''Gas 5'' was

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 ...

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

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band with this release. In hindsight, ''Gas 5'' may be considered to be their definitive album.

Overview

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provided a big powerful "

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rock sound", while Wolfgang Käfer provided the strings to the epic rock songs: "Rabalderstræde", "Fatherless Hill" and "Sct. Emitri". Wili Jönsson played the

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on the latter song. The

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of "Kvinde min" and the reflective

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of "Masser af success" show a gentle side too. ''Gas 5'' was the first Gasolin album to include songs with English lyrics (if one does not include the albums that Gasolin released only for the international market). From this album "Rabalderstræde" / "Kvinde min" and "Refrain er frit" / "Good Time Charlie" were released as singles. ''Gas 5'' was recorded at Rosenberg Studio in

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with Freddy Hansson as sound engineer. For the first time in Denmark an album was recorded with a 24-track mix board. That board was also used for the album cover. ''Gas 5'' was released on CD in 1987 with '' Efter endnu en dag'' (1976), but due to lack of space "Good Time Charlie" was omitted. It was remastered for CD in 1991 and is also included on '' The Black Box''

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(2003). ''Gas 5'' was released with English lyrics as ''

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'' in England and as ''Gasolin' '' in USA. It was also released in Spain in Danish with "Rabalderstræde" / "Sjagge" as single.

Track list

#"Rabalderstræde" (Larsen-Jönsson/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 4:56 #"Fatherless Hill" (Larsen-Gasolin'/Larsen) - 4:15 #"Lonesome Avenue" (Larsen) - 3:25 #"Sjagge" (Pedersen-Gasolin'/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:07 #"Masser af succes" (Larsen/Larsen-Mogensen) - 3:33 #"Refrainet er frit" (Gasolin'/Gasoln'-Mogensen) - 4:13 #"Kvinde min" (Larsen/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 2.42 #"1975" (Larsen/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:32 #"Sct. Emetri" (Larsen-Jönsson/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 4:43 #"Good Time Charlie" (Gasolin'/Gasolin'-Malone) - 3:59 Note: Mogens Mogensen and Skip Malone co-wrote lyrics with Gasolin'

Credits

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*Franz Beckerlee -

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*Søren Berlev -

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, keyboards, vocals with *

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and

Lis Sørensen Lis Sørensen (born 28 May 1955) is a Danish pop/rock singer and songwriter. In the 1970s, she worked with Anne Linnet in Shit & Chanel, and they continued in the 1980s with Anne Linnet Band. In 1983, Lis Sørensen released her first solo alb ...

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on "Lonesome Avenue", "Kvinde Min" and "Good Time Charlie" *Produced by

*Engineered by Freddy Hansson *Recorded in Rosenberg Studio during June 1975

References

{{Authority control Gasolin' albums 1975 albums Albums produced by Roy Thomas Baker