Unknown Colors
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Unknown Colors is the debut full-length studio album by Swedish quintet
Sad Day for Puppets
. The album was initially released only in Sweden on October 28, 2008 by independent label HaHa Fonogram, while a United Kingdom
release followed eight months later on June 1, 2009 via Sonic Cathedral Recordings. The U.K. edition contained two exclusive bonus tracks, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" and "Saddest Cloud."
Additional personnel
Production
Quintet
A quintet is a group containing five members.It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit....
Sad Day for Puppets
Sad Day for Puppets
Sad Day For Puppets are a Swedish band, formed in late 2006 in the Stockholm satellite town of Blackeberg. The band's sound is based on melodies over noise.-History:...
. The album was initially released only in Sweden on October 28, 2008 by independent label HaHa Fonogram, while a United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
release followed eight months later on June 1, 2009 via Sonic Cathedral Recordings. The U.K. edition contained two exclusive bonus tracks, "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" and "Saddest Cloud."
Track listing
All songs were written and composed by Martin Källholm.- "Little Light" – 3:17
- "Blue Skies" – 4:00
- "Marble Gods" – 3:45
- "Mother's Tears" – 3:06
- "Cherry Blossom" – 3:06
- "Lay Your Burden On Me" – 5:21
- "When the Morning Comes" – 2:54
- "Last Night" – 3:38
- "Shiny Teeth and Sharpened Claws" – 3:23
- "Romans" – 3:18
- "All the Songs" – 4:01
- "My Twin Star" – 4:09
- "Withering Petals and Dust" – 3:03
- "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (UK bonus track) – 3:22
- "Saddest Cloud" (UK bonus track) – 2:06
Personnel
Band- Anna Eklund - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
- Marcus Sandgren - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Martin Källholm - guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal... - Alex Svenson-Metés - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, background vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
on "Mother's Tears", "Cherry Blossom", "Lay Your Burden" and "My Twin Star" - Micael Back - drums on "Little Light", "Marble Gods" and "Last Night"
Additional personnel
- Patrik Andersson - pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
on "Lay Your Burden", "Last Night" and "Withering Petals and Dust" - Annika Eklund - background vocals
- Hannes Fornander - background vocals
- Christoffer Narin - drums on "All the Songs" and "Withering Petals and Dust"
- Karl Alfred Nilsson - drums on "Blue Skies", "Shiny Teeth and Sharpened Claws" and "Romans"
Production
- Martin Källholm - songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Alex Svenson-Metés - producer, recording engineerAudio engineeringAn audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
, mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may... - Andreas Tilliander - masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Gustaf Kjellin - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, artworkCover artCover art is the illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product such as a book , magazine, comic book, video game , DVD, CD, videotape, or music album. The art has a primarily commercial function, i.e... - Henrik Lindquist - sdfpSad Day for PuppetsSad Day For Puppets are a Swedish band, formed in late 2006 in the Stockholm satellite town of Blackeberg. The band's sound is based on melodies over noise.-History:...
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