Frontside Rock'n'Roll
Studio album by
BigBang
Released2002
RecordedDecember 2001, January 2002
StudioGrandSport Studio
GenreRock
Length40:58
LabelWarner Music Group
Producer
BigBang chronology
Clouds Rolling By
(2000)		 Frontside Rock'n'Roll
(2002)		 Radio Radio TV Sleep
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Dagbladet[1]
Aftenposten[2]

Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the fourth album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in 2002.[1][2][3]

Overview

Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the first full-length Bigbang album to be released outside of Norway. Warner Music Germany would also re-release their previous album Clouds Rolling By in the country.

Øystein Greni wrote the song "Frontside Rock 'n' Roll" as a tribute to two of his skater friends, who had died the same year.[1] Frontside Rock 'n' Roll is also the name of a skateboard trick, a sport which Greni is a former European champion of.[4][5] The song lyrics reference various skateboard tricks.

"Fire & Oil" was co-written with Nikolai Eilertsen and documents the 11th of September 2001 events from the point of view of a kamikaze pilot. "Earphones" is an homage to Ray Charles. "One of a Kind" is dedicated to his friend the Norwegian film director Joachim Trier, while "Mercedes" is dedicated to 'M.E.O.' (Maria Eva Orieta), a performer from Argentina and Greni's then-fiancée.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Øystein Greni, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One of a Kind" 4:36
2."Fire and Oil"
5:12
3."Heaven and Stars Above" 4:47
4."Spiritual Heart Surgery" 2:42
5."Liquid Gold" 3:33
6."Mercedes" 3:52
7."Where the World Comes to an End" 4:30
8."Earphones" 3:19
9."The Elephant Man" 3:14
10."Frontside Rock'n'Roll" 5:13

Personnel

Bigbang

  • Øystein Greni – lead vocals, guitars, piano, mandolin, horns, drums, percussion, producer
  • Nikolai Eilertsen – bass, organ, piano, harmonica, horns, percussion, backing vocals, co-producer
  • Olaf Olsen – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

  • Nils B. Kvam – co-producer
  • Stig Morten Sørheim – engineer
  • Morten Lund – mastering
  • Stig Morten Sørheim – percussion, backing vocals
  • Karim Sayed – backing vocals
  • Martin Windstad – congas (track 1)
  • Lars Håvard Haugen – lead guitar (track 3)
  • Christian Engfelt – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Jon Riise – backing vocals (track 3)
  • Sølvguttene – choir (track 7)
  • Sindre E. Røysland – backing vocals (track 8)
  • Åshild Stensrud – backing vocals (track 8)
  • Åste Sem – backing vocals (track 8)
  • Asgeir Innerdal – skateboard noise (track 10)
  • Amelie Poulain – photography
  • Jan Inge Janbu – photography
  • Dimitri Kayiambakis – artwork
  • Millimeter – artwork

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bakke, Sven Ove, Dagbladet (March 7, 2002). BigBang, Det er typisk norsk å være retrobra (in Norwegian)
  2. 1 2 Andersen, Svein, Aftenposten (March 7, 2002). Ypperlige melodier (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Norsk pop- og rockleksikon (2005). BigBang Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Vega Forlag. (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Moslet, Håkon, Dagbladet (February 15, 2002). Skate or die (in Norwegian)
  5. ↑ Kemp, Anders, Dagens Næringsliv: D2 (August 21, 2008). Øystein Greni (in Norwegian)
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