Transistor (TNT album)

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Transistor
TNT Transistor.jpg
Studio album by
TNT
Released1999
Recorded1998-1999 at Studio Studio, Nyhagen, Norway
Genre Heavy metal
Length42:27
Label Norske Gram, Spitfire Records, Victor Entertainment
Producer Ken Ingwersen
TNT chronology
Firefly and Live!
(1997)		Transistor
(1999)		 The Big Bang – The Essential Collection
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Transistor is the seventh studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. While it kept the alternative feel of Firefly , it was more successful than Firefly, with the song "Just Like God" receiving some radioplay at US College radio stations.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just Like God" Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø 3:55
2."Wide Awake"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø3:25
3."No Such Thing"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø3:59
4."Crashing Down"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø3:39
5."Fantasia Española"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø4:46
6."Because I Love You"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø4:36
7."The Whole You're Inn"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø4:00
8."Mousetrap"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø3:01
9."Into Pieces"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø4:09
10."Under My Pillow"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø4:26
11."No Guarantees"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø2:31
Japanese edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Free Again"Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø 

"Just Like God" is not included on the Japanese edition. [2]

Personnel

Band

Associated members

Additional personnel

Album credits

Fan and media reception

The album was met with mixed reviews amongst fans and reviewers alike. It was given max score in Oppland Arbeiderblad while bigger tabloid newspapers in Norway give it a 4 out of 6. The fanbase was, like Firefly , almost split in half while one group did not like this new experimental side of TNT while the other group approached with open arms. Morty Black stated in an interview that Transistor was the natural progression from Firefly. The album is still controversial today but keeps growing on the fanbase and is now accepted as an important part of TNT history. Tony Harnell's solid effort on Transistor is widely known to be one of the strongest vocal performances he did for TNT.

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Transistor: TNT: Music" . Retrieved 2012-03-12.
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