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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Timothy's Monster
| name = Timothy's Monster
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Motorpsycho]]
| artist = [[Motorpsycho (band)|Motorpsycho]]
| Cover = Motorpsycho-Timothy's Monster (album cover).jpg
| cover = Motorpsycho-Timothy's Monster (album cover).jpg
| Released = 6 August 1994
| alt =
| Recorded = Winter & spring 1994
| released = 6 August 1994
| recorded = Winter & spring 1994
| Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| Length = 96:49
| venue =
| studio =
| Label = [[Stickman Records|Stickman]] ([[Europe]])<br>[[Harvest Records|Harvest]]/[[EMI]] ([[Norway]])
| Producer = [[Motorpsycho]], [[Deathprod]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Reviews =
| length = 96:49
| label = [[Stickman Records (indie rock)|Stickman]] ([[Europe]])<br>[[Harvest Records|Harvest]]/[[EMI]] (Norway)
| Last album = '''''[[Demon Box (album)|Demon Box]]''''' <br /> (1993)
| producer = [[Motorpsycho (band)|Motorpsycho]], [[Deathprod]]
| This album = ''Timothy's Monster'' <br /> (1994)
| prev_title = [[The Tussler – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
| Next album = '''''[[Blissard]]''''' <br /> (1996)
| prev_year = 1994
| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2
| next_title = [[Blissard]]
| Upper caption = Alternate Cover
| Type = Album
| next_year = 1996
| Cover = Motorpsycho-Timothy's Monster (alternate album cover).jpg
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative Cover
| Lower caption = The sleeve of the CD version features two front pages.
| type = Album
}}
| cover = Motorpsycho-Timothy's Monster (alternate album cover).jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = The sleeve of the CD version features two front pages.
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.runegrammofon.com/artists/motorpsycho/reviews-racd104/|title=Motorpsycho: Timothy's Monster|work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|date=2010|accessdate=1 June 2020|page=120}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/timothys-monster|title=Motorpsycho – Timothy's Monster|work=[[Record Collector]]|issue=383|date=Christmas 2010|accessdate=1 June 2020|last=Pearlman|first=Mischa}}</ref>
}}
}}


'''''Timothy's Monster''''' is the fourth full-length studio [[album]] by [[Motorpsycho]], and their first on a major label (it was released through [[EMI]] in [[Norway]] and through the independent label [[Stickman Records]] in the rest of the world). Released as a [[Double album|double-CD]] or [[triple album|triple-LP]]. A 4-CD version is planned released by [[Rune Grammofon]] to tie in with Motorpsycho's appearance at the 2010 [[%C3%98yafestivalen|Øyafestivalen]] on August 14. <ref> [http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2010061512350674097962 In Norwegian: Motorpsycho-klassiker på boks før Øyafestivalen] </ref>
'''''Timothy's Monster''''' is the fourth full-length studio [[album]] by [[Motorpsycho (band)|Motorpsycho]]. It was released through [[EMI]] in Norway, marking their first album on a major label, and through the independent label [[Stickman Records (indie rock)|Stickman Records]] in the rest of the world. The album was issued as a [[Double album|double-CD]] or [[triple album|triple-LP]].


