Demon Box (album)

Demon Box
Studio album by Motorpsycho
Released	February 1993
Recorded	Dec 1992/Jan 1993
Genre	Rock
Length	71:58 (CD) 89:23 (LP)
Label	Voices of Wonder Rune Grammofon
Producer	Motorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology
8 Soothing Songs for Rut (1992) Demon Box (1993) Timothy's Monster (1994)

Demon Box is the third full-length studio album by Norwegian rock-band Motorpsycho. Released in 1993, it saw the band earn their name as one of the most important bands in Norway.^[1]

LP track listing

Side A:

1. "Waiting for the One" - 2:50 (Sæther)
2. "Nothing to Say" - 5:18 (Sæther)
3. "Feedtime" - 5:15 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
4. "Gutwrench" - 4:45 (Sæther)
5. "Sunchild" - 4:05 (Sæther)

Side B:

1. "Mountain" - 11:12 (Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt/Lien/Sten)
2. "Tuesday Morning" - 4:22 (Ryan/Sæther)
3. "All Is Loneliness" - 5:08 (Moondog)

Side C:

1. "Come On In" - 2:40 (Sæther)
2. "Step Inside Again" - 3:39 (Sæther)
3. "Demon Box" - 17:06 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sten/Sæther)

Side D:

1. "Babylon" - 2:30 (Sæther)
2. "Mr. Who?" - 1:46 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
3. "Junior" - 4:34 (Sæther)
4. "Plan #1" - 7:39 (Ryan/Sæther/Burt)
5. "Sheer Profoundity" - 3:37 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
6. "The One Who Went Away" - 3:13 (Sæther)

The first pressing of 500 copies and the American version (?) have sides A and D on one record and sides B and C on the other.

CD track listing

1. "Waiting for the One" – 2:50 (Sæther)
2. "Nothing to Say" – 5:18 (Sæther)
3. "Feedtime" – 5:15 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
4. "Sunchild" – 4:05 (Sæther)
5. "Tuesday Morning" – 4:22 (Ryan/Sæther)
6. "All Is Loneliness" – 5:08 (Moondog)
7. "Come On In" – 2:40 (Sæther)
8. "Step Inside Again" – 3:39 (Sæther)
9. "Demon Box" – 17:06 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sten/Sæther)
10. "Babylon" – 2:30 (Sæther)
11. "Junior" – 4:34 (Sæther)
12. "Plan #1" – 7:39 (Ryan/Sæther/Burt)
13. "Sheer Profoundity" – 3:37 (Gebhardt/Ryan/Sæther)
14. "The One Who Went Away" – 3:13 (Sæther)

The tracks "Gutwrench", "Mountain" and "Mr. Who" were omitted from the CD edition in order to fit the album onto one disc.

2014 reissue

Demon Box was reissued on both vinyl and cd in 2014 on Norwegian label Rune Grammofon. The vinyl edition was issued in a limited transparent vinyl edition, as well as regular, non-limited black vinyl edition. The cd version is a non-limited extended 5-disc issue, containing the original album in its entirety for the first time on cd, the Mountain and Another Ugly EPs, as well as outtakes, alternate versions and live tracks. The fifth disc is a video recording of a show at the Vera club in Groningen, the Netherlands on 19 September 1993.

Personnel

• Bent Sæther: vocals, bass, guitars, organ bass, synth bass, percussion, taurus, cymbals, toy piano
• Hans Magnus Ryan: guitars, vocals, sitar, mandolin, flutes, violin, drums, taurus
• Håkon Gebhardt: drums, percussion, guitars, ARP Axxe, vocals

with:

• Lars Lien: piano, hammond organ, mellotron, vocals
• Helge Sten (Deathprod): samples, echomachines, synth bass, taurus, "various machines making lotsa noise"
• Vegard Moen: sitar (on "All is Loneliness")
• Winifried & Arvid Ryan: piano & violin in a vintage recording from 1966 (on "Demon Box")
• Matt Burt: narration (on "Plan #1")^[2]

References