''Side Effects'' is an EP by the Danish singer-songwriters

Mads Langer Mads Lillelund Langer (née Langer Clausen; born 14 January 1984) is a Danish singer-songwriter, who became internationally known for his cover of " You're Not Alone" by the British band Olive. He is a multi platinum and multi award winning art ...

and

Tim Christensen Tim Christensen (born 2 July 1974 in Copenhagen) is a Danish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is known both as the singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Danish alternative rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy (1988–1998, 2010, 2014–c ...

, released on July 19, 2014, through

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and

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Denmark. The EP was awarded the "Danish rock album of the year",Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (December 4, 2014)
"GAFFA-Prisen: Og vinderne er..."
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''. while the collaboration garnered the duo a

Award for "Danish rock band of the year".

Background

Christensen and Langer first met during the 2006 Danish Music Awards. Langer opened for several of Christensen's shows in 2009, and they collaborated on the song "Say No More", which was released on Langer's eponymous album that same year. In March 2014, it was announced that Langer and Christensen would perform together during the

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tour in July 2014. The EP was created with these performances in mind. After an acoustic set, they were joined on stage by bassist Søren Balsner of

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and drummer Birk Nevel. In addition to the songs from ''Side Effects'', they played songs from the repertoires of both Christensen and Langer. Langer and Christensen wrote four new songs for the EP, and added a

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of Langer's 2008 song "Fact-Fiction" and the 1993 hit "Silverflame" by Christensen's band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, which was first played in the DR3 show ''DR3 Popper Op'' on February 16, 2013. "Bringing Back Tomorrow" was released as a single on June 2, followed by "Fact-Fiction / Silverflame".

Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians"Mads Langer & Tim Christensen – Side Effects"
Album Credits. Retrieved January 1, 2015. *

– vocals, guitars, keyboards (on tracks 1–4) *

– vocals, guitars,

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(on track 2), bass (on track 4) * Søren Balsner – bass (on tracks 1–3), keyboards (on tracks 1–4), programming (on tracks 1–4) *

Bengt Lagerberg The Cardigans is a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1992 by guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. Post-hiatus shows since ...

– drums (on track 1) * Birk Nevel – drums (on tracks 2–4) ;Production * Søren Balsner – Record producer (tracks 1–4),

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(tracks 1–4), mixer (tracks 1–2) *

– co-producer (tracks 1–4) *

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– producer (track 5), engineer (track 5), mixer (tracks 3–5) *

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– mastering (tracks 1, 2 and 4, at Studio C4 in Copenhagen) *

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– mastering (tracks 3 and 5, at Cutting Room in Stockholm) * Paul Wilson –

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References

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