Children of E.L.B.

Children of E.L.B.
Studio album by Soup
Released 2010
Genre Post-rock/progressive
Label VierSieben Records
Producer Erlinda Viken and Hans Magnus Ryan
Soup chronology
Come On Pioneers
(2008)		 Children of E.L.B.
(2010)		 The Beauty of our Youth
(2013)

Children of E.L.B. was released in February 2010 and is the second official album by Norwegian band Soup. This double CD is the first Soup release to be recorded as a band, rather than solo, by multi-instrumentalist, writer and singer Erlend Viken, and signals his growing confidence and ambition since winning a recording deal with How Is Annie Records in 2008.[1]

The album is co-produced by Motorpsycho guitarist Hans Magnus Ryan.[2] The lavish sleeve design is by Lasse Hoile, a well known artist in rock circles who has worked with the likes of Steven Wilson and Dream Theatre.

Despite being voted album of the year 2010 in Viken's home country of Norway by Paul A. Nordal in Panorama Media's annual music review, and being critically well received across a number of European countries, it remains a largely undiscovered classic.[3][4]

Track listing

  1. "We Share The Same Breath" – 5:22
  2. "Leaving The Harbour" – 4:31
  3. "In Memory Of Richard Wright" – 8:41
  4. "Streams" – 2:08
  5. "The Roots Are Decaying" – 7:13
  6. "Utopia" – 4:20
  7. "The Roots Are Decaying Pt 2" – 4:14
  8. "Playground Memories" – 7:49
  9. "She Had Set Out To Find The Sun" – 8:42
  10. "Surrounded By Ghosts" – 3:53
  11. "Children Of E.L.B. Pt 1 & 2" – 7:39
  12. "Glaciers" – 2:10
  13. "Northern Patriarch" – 3:34
  14. "0805" – 5:19
  15. "We Share The Same Breath Pt 2" – 5:50
  • All tracks written and arranged by Erlend Viken.

Personnel

  • Erlend Aastad Viken – vocals, keyboards
  • Ørjan Saur – guitars, backing vocals
  • Rune Leraand – bass, backing vocals
  • Sverre Leraand – drums
  • Hans Magnus Ryan – additional guitar (tracks 6, 8, 11)
  • Elling Snøfugl – cello (track 1)
  • Audun Berg Selfjord – cello (track 4)
  • Lars Magnus Steinum – violin (track 10)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dprp.net/reviews/201117.php#soup
  2. ↑ http://www.adressa.no/kultur/musikk/musikkanmeldelser/article1436311.ece
  3. ↑ http://panorama.no/2010/12/18/panoramas-anmeldere-oppsummerer-2010/
  4. ↑ http://www.progwereld.org/cms/album/soup-children-of-e-l-b//
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