture Canon in 2006. [5]

On February 10, 2017, it was announced on their Facebook page that The Savage Rose will be releasing a new studio album as they tour to celebrate their 50-year anniversary.

On August 10, 2017, a new single "Woman" was released and the date for their new studio album Homeless was September 15, 2017.

Reception

In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote of the Savage Rose's 1970 LP Your Daily Gift: "This band has a knack for combining funky riffs with persistent melodies (borrowed from where, this ignorant American wonders). But though Annisette's multi-octave Lolita voice is certainly distinctive, I find her about as sexy as Yma Sumac, and as long as she sings Anders Koppel's lyrics she won't be any font of wisdom either." He appreciated the "fast tempos, soul piano," and production of their Jimmy Miller-produced Refugee (1971) more, saying they "do wonders for Anisette's come-on, and the lyrics prove that getting laid is a universal language. Death, too." [6]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
DEN
[7]
NOR
[8]
The Savage Rose
  • Released: July 1968
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP
12
In the Plain
  • Released: December 1968
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
Travelin'
  • Released: November 1969
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
36
Your Daily Gift
  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: Polydor, RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1018
Refugee
  • Released: September 1971
  • Label: Polydor, RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
Dødens triumf
  • Released: May 1972
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Meaning: Triumph of Death
2
Babylon
  • Released: January 1973
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
9
Wild Child
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
Solen var også din
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Sonet
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Meaning: The Sun Was Yours Too
En vugge af stål
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Nexø Forlag
  • Formats: LP
  • Meaning: Cradle of Steel
Vi kæmper for at sejre
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Nexø Forlag
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Meaning: We Struggle for Victory
Kejserens nye klæder
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Rosen
  • Formats: LP
  • Meaning: The Emperor's New Clothes
Sangen for livet
  • Released: February 1988
  • Label: Nexø Forlag
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Meaning: The Song for Life
Ild og Frihed
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Nexø Forlag
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MC
  • Meaning: Fire and Freedom
Gadens dronning
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Meaning: Queen of the Streets
Månebarn
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Meaning: Moonchild
Black Angel
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: CD, MC
9
Tameless
  • Released: 29 October 1998
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: CD
1419
For Your Love
  • Released: 26 October 2001
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: CD
10
Universal Daughter1334
Love and Freedom
  • Released: 10 September 2012
  • Label: Nordic Music Society
  • Formats: CD, LP
8
Roots of the Wasteland
  • Released: 19 May 2014
  • Label: Target
  • Formats: CD, LP
3
Homeless5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
DEN
[7]
Are You Ready – The Savage Rose Live
  • Released: 24 May 2004
  • Label: Street Ballerina Music
  • Formats: CD
18

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
DEN
[7]
Pop History Vol. 15
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
I'm Satisfied
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Karussell
  • Formats: LP
Pop Giants Vol. 12
The Best of the Savage Rose
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
The Best of Yesteryear Vol. 12
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Dark Blue
  • Formats: CD
25
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: 2xCD
1968–1973
1978–1992
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Mega
  • Formats: 8xCD
The Anthology
  • Released: 4 November 2002
  • Label: Universal/Mega
  • Formats: 2xCD
22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
DEN
[9]
"A Girl I Knew"19688The Savage Rose
"Evening's Child"8In the Plain
"Long Before I Was Born"5
Birthday Day"/"The Schoolteacher Said So"19694Non-album single
"Travelin'"10Travelin'
"My Family Was Gay" (US-only release)
"Sunday Morning"197119Your Daily Gift
"Walking in the Line"Refugee
"Revival Day"
"The Messenger Speaks"1972Babylon
"Der sejler et skib (Sangen til Mia)"1989Non-album singles
"Stjerneskud (Når lysene tændes i parken)"12
"Solen var også din"1990Gadens dronning
"Den største af alt er kærlighed"1991Non-album single
"Fri som en sommervind"1992Månebarn
"Run Rose"1996Black Angel
"Pigestemmer"2001Non-album single
"A World Aflame (Not in Your Name)"2002The Anthology
"I Hear Them Coming"2007Universal Daughter
"Woman"2017Homeless
"Harassing"2018
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

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