Too Much Yang is the sixth studio album made by the Norwegian rock

Rock music

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 band BigBang. It was released in Norway

Norway

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, March 19, 2007, at Warner Music and Grand Sport Records. The album was received generally well by critics in Norway, although it is not considered one of their strongest.

Title

The name, "Too Much Yang", comes from a Feng Shui

Feng shui

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 book drummer Olaf Olsen bought in Los Angeles. Under a picture of an AmCar

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, the picture text stated: "an example of too much yang". Øystein Greni

Øystein Greni

Øystein Greni is the singer and lead guitar player of the Norwegian rock and roll band BigBang.-Biography:Øystein Greni is the son of Thor Sigbjørn Greni, singer and songwriter of the Undertakers Circus, a 60/70s soul band...

 decided to use the phrase "Too Much Yang" for the title of the album.

Track listing

1. "Too Much Yang" - 3:17
2. "Hurricane Boy" - 2:33
3. "I Don't Wanna" - 3:21
4. "L.A. Song" - 3:46
5. "My First Time" - 3:22
6. "The Third Act" - 2:51
7. "All the Time" - 2:38
8. "A Thousand Times Over" - 3:49
9. "Early December" - 3:02
10. "We Belong Together" - 2:47
11. "Angelina" - 4:03

Personnel

• Øystein Greni
  Øystein Greni
  Øystein Greni is the singer and lead guitar player of the Norwegian rock and roll band BigBang.-Biography:Øystein Greni is the son of Thor Sigbjørn Greni, singer and songwriter of the Undertakers Circus, a 60/70s soul band...
  
   - vocals
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   and guitar
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• Olaf Olsen - drums
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• Lasse Weeden
  Lasse Weeden
  Lasse Weeden is an American-Norwegian bass player.He was for a period the bass player of BigBang, including the recording of the 2007 album Too Much Yang. He was replaced later in 2007 with Øyvind Storli Hoel....
  
   - bass
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• Maria Orieta - vocals
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   (on "L.A. Song")
• Erik Tresselt - vocals
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   (on "All The time" and "We Belong Together")
• Nikolai Eilertsen
  Nikolai Eilertsen
  Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen is a Norwegian bass guitarist. He is primarily known as a member of BigBang and The National Bank . Eilertsen also participates in the bands Lester, Needlepoint and Elephant9....
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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   (on "We Belong Together")
• David Larring - bass
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   (on "Too Much Yang") and Piano
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   (on "The Third Act")
• Christian Engfelt - bass
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   (on "Hurricane Boy")
• Øyvind Storli Hoel - bass
  Bass guitar
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   (on "All the Time")
• Lars H. Haugen - guitar
  Guitar
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   (on "My First Time")
• Martin Winstad - conga
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  s (on "I Don't Wanna")
• David Wallumrød - piano
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   (on "I Don't Wanna")
• Sindre Røyland, Tone Heidi Borhaug and Janne Solberg - background vocals
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   (on "I Don't Wanna")
• Svein Greni, Tarjei Grimsby and Bjørn Asper - horns
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   (on "We Belong Together" and "I Don't Wanna"
• Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen - cello
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   (on "A Thousand Times Over")
• Nikolai Matthews - doublebass (on "A Thousand Times Over")