Timothy's Monster

Untitled

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-CD or triple-LP. A 4-CD version was released by Rune Grammofon & Stickman 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).

Track listing

1. "Feel" – 3:26 [Sæther]
2. "Trapdoor" – 4:22 [Sæther]
3. "Leave It Like That" – 3:33 [Sæther]
4. "A Shrug & A Fistful" – 3:14 [Sæther/Lien]
5. "Kill Some Day" – 6:53 [Sæther/Ryan/Sten]
6. "On My Pillow" – 7:21 [Ryan]
7. "Beautiful Sister" – 4:11 [Sæther/Lien]
8. "Wearing Yr Smell" – 3:35 [Sæther]
9. "Now It's Time to Skate" – 4:58 [Sæther]
10. "Giftland" – 10:20 [Sæther/Ryan]
11. "Watersound" – 5:11 [Sæther]
12. "The Wheel" – 16:57 [Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt/Lien]
13. "Sungravy" – 4:36 [Sæther]
14. "Grindstone" – 7:17 [Sæther/Sten]
15. "The Golden Core" – 12:59 [Sæther/Ryan]

• Compact disc: CD1: 1-11; CD2: 12-15
• Vinyl: Side A: 1-5, Side B: 6-9, Side C: 10, 11, Side D: 12, 13 and Side E: 14, 15.

Single-CD version

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

1. "Feel" – 3:31
2. "Trapdoor" – 4:21
3. "Leave It Like That" – 2:34
4. "A Shrugh & A Fistfull" – 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

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 tracklist:

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 tracklist:

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.

Personnel

• Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, drums, percussion, piano, sitar, synth bass
• Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, piano, percussion
• Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, banjo, percussion
• Lars Lien: Piano, wurlitzer, hammong organ, vocals
• Helge Sten (Deathprod): Theremin, mellotron, samples, synthesizer

with:

• Øyvind Enger: cello on "Sungravy"
• Lars Mølna: viola on "Sungravy"
• Øyvind Brandtsegg: String arrangement on "Sungravy", vibraphone on "The Golden Core"
• Anneli Drecker: back. vocals on "The Golden Core"

Miscellanea

• The vinyl version is a triple LP box including a large poster [1] and an etching on the sixth side [2], done by Doc Wör Miran (real name Joseph B. Raimond), 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.