''The Blackest Box'' is a compilation boxset by Danish

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Sort Sol Sort Sol is a Danish rock band from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band was formed in 1977 as a punk rock outfit, originally under the name Sods (stylized as SODS). The name ''Sort Sol'' was taken in the early 1980s. It translates to English as ''b ...

/ Sods. The boxset comprises 11 CDs – eight CDs with remastered editions of all of the band's studio albums, as well as three bonus CD (including the new songs from the 2002 compilation album '' Circle Hits the Flame – Best Off...''). The boxset includes a new version of the album ''Unspoiled Monsters''. In the boxset the album is named: ''Unspoiled Monsters / Artist's Cut''. The difference from the original release and the version in the boxset is both the order of the tracks on the album and the lack of the song called: "The Painter" from the original release.

Reception

This boxset was received with mixed reviews, while most acknowledge the significance of boxset summarizing the entire career of one of Denmarks punk/rock bands, some lament the lack of a written booklet.

Track listing

''For track listings of individual studio albums, see their respective pages.'' * ''

Minutes To Go ''Minutes to Go'' is the debut album released by Danish punk band Sods (later named Sort Sol). It was released in 1979 and is often referred to as Denmark's first punk album. The original album contained eight of the band's own songs and a cover ...

'' 1979 track listing, using songs remastered in 1997. * '' Under en sort sol'' 1980 track listing, using songs remastered in 1997. * ''

Dagger & Guitar ''Dagger & Guitar'' is the 1983 third album by the Danish rock band Sort Sol (previously Sods) and the first of their records to carry the new name Sort Sol. The album was, when it was released, often seen as the first "commercial" album for the ...

'' 1983 track listing, using songs remastered in 1997. * ''

Everything That Rises Must Converge ''Everything That Rises Must Converge'' is a collection of nine short stories written by Flannery O'Connor during the final decade of her life. The collection was published posthumously in 1965 and contains an introduction by Robert Fitzgerald. ...

'' 1987 track listing, using songs remastered in 1997. * ''

Flow My Firetear ''Flow My Firetear'' is the fifth album by the Danish rock act Sort Sol known earlier as Sods, and the third after the renaming. It was released in March 1991. The album was the band's first commercial success and included the hits "Siggimund Blu ...

'' * '' Glamourpuss'' * '' Unspoiled Monsters'' * ''

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Personnel

;Sods/Sort Sol * Steen Jørgensen – vocals,

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* Knud Odde – bass * Tomas Ortved – drums * Peter Peter – guitar * Lars Top-Galia – guitar ;Additional musicians and production * Lars Top-Galia – Compilation of Stamina bonus albums * Jan Eliasson – Mastering of Stamina bonus albums ;;"Stamina 1" * Morten Versner – violin on "Il Zone" ;;"Stamina 2" * Flemming Nygaard Madsen – cello on "A Knife For The Ladies", "Shapes Of Summer" and "Midget Finger" * Elisabeth –

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on "A Knife For The Ladies" * Povl Kristian – organ on "Angelus Novus" * Wili Jønsson – bass,

on "Love Is All Around" * Kjeld Tolstrup – drumtrack on "Love Is All Around" * Torsten "Metalstein" Hvas –

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on "A Knife For The Ladies" * Mette Shannon –

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on "As She Weeps", saxophone,

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on "Children Of The Revolution" * Karin Ørum –

on "Children Of The Revolution" ;;"Stamina 3" * Wili Jønsson – on "Circle Hits The Flame", "Restless Yellow Night" and "Maria Interlude" * Wagner/Stage – on "Circle Hits The Flame" * Charlotte Guillemard – on "Circle Hits The Flame" * Chapman/Wallis – on "Golden Wonder" * Peter Schneidermann – "Sugar & Wine" * The Jordanaries – "Sugar & Wine" * Maria Rich – "Restless Yellow Night" * Henrik Liebgott – "Angel Of Death (Gletcher Man)" and "Waah" * Louisiana Museum Art Ensemble featuring Anton Kontra – "To Die: To Sleep"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackest Box Sort Sol albums 2011 compilation albums