''Killin' Time'' was recorded in the spring of 1977 and released in Denmark in the summer of 1978. In Sweden it was released as ''Tivoli''. It 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 fourth and last album with English lyrics, also acting as the band's final studio album release. ''Killin' Time'' was produced by

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because Gasolin' wanted someone who could produce an "American" sound so they could break the lucrative American market. However, Gasolin' was not satisfied with Pappalardi's mix and the record company would not release it in the USA because they did not believe that ''Killin' Time'' would sell. It was shelved for a year, and then released using another mix by Franz Beckerlee. (The original Pappalardi mix can be heard in ''

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'') ''Killin' Time'' is the only of the four albums with English lyrics that include almost only original material ("Closer", "Magic Garden" and "Sing My Song" are the exceptions). Steven Lemberg wrote the lyrics and some music too. (He also wrote the lyrics to

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 ...

's ''Kim Larsen og Yankee drengene'' (1978)). Felix Pappardi played bass and keyboards on several tracks. From this album "Girl You Got Me Lonely" / "In the Wings" were released on single in the original Felix Pappalardi mix. ''Killin' Time'' was released on cd in 1997 as ''

'' and in 2004 in its own name with the Franz Beckerlee mix. It was recorded in Sweet Silence Studio in Copenhagen with Freddy Hansson and Flemming Rasmussen. The latter would later produce ''Ride the Lightning'', ''Master of Puppets'' and ''..And Justice for All'' for

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Track listing

# "Girl You Got Me Lonely" (Gasolin'-Sørensen/Lemberg) - 3:02 # "Closer" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 4:04 # "Jailbait" (Lemberg) - 3:49 # "Let It Flow" (Gasolin'-Dorf/Lemberg) - 3:30 # "Snow Queen" (Lemberg) - 3:01 # "Killin' Time" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 2:32 # "In the Wings" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 3:08 # "Highschool" (Lemberg) - 2:53 # "Stop" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 2:56 # "Sing My Song" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 4:32 # "Magic Garden" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 1:50

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 -

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 ...

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 *

- bass, keyboards *Produced by

*Recorded at

Sweet Silence Studios Sweet Silence Studios was the leading Danish recording studio for rock music during most of its existence. It was originally built in Amager by Danish engineers Freddy Hansson, Flemming Rasmussen and Stig Kreutzfeldt beginning in February 1976. ...

during spring 1977 *Engineered by Freddy Hansson and

Flemming Rasmussen Flemming Rasmussen (born 1 January 1958) is a Danish sound engineer, record producer, and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen. He is chief sound engineer at Sweet Silence Studios. Biography Throughout his career, Rasmussen ...

*Mixed by Franz Beckerlee

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Killin' Time (Gasolin' Album) Gasolin' albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Felix Pappalardi