A 4-CD version was released by [[Rune Grammofon]] and Stickman Records to tie in with Motorpsycho's appearance at the 2010 [[Øyafestivalen]] on August 14, 2010, where the band played the album in its entirety (albeit in a different running order).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2010061512350674097962|title=Motorpsycho-klassiker på boks før Øyafestivalen|publisher=Ballade.no|date=15 June 2010|accessdate=2 November 2012|last=Johansen|first=Carl Kristian|language=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910091350/http://www.ballade.no/sak/motorpsycho-klassiker-pa-boks-for-oyafestivalen/|archive-date=10 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
# "Feel" – 3:26 [Sæther]
| headline = Disc one
# "Trapdoor" – 4:22 [Sæther]
| title1 = Feel
# "Leave It Like That" – 3:33 [Sæther]
# "A Shrug & A Fistful" – 3:14 [Sæther/Lien]
| writer1 = Bent Sæther
| length1 = 3:26
# "Kill Some Day" – 6:53 [Sæther/Ryan/[[Deathprod|Sten]]]
| title2 = Trapdoor
# "On My Pillow" – 7:21 [Ryan]
# "Beautiful Sister" – 4:11 [Sæther/Lien]
| writer2 = Sæther
| length2 = 4:22
# "Wearing Yr Smell" – 3:35 [Sæther]
| title3 = Leave It Like That
# "Now It's Time to Skate" – 4:58 [Sæther]
# "Giftland" – 10:20 [Sæther/Ryan]
| writer3 = Sæther
| length3 = 3:33
# "Watersound" – 5:11 [Sæther]
| title4 = A Shrug & a Fistful
# "The Wheel" – 16:57 [Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt/Lien]
# "Sungravy" – 4:36 [Sæther]
| writer4 = Sæther, Lars Lien
| length4 = 3:14
# "Grindstone" – 7:17 [Sæther/Sten]
| title5 = Kill Some Day
# "The Golden Core" – 12:59 [Sæther/Ryan]
| writer5 = Sæther, [[Hans Magnus Ryan]], [[Deathprod|Helge Sten]]
| length5 = 6:53
| title6 = On My Pillow
| writer6 = Ryan
| length6 = 7:21
| title7 = Beautiful Sister
| writer7 = Sæther, Lien
| length7 = 4:11
| title8 = Wearing Yr Smell
| writer8 = Sæther
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Now It's Time to Skate
| writer9 = Sæther
| length9 = 4:58
| title10 = Giftland
| writer10 = Ryan, Sæther
| length10 = 10:20
| title11 = Watersound
| writer11 = Sæther
| length11 = 5:11
| total_length = 57:09
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = The Wheel
| writer1 = Ryan, Sæther, [[Håkon Gebhardt]], Lien
| length1 = 16:57
| title2 = Sungravy
| writer2 = Sæther
| length2 = 4:36
| title3 = Grindstone
| writer3 = Sæther, Sten
| length3 = 7:17
| title4 = The Golden Core
| writer4 = Ryan, Sæther
| length4 = 12:59
| total_length = 41:51
}}


;Vinyl
*Compact disc: CD1: 1-11; CD2: 12-15
* Side A: 1–5 to 1–5
*Vinyl: Side A: 1-5, Side B: 6-9, Side C: 10, 11, Side D: 12, 13 and Side E: 14, 15.
* Side B: 1–6 to 1–9
* Side C: 1–10 to 1–11
* Side D: 2–1 to 2–2
* Side E: 2–3 to 2–4
* Side F: etching (no music)


==Single-CD version==
==Single-CD version==
It has also been released as a one-CD edition, aimed at the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[USA]] markets, with edited versions of some songs.
It has also been released as a one-CD edition, aimed at the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and United States markets, with edited versions of some songs.
#"Feel" – 3:31
#"Feel" – 3:31
#"Trapdoor" – 4:21
#"Trapdoor" – 4:21
#"Leave It Like That" – 2:34
#"Leave It Like That" – 2:34
#"A Shrugh & A Fistfull" – 3:14
#"A Shrug & A Fistful" – 3:14
#"Kill Some Day" – 6:51
#"Kill Some Day" – 6:51
#"The Wheel" – 8:48
#"The Wheel" – 8:48
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#"The Golden Core" – 13:00
#"The Golden Core" – 13:00


==4 CD Re-Issue Version 2010==
==4 CD re-issue version 2010==
{{plainlist|indent=1|
CD 1 & 2: The original double-cd version
*CD 1 & 2: The original double-CD version
CD 3: 1CD pre-version with different songs.
*CD 3: 1CD pre-version with different songs
CD 4: Rarities, b-sides, outtakes, covers<br/>
*CD 4: Rarities, B-sides, outtakes, covers
Released on Rune Grammofon August 9th 2010
}}
Released on Rune Grammofon August 9, 2010


Disc 3 tracklist:
Disc 3 track list:
#"Leave It Like That" (Sæther)
#"A Shrug & A Fistful" (Sæther/Lien)
#"Very 90's, Very Aware" (previously unreleased) (Sæther)
#"On The Toad Again" (previously only available on the "Dynamo-Open Air 10th Anniversary" compilation, 1995) (Sæther)
#"Now It's Time To Skate" (Sæther)
#"Watersound" (Sæther)
#"Innersfree" (previously unreleased) (Ryan/Sæther)
#"Giftland" (Ryan/Sæther)
#"Trapdoor" (Sæther)
#"Kill Some Day" (Sæther/Ryan/Sten)
#"Sungravy" (Sæther)
#"Grindstone" (Sæther/Sten)
#"The Golden Core" (Ryan/Sæther)


