Sex & Violins
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Sex & Violins is the name of the debut album by techno
-country
novelty group, Rednex
released on Battery Records
. The album was a commercial success, including the hit dance single "Cotton-Eye Joe." The album was re-titled Cotton Eye Joe (Sex & Violins) for the U.S. release.
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
-country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
novelty group, Rednex
Rednex
Rednex is a Swedish techno/folk/bluegrass band. They had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994. Although extremely popular in Germany, where the band holds the record of most total weeks at No.1 on the German singles chart over the past 30 years—scoring such hits as...
released on Battery Records
Battery Records (dance)
Battery Records was a dance sublabel of Jive Records active for a short time in the mid-nineties unrelated to the current hip hop label also part of the Jive/Zomba family...
. The album was a commercial success, including the hit dance single "Cotton-Eye Joe." The album was re-titled Cotton Eye Joe (Sex & Violins) for the U.S. release.
Track listing
- "Cotton Eye Joe" - 3:14
- "Hittin' the Hay" - 3:17
- "Riding Alone" - 3:27
- "Wish You Were HereWish You Were Here (Rednex song)"Wish You Were Here" is a ballad by the Swedish band Rednex, off their first album Sex & Violins.Although not a hit in the United States, unlike "Cotton-Eye Joe", "Wish You Were Here" was a hit in Austria, Germany, Norway and Switzerland, even managing to reach number one.-Cover versions:* The song...
" - 3:56 - "Mary Lou" - 3:38
- "Old Pop in an OakOld Pop in an Oak"Old Pop in an Oak" is a dance song by the Swedish band Rednex, off their first album Sex & Violins. It is essentially a nonsensical song that relies on a catchy beat and the band's trademark blend of country and electronica to carry it, however the central theme seems to be that the father ...
" - 3:32 - "Nowhere in Idaho" - 4:05
- "Harder Than Your Husband" - 2:21
- "Fat Sally Lee" - 3:16
- "Shooter" - 3:44
- "McKenzie Brothers" - 4:28
- "Rolling HomeRolling Home"Rolling Home" is a country-dance song by the Swedish band Rednex, released from their debut album, Sex & Violins.-Track listing:# "Rolling Home " - 4:41# "Rolling Home " - 6:30...
" - 4:22 - "Wild 'N FreeWild 'N Free"Wild 'N Free" is a country-dance song by the Swedish band Rednex, released from their debut album, Sex & Violins.The songs techno-country dance style is built around a re-recorded sample of "The Infernal Galop" from Act II, Scene 2 from Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld."Wild 'N Free"...
" - 3:39
Personnel
- Accordion - Ari Haatainen & Henrik Widén
- Banjo - Gary Johansson, General Custer, and Kjell Johansson
- Bass - Björn Lagberg
- Drums - Anders Lövmark, Animal, and Heffa
- Guitar - Anders Hellquist, Boba, Bonne Lövman, Clint Eastwood, and Henrik Jansson
- Steel Guitar - Uffe Sterling
- Harmonica - Ove Sandberg
- Piano - Henrik Widén
- Violin - Bosse Nilsson
- Vocals - Anders Hansson, Annika Ljungberg, Björn Lagberg, Camena, Camilla Molinder, Chris Sylvan Stewart, Cool James, Currey, Göran Danielsson, Hanna Wannagárd, Henrik Widen, Hoss, Janne Ericsson, Jean-Paul Wall, Jeanette Söderholm, Joe Cartwright, Lotten Andersson, Ludde, Michelle Anenberg, Monte Reid, Pat Reiniz, Stefan Cevaco, Sir Een, Thomas Hegert, and Zeb Macahan
- Whistle - Jean-Paul Wall
Production
- Producers - Pat Reiniz, Janne Ericsson, Anders Hansson, Denniz PopDenniz PopDag Krister Volle , better known under the artistic name Denniz Pop , was a Swedish DJ, music producer and songwriter....
, Max MartinMax MartinMartin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
, David Millington, Stefan Sir Een, L. Teijo, Anders Hellquist, and Thomas Hegert - Engineer Assistant - Jacob Schultze