The Singles Collection (Terje Rypdal album) explained

The Singles Collection
Type:	Album
Artist:	Terje Rypdal
Cover:	The Singles Collection (Terje Rypdal album).jpg
Released:	1989
Recorded:	August 1988
Studio:	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	37:31
Label:	ECM ECM 1383
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Terje Rypdal
Prev Title:	Blue
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Undisonus
Next Year:	1989

The Singles Collection is an album by Norwegian jazz guitarist Terje Rypdal recorded in August 1988 and released on ECM the following year. The quartet features keyboardist Allan Dangerfield and Chasers rhythm section Bjørn Kjellemyr and Audun Kleive.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael P. Dawson awarded the album 4 stars stating "The title is a joke: this is actually the third album by the Chasers."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Terje Rypdal except as indicated

1. "There Is a Hot Lady in My Bedroom and I Need a Drink" - 4:27
2. "Sprøtt" - 4:37
3. "Mystery Man" - 4:42
4. "The Last Hero" (Allan Dangerfield) - 2:37
5. "Strange Behaviour" (Dangerfield) - 3:01
6. "U.'N.I." - 5:36
7. "Coyote" (Dangerfield) - 2:53
8. "Somehow, Somewhere" - 3:02
9. "Steady" - 4:09
10. "Crooner Song" - 2:51

Personnel

• • • Terje Rypdal – electric guitar Allan Dangerfield – keyboards, synclavier Bjørn Kjellemyr – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Audun Kleive – drums

External links

• Norwegian Legend Terje Rypdal at Guitar Player by Barry Cleveland January 30, 2014

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1383.php ECM discography
2. Dawson, M. P. Allmusic Review accessed September 28, 2011