''One One One'' is the sixth

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by the Norwegian band Shining, released through Universal on April 8, 2013, and Indie Recordings on June 7, 2013.

Overview

The Norwegian band Shining started out as an acoustic jazz quartet, but the sound of this new album, like its predecessor, '' Blackja'' zz, is more experimental and extreme than the band's first releases. It incorporates elements from

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, and 19th and 20th Century

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with the foundations of

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Reception

The album was well received by critics, with Heavy Blog Is Heavy awarding the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, and the Norwegian newspaper

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rating the album a 5 out of 6.

Track listing

CD version

#"I Won't Forget" (3:51) #"The One Inside" (4:04) #"My Dying Drive" (4:06) #"Off the Hook" (3:37) #"Blackjazz Rebels" (3:38) #"How Your Story Ends" (4:39) #"The Hurting Game" (4:09) #"Walk Away" (3:38) #"Paint the Sky Black" (4:19)

LP version

;Side A #"I Won't Forget" (3:51) #"The One Inside" (4:04) #"My Dying Drive" (4:06) #"Off the Hook" (3:37) ;Side B #"Blackjazz Rebels" (3:38) #"How Your Story Ends" (4:39) #"The Hurting Game" (4:09) #"Walk Away" (3:38) #"Paint the Sky Black" (4:19)

Personnel

Jørgen Munkeby Jørgen Munkeby (born 3 September 1980 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, known as the frontman in the band Shining (Norwegian band), Shining ...

– Vocals, guitars, saxophone *

Torstein Lofthus Torstein Lofthus (born 10 March 1977) is a Norway, Norwegian drummer and composer who has been a member of the bands Shining (Norwegian band), Shining, Elephant9, the Mathias Eick Band, D'Sound, and Ebersson/Zanussi/Lofthus. He is married to Hege ...

– Drums *

Tor Egil Kreken Tor Egil Kreken (born 30 March 1977 in Norway) is a Norwegian musician (bass, banjo, guitars). Biography Kreken plays within the bands Eivind Aarset Trio (bass), Faircastle Four (guitar, banjo), Shining (bass), The Holstein United Bluegrass B ...

– Bass *

Håkon Sagen Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden),Oxford Dictionary of First Names Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon or Háukon, from hā ...

– Guitar

Credits

*Co-producer and mixing –

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*Design – Trine + Kim Design Studio *Mastering – Tom Baker *Producer, composer, recording –

*Recorded by Mike Hartung

Notes

*Partly funded by A-ha, Norsk Kulturråd, Fond for utøvende kunstnere, Fond for lyd og bilde and Tekstforfatterfondet.

References

External links

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