Demon Box (album)

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Demon Box is the third full-length studio album by Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released in 1993, it saw the band earn their name as one of the most important bands in Norway.

LP track listing

Side A:

1. "Waiting For The One" (Sæther)
2. "Nothing To Say" (Sæther)
3. "Feedtime" (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
4. "Gutwrench" (Sæther)
5. "Sunchild" (Sæther)

Side B:

1. "Mountain" (Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt/Lien/Sten)
2. "Tuesday Morning" (Ryan/Sæther)
3. "All Is Loneliness" (Moondog)

Side C:

1. "Come On In" (Sæther)
2. "Step Inside Again" (Sæther)
3. "Demon Box" (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sten/Sæther)

Side D:

1. "Babylon" (Sæther)
2. "Mr. Who?" (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
3. "Junior" (Sæther)
4. "Plan #1" (Ryan/Sæther/Burt)
5. "Sheer Profoundity" (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
6. "The One Who Went Away" (Sæther)

The first pressing of 500 copies and the American version (?) have sides A and D on one record and sides B and C on the other.

CD track listing

1. "Waiting For The One" – 2:50 (Sæther)
2. "Nothing To Say" – 5:18 (Sæther)
3. "Feedtime" – 5:15 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
4. "Sunchild" – 4:05 (Sæther)
5. "Tuesday Morning" – 4:22 (Ryan/Sæther)
6. "All Is Loneliness" – 5:08 (Moondog)
7. "Come On In" – 2:40 (Sæther)
8. "Step Inside Again" – 3:39 (Sæther)
9. "Demon Box" – 17:06 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sten/Sæther)
10. "Babylon" – 2:30 (Sæther)
11. "Junior" – 4:34 (Sæther)
12. "Plan #1" – 7:39 (Ryan/Sæther/Burt)
13. "Sheer Profoundity" – 3:37 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
14. "The One That Went Away" – 3:13 (Sæther)

The tracks "Gutwrench", "Mountain" and "Mr. Who" were omitted from the CD edition in order to fit the album onto one disc.

Personnel

• Bent Sæther: vocals, bass, guitars, organ bass, synth bass, percussion, taurus, cymbals, toy piano
• Hans Magnus Ryan: guitars, vocals, sitar, mandolin, flutes, violin, drums, taurus
• Håkon Gebhardt: drums, percussion, guitars, ARP Axxe, vocals

with:

• Lars Lien: piano, hammond organ, mellotron, vocals
• Helge Sten (Deathprod): samples, echomachines, synth bass, taurus, "various machines making losta noise"
• Vegard Moen: sitar (on "All is Loneliness")
• Winifried & Arvid Ryan: piano & violin in a vintage recording from 1966 (on "Demon Box")
• Matt Burt: narration (on "Plan #1")

Miscellanea

• The 11-minute long "Mountain" was released as an EP, because the band felt sorry for it being left off the CD version. It was also an integral part of their live sets back in 1993.
• Kim Hiorthøy did the cover artwork.
• "Waiting for the One" and "The One who went away" is actually the same song, the first being an acoustic version resembling folk and the second being a rude punk-rocker. The International Tussler Society later took "Waiting for the One" as one of their signature tunes.
• Starting an album with an acoustic version of one song and ending it with an electric version of the same song is a technique pioneered by Neil Young on his "Rust Never Sleeps" album from 1979.
• There was a video made for "Nothing To Say".