Behind the Sun (Motorpsycho album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Behind the Sun

| type = Studio

| artist = Motorpsycho

| cover =Behind the Sun (Motorpsycho album).jpg

| alt =

| released = March 7, 2014

| recorded = 2012–2013

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length =

  • 60:40 (CD, download)
  • 68:20 (vinyl)

| label =

| producer = Bent Sæther

| prev_title = Still Life with Eggplant

| prev_year = 2013

| next_title = The Motorpnakotic Fragments

| next_year = 2014

}}

{{Album ratings

| title =Behind the Sun ratings

| rev1 =Louder Sound

| rev1score ={{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite news |last=Hughes |first=Rob |date=March 19, 2014 |title=Motorpsycho: Behind the Sun |work=Louder Sound |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/motorpsycho-behind-the-sun |access-date=August 20, 2022}}

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Behind the Sun is an album by Motorpsycho, released on March 7, 2014 via Stickman Records and Rune Grammofon. It was released as a double 12" vinyl record, CD, as well as digital download. Side A of the vinyl version features two instrumental tracks, cut in parallel (the needle will randomly play one of the two songs). Since this side was marketed as featuring an "etching", these instrumentals are considered hidden tracks.

It was the second album recorded with Reine Fiske on second guitar, who joined the band for recordings and touring in 2012. It also saw the return of Ole Henrik "Ohm" Moe, who collaborated frequently with the band in the late 1990s.

Track listing

;CD & digital

{{tracklist

| all_writing =

| title1 = Cloudwalker (a darker blue)

| writer1 = Bent Sæther

| length1 = 6:06

| title2 = Ghost

| writer2 = Sæther

| length2 = 6:38

| title3 = On a Plate

| writer3 = Hans Magnus Ryan, Sæther

| length3 = 4:09

| title4 = The Promise

| writer4 = Ryan, Sæther

| length4 = 4:40

| title5 = Kvæstor (incl. Where Greyhounds Dare)

| writer5 = Kenneth Kapstad, Ryan, Sæther

| length5 = 7:09

| title6 = Hell, part 4-6: Traitor / The Tapestry / Swiss Cheese Mountain

| writer6 = Ryan, Sæther

| length6 = 12:21

| title7 = Entropy

| writer7 = Sæther

| length7 = 7:23

| title8 = The Magic & The Wonder (A Love Theme)

| writer8 = Sæther

| length8 = 4:41

| title9 = Hell, part 7: Victim of Rock

| writer9 = Kapstad, Ryan, Sæther

| length9 = 7:36

}}


;Vinyl:

Side A:

  1. Instrumental 1 – 3:58
  2. Instrumental 2 – 3:42

Side B

  1. Cloudwalker (a darker blue)
  2. Ghost
  3. On a Plate
  4. The Promise

Side C

  1. Kvæstor (incl. Where Greyhounds Dare)
  2. Hell, part 4-6: Traitor/The Tapestry/Swiss Cheese Mountain

Side D

  1. Entropy
  2. The Magic & The Wonder (A Love Theme)
  3. Hell, part 7: Victim of Rock

Note: CD and digital download versions omit the Side A tracks. Authors of the instrumental tracks are not mentioned on the record sleeve.

Personnel

with:

  • Reine Fiske – electric and acoustic guitars, Mellotron (present on all tracks except "The Promise")
  • Thomas Henriksen – piano (on "The Magic & The Wonder")
  • Ole Henrik Moe: saw (on "Cloudwalker"), viola (on "Ghost" and "Kvæstor")
  • Kari Rønnekleiv: violin (on "Ghost" and "Kvæstor")

References

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