Disc 4 track list:
#"Leave It Like That"
#"President Block" (Epinastic Movements cover) (Stenøien)
#"A Shrug & A Fistful"
#"Jr" (Sæther)
#"Very 90's, Very Aware" (previously unreleased)
#"Birds" (Rühle/Sæther)
#"On The Toad Again" (previously only available on the "Dynamo-Open Air 10th Anniversary" compilation, 1995)
#"Leave It Like That" (edit) (Sæther)
#"Now It's Time To Skate"
#"On My Pillow" (edit) (Ryan)
#"Watersound"
#"The Wheel" (edit) (Ryan/Sæther/Gebhardt/Lien)
#"Innersfree" (previously unrelesed)
#"New Day Rising" (Husker Dü cover) (Hart/Mould/Norton)
#"Giftland"
#"Seethe" (Sæther)
#"Trapdoor"
#"Shock Me" (Kiss cover) (Frehley)
#"Kill Some Day"
#"Workin' For MCA" (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover) (King/Van Zant)
#"Sungravy"
#"Space Cadet Boogie" (Gebhardt/Lien/Ryan/Sæther)
#"Grindstone"
#"Walking On The Water" (alternative version) (Sæther)
#"The Golden Core"
#"Mr. Buttercut Goes To The Fair, Meets The Viscount, And That's Where We Leave Him At The End Of This Episode..." (Ryan)
#"Celestine" (Ryan/Sæther)
#"Sinking" (Sæther)
#"The Entertaining Ape" (Sæther)
#"Giftland Jam" (Ryan/Sæther)
#"Sonnyboy Gaybar" (original version) (Gebhardt/Lien/Ryan/Sæther)


{{plainlist|
Disc 4 tracklist:
*Tracks 1–4 originally from the "Psychobabble EP" 1994

*Tracks 4–6 originally from the US/UK 1CD Version of Timothy's Monster
#"President Block"
*Track 7 originally from Case Closed? : An International Compilation Of Hüsker Dü Cover-songs, 1994
#"Jr"
*Track 8 originally from The Return of Jesus Part II soundtrack, 1997
#"Birds"
*Track 9 originally from Flaming Youth, 1994
#"Leave It Like That (Edit)"
*Track 10 originally from Promotor 1, 1994
#"On My Pillow (Edit)"
*Track 11 originally from Party Terror II compilation, 1994
#"The Wheel (Edit)"
*Track 14 originally from "Hey Jane EP" 1998
#"New Day Rising (Husker Dü cover)"
*Tracks 12–13, 15–18 are previously unreleased.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.platekompaniet.no/Musikk.aspx/CD/Motorpsycho/Timothys_Monster_-_Deluxe_Edition_4CD/?id=RACD104|title=Timothy´s Monster – Deluxe Edition (4CD) – Motorpsycho – Platekompaniet – Musikk|publisher=Platekompaniet.no|date=13 February 2009|accessdate=2 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://motorpsycho.fix.no/musicbox/discography/|title=You Gotta Hang On To The Trip You're On|publisher=Motorpsycho|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref>
#"Seethe"
}}
#"Shock Me (Kiss cover)"
#"Workin' For MCA (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)"
#"Space Cadet Boogie"
#"Walking On The Water (alternative version)"
#"Mr. Buttercut Goes To The Fair, Meets The Viscount, And That's Where We Leave Him At The End Of This Episode"
#"Celestine"
#"Sinking"
#"The Entertaining Ape"
#"Giftland Jam"
#"Sonnyboy Gaybar (original version)"

Tracks 1-4 originally from the "Psychobabble EP" 1994.<br/>
Tracks 4-6 originally from the US/UK 1CD Version of Timothy's Monster.<br/>
Track 7 originally from Case Closed? : An Internatinal Compilation Of Hüsker Dü Cover-songs, 1994.<br/>
Track 8 originally from The Return of Jesus Part II soundtrack, 1997.<br/>
Track 9 originally from Flaming Youth, 1994.<br/>
Track 10 originally from Promotor 1, 1994.<br/>
Track 11 originally from Party Terror II compilation, 1994.<br/>
Track 14 originally from "Hey Jane EP" 1998.<br/>
Tracks 12-13, 15-18 are previously unreleased.

