''A Foreign Affair 2'' is double compilation album released by Danish rock band

Gasolin' Gasolin' were a Danish rock band from Christianshavn, Copenhagen, formed by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, and Wili Jønsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bjørn Uglebjerg. He was replaced by Søren Berlev in 1971. At their formati ...

in 2002. It contains the English album ''

What a Lemon ''What a Lemon'' is an album by Danish rock band Gasolin', released in August 1976 on Epic Records in the United States, some parts of Europe, Japan and Australia. It is the third of four albums with English lyrics that Gasolin' released between ...

'' on the first disc and ''

The Last Jim ''The Last Jim'' is the second album with English lyrics by Denmark, Danish Rock music, rock band Gasolin'. It was released in some Western European countries in November 1974 on Columbia Records, CBS, simultaneously to its Danish counterpart Stak ...

'' on the second disc. Between 1974 and 1978, Gasolin' released four albums with English lyrics in an attempt to break the international music market, but had little success. The first album, released in the United States as ''Gasolin' '', was renamed ''What a Lemon'' for the English market. The disparity is due to the band releasing a previous album in England named ''Gasolin' ''. All told, Gasolin' released three albums named ''Gasolin: Their first Danish album, their first British album and their first American album. ''The Last Jim'' (1975) and ''What a Lemon'' (1976) are nearly identical to ''

Stakkels Jim ''Stakkels Jim'' (aka ''Gas 4'') is a studio album by Gasolin' and was released in November 1974. It was the second album to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker. The raw rock of '' Gasolin' 3'' would on this record be replaced by a more polished and ...

'' (1974) and ''

Gas 5 ''Gas 5'' was Gasolin's fifth album in five years and was released in October 1975. From the humble beginnings of their debut album they had developed into a confident arena rock band with this release. In hindsight, ''Gas 5'' may be considered t ...

'' (1975), respectively. On ''What a Lemon'', "Good Time Charlie" was omitted and replaced by "Rabalderstraede" and "The Last Jim". "Rabalderstraede" is identical to the song "What a Lemon".

Track list

Disc one: ''What a Lemon''

#"What a Lemon" #"Fatherless Hill" #"Lonesome Avenue" #"Rebel Run" #"Lots Of Success" #"It's All The Same To An American Dane" #"Lady Oh Lady" #"Sad Song Of The Bluebird" #"Rabalderstraede" #"The Last Jim"

Disc two: ''The Last Jim''

#"Mrs. Boogie Woogie" #"Pasha Honeysuckle Divine" #"Bingo" #"Boogaloo" #"Cellophane Brain" #"Deadline" #"Where Do We Go From Here" #"Fool Of The Night" #"Anna Lee" #"Blood Brothers" #"The Last Jim"

Credits

Gasolin'

*Franz Beckerlee –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, moog,

e-bow The EBow is an electronic device used for playing string instruments, most often the electric guitar. It was invented by the American guitarist Greg Heet in 1969 and introduced in 1976. The EBow uses a pickup and a magnetic feedback circuit to ...

, vocals *

Wili Jønsson Wili, WILI or Willi may refer to: People * Heinrich Willi, who described Prader–Willi syndrome * Herbert Willi (born 1956), Austrian composer * Wili Jønsson, member of the Danish rock band Gasolin' Other uses * WILI (AM), a radio station in Wi ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

, vocals,

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and became known from 1969 as ...

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Vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

, guitar, piano *Søren Berlev –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, vocals *Producer: Roy Thomas Baker *Engineer: Freddy Hansson *Assistant engineer: Flemming Rasmussen

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