Let Them Eat Cake (album)

Let Them Eat Cake
Let Them Eat Cake
Studio album by Motorpsycho
Released	February, 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Rock
Length	45:36
Label	Sony (Norway); Stickman (Europe)
Producer	Motorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology

Let Them Eat Cake is the eighth full-length studio album by the Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released early in 2000, the album showed the band taking steps in a new direction, leaning more towards jazz and psychedelia than the heavy indie rock guitars the band was famous for.^[1]

The EP "The Other Fool" reached nr. 1 on VGs singles-list.

Track listing

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"The Other Fool"	Sæther	5:40
2.	"Upstairs-Downstairs"	Ryan	5:12
3.	"Big Surprise"	Sæther	3:36
4.	"Walkin With J."	Gebhardt/Sæther	3:59
5.	"Never Let You Out"	Gebhardt	2:46
6.	"Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro')"	Sæther	6:30
7.	"Stained Glass"	Sæther	6:12
8.	"My Best Friend"	Ryan/Sæther	4:21
9.	"30/30"	Sæther	7:21
Total length:			45:37

LP track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"The Other Fool"	Sæther	5:40
2.	"Upstairs-Downstairs"	Ryan	5:12
3.	"Big Surprise"	Sæther	3:36
4.	"Walkin With J."	Gebhardt/Sæther	3:59
5.	"Never Let You Out"	Gebhardt	2:46

Side B
No.	Title	Written by	Length
6.	"Whip That Ghost (Song for a Bro')"	Sæther	6:30
7.	"Stained Glass"	Sæther	6:12
8.	"My Best Friend"	Ryan/Sæther	4:21
9.	"30/30"	Sæther	7:21
Total length:			45:37

Personnel

Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, drums, percussion, Rhodes piano, wood blocks, Minimoog, piano, harmonium
Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, clavinet, double bass, violins, mandolin
Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, vocals, percussion, zither, guitars, piano

with

Helge Sten (Deathprod): drum machine
Baard Slagsvold: Piano, Rhodes piano, back. vocals
Ole Henrik Moe (Ohm): Violins, gong
Kristin Karlsson: violin
Kristin Skjølaas: violin
Einy Langmoen: viola
Kjersti Rydsaa: cello
Arne Frang: tenor saxophone
Jørgen Gjerde: trombone
Erlend Gjerde: trumpet
Helge Sunde: trombone
Tone Reichelt: waldhorn
Arve Henriksen: trumpet, mellophone^[2]

References

^ Rønsen, Arild (2000-02-18). "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake - Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

External links

Motorpsycho - Let Them Eat Cake Reviews on Motorpsycho website

[1] Rønsen, Arild (2000-02-18). "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake - Review" (in Norwegian). Puls.no. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

[2] "Motorpsycho – Let Them Eat Cake". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

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