Frail (Maria Solheim album) explained

Frail
Type:	Album
Artist:	Maria Solheim
Cover:	Frail (Maria Solheim album).jpg
Released:	2004
Recorded:	June–October 2003
Label:	Kirkelig Kulturverksted
Producer:	Emil Nikolaisen
Prev Title:	Behind Closed Doors
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Will There Be Spring
Next Year:	2006

Frail is an album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Maria Solheim released in 2004 by Kirkelig Kulturverksted (FXCD 278).

Background

This is Solheims third solo album release, including a collection of hushed and intense original songs. Here we encounter a more mature artist despite her 22 years of age.^[1]

Reception

The reviewer Stein Østbø of the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang, awarded the album dice 4,^[2] reviewer Henriette Westerlund Eriksen of the Norwegian newspaper ABC Nyheter, awarded the album dice 4.^[3]

Track listing

(All songs and lyrics by Maria Solheim, arrangements by Emil, Maria and 'the band')

1. Too Many Days^[4]
2. The Snow Has Killed
3. Kissing Me
4. Take My Heart Away
5. Mr. Iceman
6. Pain
7. Natural Silence
8. Restless Girl
9. Will You Say
10. Because I'm Dead

Musicians

• David Wallumrød

Fender Rhodes, vocals, Wurlitzer, Hammond

• Torstein Lofthus

drums and percussion

• Tor Egil Kreken

bass, Fender bass

• Kjetil Steensnæs

guitars, pedalsteel

• Carl Andreas Helsvig

Trombone

• Mats Joachim Johnsen

Trumpet

Notes

• Produced by Emil Nikolaisen
• Recorded at Hangaroundsounds by Don Dons in June, August, September and October 2003
• Mixed at Crystal Canyon by Marius Bodin Larsen
• Additional recording at Crystal Canyon by Marius Bodin Larsen and Emil Nikolaisen in October and November 2003
• Mastered at Cutting Room Studios by Björn Engelmann
• Tor Egil uses Demeter amplification
• Cover by Per Olav Walmann
• Photos by Rebecca Borghild Nilsen and Maria Solheim^[5]

External links

• Maria Solheim "Too many days" (original video) on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maria Solheim: "Frail" Review . Norwegian . Christian . Lysvåg . . 26 May 2005 . 15 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416192236/http://www.ballade.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2005052613413087042801 . 16 April 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Maria Solheim: "Frail" Review . Norwegian . Stein . Østbø . . 16 March 2004 . 15 April 2014.
3. Web site: Maria Solheim: "Frail" Review . Norwegian . Henriette Westerlund . Eriksen . ABC Nyheter . 15 March 2014 . 15 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416203711/http://www.abcnyheter.no/kultur/plateanmeldelser/040315/maria-solheim-frail . 16 April 2014 . dead .
4. Web site: "Too many days" (original video) . YouTube . 15 April 2014.
5. Web site: Maria Solheim – Frail . . 15 April 2014.