<ref>http://www.platekompaniet.no/Musikk.aspx/CD/Motorpsycho/Timothys_Monster_-_Deluxe_Edition_4CD/?id=RACD104</ref>
<ref>http://motorpsycho.fix.no/musicbox/discography/</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, drums, percussion, piano, sitar, synth bass
*[[Bent Sæther]]: vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, drums, percussion, piano, sitar, synth bass
*Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, piano, percussion
*[[Hans Magnus Ryan]]: guitars, vocals, piano, percussion
*Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, banjo, percussion
*[[Håkon Gebhardt]]: drums, banjo, percussion
*Lars Lien: Piano, wurlitzer, hammong organ, vocals
*Lars Lien: piano, wurlitzer, hammond organ, vocals
*Helge Sten ([[Deathprod]]): Theremin, mellotron, samples, synthesizer
*[[Helge Sten]] ([[Deathprod]]): theremin, mellotron, samples, synthesizer
with:
with:
*Øyvind Enger: cello on "Sungravy"
*Øyvind Enger: cello on "Sungravy"
*Lars Mølna: viola on "Sungravy"
*Lars Mølna: viola on "Sungravy"
*Øyvind Brandtsegg: String arrangement on "Sungravy", vibraphone on "The Golden Core"
*[[Øyvind Brandtsegg]]: string arrangement on "Sungravy", vibraphone on "The Golden Core"
*[[Anneli Drecker]]: back. vocals on "The Golden Core"
*[[Anneli Drecker]]: back. vocals on "The Golden Core"
*[[Kim Hiorthøy]]: cover artwork<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Motorpsycho-Timothys-Monster/release/713966 |title=Motorpsycho – Timothy's Monster |publisher=Discogs.com |accessdate=12 August 2013}}</ref>

==Miscellanea==
{{trivia|date=April 2009}}
*The vinyl version is a triple LP box including a large poster [http://motorpsycho.fix.no/thisis/pictures/knoot2/timoharvest_01_800_573.jpg] and an etching on the sixth side [http://motorpsycho.fix.no/thisis/pictures/knoot2/timoharvest_02_642_600.jpg], done by [[Doc Wör Miran]], who also did an etching for the vinyl version of [[Motorpsycho presents The International Tussler Society]] in 2004.
*Coverartwork was done by [[Kim Hiorthøy]].
*"On My Pillow" is the first song to feature lead vocals by Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan.
*"Feel" was done by Bent Sæther alone.
*"Giftland" features Bent and Gebhardt both drumming.
*There was a video made for "Now it's Time to skate". Also for "Wearing yr smell" and "Giftland".
*"Wearing yr Smell" was released as an EP/single. It was the first release on the newly-found [[Stickman Records]]. And Stickman's catalog numbers are named ''Psychobabble###''; therefore "Wearing yr Smell" was Psychobabble001 and is still sometimes referred to as "Psychobabble".
*"The Golden Core" is often cited by fans as the best song Motorpsycho ever wrote.
*"The Wheel" was written in [[Cologne]], 1994.
*"Trapdoor" features Bent on drums.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1994 albums]]
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[[Category:Harvest Records albums]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 9 March 2024

Timothy's Monster
Studio album by
Motorpsycho
Released6 August 1994
RecordedWinter & spring 1994
GenreRock
Length96:49
LabelStickman (Europe)
Harvest/EMI (Norway)
ProducerMotorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology
The Tussler – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1994) 		Timothy's Monster
(1994) 		Blissard
(1996)
Alternative Cover
The sleeve of the CD version features two front pages.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Mojo[1]
Record Collector[2]

Timothy's Monster is the fourth full-length studio album by Motorpsycho. It was released through EMI in Norway, marking their first album on a major label, and through the independent label Stickman Records in the rest of the world. The album was issued as a double-CD or triple-LP.

A 4-CD version was released by Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records to tie in with Motorpsycho's appearance at the 2010 Øyafestivalen on August 14, 2010, where the band played the album in its entirety (albeit in a different running order).[3]

Track listing

[edit]
Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feel"Bent Sæther3:26
2."Trapdoor"Sæther4:22
3."Leave It Like That"Sæther3:33
4."A Shrug & a Fistful"Sæther, Lars Lien3:14
5."Kill Some Day"Sæther, Hans Magnus Ryan, Helge Sten6:53
6."On My Pillow"Ryan7:21
7."Beautiful Sister"Sæther, Lien4:11
8."Wearing Yr Smell"Sæther3:35
9."Now It's Time to Skate"Sæther4:58
10."Giftland"Ryan, Sæther10:20
11."Watersound"Sæther5:11
Total length:57:09
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Wheel"Ryan, Sæther, Håkon Gebhardt, Lien16:57
2."Sungravy"Sæther4:36
3."Grindstone"Sæther, Sten7:17
4."The Golden Core"Ryan, Sæther12:59
Total length:41:51
Vinyl
  • Side A: 1–5 to 1–5
  • Side B: 1–6 to 1–9
  • Side C: 1–10 to 1–11
  • Side D: 2–1 to 2–2
  • Side E: 2–3 to 2–4
  • Side F: etching (no music)

Single-CD version

[edit]

It has also been released as a one-CD edition, aimed at the UK and United States markets, with edited versions of some songs.

