Name: Faces Down by Sondre Lerche
Brand: Sondre Lerche
SKU: 724381102053
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4 (77 reviews)

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Though he was born in the 1980s, Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche seems to want nothing to do with the electronica and pop-punk sounds that fascinate most of his contemporaries; his songs -- with their rich and folky chord progressions, cheesy synth tones, quietly recorded drums, and swooning strings -- sound for all the world like products of the 1960s. Which is by no means a bad thing, especially when he's channeling the Beatles ("You Know So Well") or revisiting Tin Pan Alley ("Modern Nature," in duet with the winning Lillian Samdal) or getting all sentimental and bossa nova ("Virtue and Wine"). The song titles, you will have noticed, do not necessarily bode well for the lyrics; Lerche is not a native English speaker, and his sense of idiom isn't as developed as it probably should be if he's going to write songs in that language (sample couplet: "Once I believed we could approach this/Now I have faith placed in the things you call fate"). But the lyrics are not always embarrassing, and the melodies and arrangements are consistently attractive and involving enough to make up for it when they are.
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1. Dead Passengers

by Sondre Lerche

Bass: Jørgen Traeen
Morten Skage; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Electronics: Jørgen Traeen; Performer
Guitar: Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Strings: Sean O'hagan
Marcus Haldoway
The Brilliant Strings; Performer
Synthesizer: Jørgen Traeen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche Vaular
Leslie Ahern
Sondre Lerche; Performer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

2. You Know so Well

by Sondre Lerche

Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Bass: Morten Skage; Performer
Drums: Ole Ludvig Krûger
Ole Ludvig Krüger; Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche; Performer
Mellotron: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Piano: Yngve Saetre; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Strings: Marcus Holdaway
Sean O'hagan
Marcus Haldoway
The Brilliant Strings; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production

3. Sleep On Needles

by Sondre Lerche

Bass: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Arranger: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche; Performer
Percussion: Frode Unneland; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche Vaular
Leslie Ahern
Ingrid Mjanger
Sondre Lerche; Performer
Composer: Jorgen Treen
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann
Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production
Mastering Engineer: Jørgen Traeen
Hp Gundersen
Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

4. Suffused with Love

by Sondre Lerche

Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Bass: Morten Skage; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche; Performer
Keyboard: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche
Lillian Samdal
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Arranger: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Mastering: Björn Engelmann; Production
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Synthesizer: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche; Performer
Miscellaneous: Jørgen Træen; Other
Produced By: Hp Gundersen
Jørgen Træen; Other
Mixing: Jørgen Traeen; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Recording: Jørgen Træen; Production
Produced By: Hp Gundersen
Jørgen Træen; Other
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

5. Side Two

by Sondre Lerche

Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Arranger: Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Jørgen Træen; Composer
Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Producer: Hp Gundersen
Jørgen Traeen; Production

6. Modern Nature

by Sondre Lerche

Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Bass: Morten Skage; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche
Hp Gundersen; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Synthesizer: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche
Lillian Samdal
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Arranger: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Traeen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

7. Virtue and Wine

by Sondre Lerche

Bass: Morten Skage
Jørgen Træen; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Kato Ådland
Sondre Lerche
Kato Adland; Performer
Arranger: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Traeen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mellotron: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Strings: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Tambourine: Martin Holmes; Performer
Viola: Bergmund Skaslien; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche Vaular
Lillian Samdal
Sondre Lerche
Kato Ådland
Kato Adland; Performer
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

8. On and off Again

by Sondre Lerche

Bass: Morten Skage; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche
Hp Gundersen; Performer
Percussion: Frode Unneland; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Strings: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Viola: Bergmund Skaslien; Performer
Arranger: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Traeen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Synthesizer: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Vocals: Helen Eriksen
Lillian Samdal
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Sondre Lerche; Performer
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

9. No One's Gonna Come

by Sondre Lerche

Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Bass: Morten Skage; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Kato Ådland
Kato Adland; Performer
Keyboard: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Percussion: Frode Unneland; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Strings: The Brilliant Strings
Marcus Haldoway
Sean O'hagan
Marcus Holdaway; Performer
Arranger: Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Sean O'hagan
Jørgen Træen
Marcus Holdaway
Marcus Haldoway; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Traeen; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Vocals: Sondre Lerche
Leslie Ahern
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Traeen
Hp Gundersen; Production

10. All Luck Ran Out

by Sondre Lerche

Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Bass: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Guitar: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche
Hp Gundersen; Performer
Percussion: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Piano: Hp Gundersen; Performer
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche Vaular
Sondre Lerche
Ingrid Mjanger; Performer
Arranger: Jørgen Træen
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Sondre Lerche; Composer
Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Engineer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann
Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production
Mastering Engineer: Hp Gundersen
Jørgen Traeen
Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

11. Things You Call Fate

by Sondre Lerche

Bass: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Drums: Frode Unneland; Performer
Electronics: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Guitar: Sondre Lerche; Performer
Handclapping: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Piano: Sondre Lerche
Jørgen Træen; Performer
Arranger: Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular
Hp Gundersen
Jørgen Træen; Composer
Composer: Sondre Lerche Vaular; Composer
Engineer: Hp Gundersen
Jørgen Træen; Production
Keyboard: Sondre Lerche
Jørgen Træen; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Mixing: Jørgen Træen; Production
Programmer: Jørgen Træen; Production
Miscellaneous: Sondre Lerche
Jørgen Træen; Other
Recorder: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Synthesizer: Jørgen Træen; Performer
Vocals: Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche Vaular; Performer
Mastering: Bjørn Engelmann; Production
Primary Artist: Sondre Lerche; Main Performer
Producer: Jørgen Træen
Hp Gundersen; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

11 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

53 minutes and 24 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1401x1401 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

10/11 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative, Baroque Pop

Label

Parlophone Norway

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

Norway

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Sep 16, 2002

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

724381102053

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Faces Down

1. Dead Passengers

2. You Know so Well

3. Sleep On Needles

4. Suffused with Love

5. Side Two

6. Modern Nature

7. Virtue and Wine

8. On and off Again

9. No One's Gonna Come

10. All Luck Ran Out

11. Things You Call Fate

Technical Specifications

Faces Down

Product information

Release options

1. Dead Passengers

2. You Know so Well

3. Sleep On Needles

4. Suffused with Love

5. Side Two

6. Modern Nature

7. Virtue and Wine

8. On and off Again

9. No One's Gonna Come

10. All Luck Ran Out

11. Things You Call Fate

Technical Specifications