The Early Years is a compilation album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 group Fra Lippo Lippi

Fra Lippo Lippi (band)

Fra Lippo Lippi is a New Wave band from Norway. They had several hits in the 1980s, such as "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", "Everytime I See You" and "Light and Shade", and recorded a new album as late as 2002...

, consisting of the band's first two albums - In Silence

In Silence

In Silence is the 1981 debut album by Norwegian group Fra Lippo Lippi. The dark punk sound of the album was heavily influenced by bands such as Joy Division and The Cure....

(1981) and Small Mercies

Small Mercies (album)

Small Mercies is the second album by Norwegian group Fra Lippo Lippi and the first to feature new lead vocalist Per Øystein Sørensen. In contrast to the New Wave sound of the band's debut album In Silence, the addition of Sørensen gave Small Mercies and the band's further recordings a more...

(1983).

It is noted that the song "Some Things Never Change" (from Small Mercies) is missing in this compilation.

Track listing

1. "A Small Mercy"
2. "Barrier"
3. "Sense of Doubt"
4. "The Treasure"
5. "Slow Sway"
6. "Now and Forever
7. "French Painter Dead"
8. "Out of the Ruins"
9. "A Moment Like This"
10. "In Silence"
11. "Recession"
12. "The Inside Veil"
13. "I Know"
14. "Quiet"
15. "Lost"
16. "In a Little Room"
17. "An Idea"

Tracks 1-7 originally from Small Mercies

Tracks 8-15 originally from In Silence

Tracks 16-17 originally released as the B-side of "Now and Forever"

Personnel

• Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen is a Norwegian best known for being the founder and bassist of the pop rock band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Background :Rune Kristoffersen spent the eighties playing bass in Norwegian pop outfit Fra Lippo Lippi, signed to Virgin Records and had an album produced by Walter Becker from...
  
   - Bass, vocals, keyboards
• Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...
  
   - Vocals, keyboards
• Morten Sjøberg - Drums