  1. "Feel" – 3:31
  2. "Trapdoor" – 4:21
  3. "Leave It Like That" – 2:34
  4. "A Shrug & A Fistful" – 3:14
  5. "Kill Some Day" – 6:51
  6. "The Wheel" – 8:48
  7. "Watersound" – 5:10
  8. "On My Pillow" – 5:43
  9. "Wearing Yr Smell" – 3:36
  10. "Now It's Time to Skate" – 4:55
  11. "Grindstone" – 7:16
  12. "The Golden Core" – 13:00

4 CD re-issue version 2010

[edit]
  • CD 1 & 2: The original double-CD version
  • CD 3: 1CD pre-version with different songs
  • CD 4: Rarities, B-sides, outtakes, covers

Released on Rune Grammofon August 9, 2010

Disc 3 track list:

  1. "Leave It Like That" (Sæther)
  2. "A Shrug & A Fistful" (Sæther/Lien)
  3. "Very 90's, Very Aware" (previously unreleased) (Sæther)
  4. "On The Toad Again" (previously only available on the "Dynamo-Open Air 10th Anniversary" compilation, 1995) (Sæther)
  5. "Now It's Time To Skate" (Sæther)
  6. "Watersound" (Sæther)
  7. "Innersfree" (previously unreleased) (Ryan/Sæther)
  8. "Giftland" (Ryan/Sæther)
  9. "Trapdoor" (Sæther)
  10. "Kill Some Day" (Sæther/Ryan/Sten)
  11. "Sungravy" (Sæther)
  12. "Grindstone" (Sæther/Sten)
  13. "The Golden Core" (Ryan/Sæther)

Disc 4 track list:

  1. "President Block" (Epinastic Movements cover) (Stenøien)
  2. "Jr" (Sæther)
  3. "Birds" (Rühle/Sæther)
  4. "Leave It Like That" (edit) (Sæther)
  5. "On My Pillow" (edit) (Ryan)
  6. "The Wheel" (edit) (Ryan/Sæther/Gebhardt/Lien)
  7. "New Day Rising" (Husker Dü cover) (Hart/Mould/Norton)
  8. "Seethe" (Sæther)
  9. "Shock Me" (Kiss cover) (Frehley)
  10. "Workin' For MCA" (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover) (King/Van Zant)
  11. "Space Cadet Boogie" (Gebhardt/Lien/Ryan/Sæther)
  12. "Walking On The Water" (alternative version) (Sæther)
  13. "Mr. Buttercut Goes To The Fair, Meets The Viscount, And That's Where We Leave Him At The End Of This Episode..." (Ryan)
  14. "Celestine" (Ryan/Sæther)
  15. "Sinking" (Sæther)
  16. "The Entertaining Ape" (Sæther)
  17. "Giftland Jam" (Ryan/Sæther)
  18. "Sonnyboy Gaybar" (original version) (Gebhardt/Lien/Ryan/Sæther)
  • Tracks 1–4 originally from the "Psychobabble EP" 1994
  • Tracks 4–6 originally from the US/UK 1CD Version of Timothy's Monster
  • Track 7 originally from Case Closed? : An International Compilation Of Hüsker Dü Cover-songs, 1994
  • Track 8 originally from The Return of Jesus Part II soundtrack, 1997
  • Track 9 originally from Flaming Youth, 1994
  • Track 10 originally from Promotor 1, 1994
  • Track 11 originally from Party Terror II compilation, 1994
  • Track 14 originally from "Hey Jane EP" 1998
  • Tracks 12–13, 15–18 are previously unreleased.[4][5]

Personnel

[edit]

with:

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Motorpsycho: Timothy's Monster". Mojo. 2010. p. 120. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ Pearlman, Mischa (Christmas 2010). "Motorpsycho – Timothy's Monster". Record Collector. No. 383. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Johansen, Carl Kristian (15 June 2010). "Motorpsycho-klassiker på boks før Øyafestivalen" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Timothy´s Monster – Deluxe Edition (4CD) – Motorpsycho – Platekompaniet – Musikk". Platekompaniet.no. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. ^ "You Gotta Hang On To The Trip You're On". Motorpsycho. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Motorpsycho – Timothy's Monster". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
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