''Solidarity Breaks'' is the second solo album of the Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician

Jarle Bernhoft Jarle Bernhoft (; Jarle Norman Bernhoft-Sjødin; born 21 June 1976), known professionally as Bernhoft (often stylized as Bern/hoft), is a Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist. Bernhoft is from Nittedal in Norway. His b ...

and the first one to be credited to his new adopted name Bern/hoft. Released on

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on 31 January 2011, it entered at number 2 in its first week of release, then topped

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the official Norwegian Albums Chart for six consecutive weeks in July and August 2011 (charts 27/2011 to 32/2011 inclusive) and came back to occupy the top of the chart for a seventh week in September in weekly chart 35/2011. The album also charted in DenmarkGaffa.dk: Bernhoft Solidarity Breaks - Fan-fucking-tastic
and in France. Most instrumentation was by Bernhoft himself, but there were guest musicians on the album like

Knut Reiersrud Knut Reiersrud (born 12 February 1961) is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. Reiersrud has recorded and played with David Lindley, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Rickie ...

(harmonica), English musician

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, Torstein Lofthus (drums),

David Wallumrød David Wallumrød (born 2 October 1977 in Kongsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian pianist, known from cooperations with artists such as Knut Reiersrud, Torun Eriksen, Jarle Bernhoft, Marit Larsen, Maria Solheim, Vidar Busk, Bigbang, Maria Mena, T ...

(keyboards) and

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(bass) and Kwame Ogoo (vocals). Fred Ball produced the album, with

Steve Fitzmaurice Stephen Fitzmaurice is an Irish mixer and producer based in London, England. His credits include albums for Depeche Mode, Seal, Sam Smith, Ian Brown, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, The Kooks, Alicia Keys, U2, Hikaru Utada, and ...

on the mixing. "Choices" was the main single release from the album that also included the immensely popular Bernhoft cover of

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classic hit " Shout".

Track list

# "Sing Hello and Some More" (4:25) # "Choices" (3:47) # "Stay with Me" (4:22) # "Good Intentions" (3:59) # "Cmon Talk" (3:41) # "A Bad Place to Reside" (1:54) # "Control" (3:34) # "Space in My Heart" (4:59) # "Prophet" (4:36) # " Shout" (3:53) # "Buzz Aldrin" (5:11)

Special edition

A special edition was released including four live bonus tracks: #"The Light" (live) #"In Tangerine" (live) #"Choices" (live) #"Cmon talk" (live)

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Jarle Bernhoft albums