Retox (album)

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Retox
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Studio album by
Turbonegro
Released11 June 2007
RecordedMay–December 2006
StudioCrystal Canyon Studio & Fagerborg Lydstudio (Oslo, Norway)
GenreGlam punk
LabelScandinavian Leather Recordings (Norway)
Playground Music (Sweden)
Edel Music (Europe)
Bitzcore Records (Germany)
Shock Records (Australia)
Cooking Vinyl (UK & US)
ProducerJohn Agnello, Turbonegro
Turbonegro chronology
Small Feces
(2005) 		Retox
(2007) 		Sexual Harassment
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]

Retox is the seventh album by Norwegian band Turbonegro. This is the first release under the band's newly created Scandinavian Leather Recordings. The album was released on 11 June 2007 in Norway, 13 June 2007 in Sweden, and on 15 June 2007 in the rest of Europe (excluding the UK). It was released on 23 June 2007 in Australia, 9 July 2007 in the UK, and 14 August 2007 in the United States.[2]

According to Turbonegro, Retox is "a nihilistic homo punk metal bikermovie: Full of speed, power, humiliation and freedom!". "Retox is rock music that's been up for 5 days without sleeping, able to see more than most people, but not seeing anything exactly clear."[3] They have also added: "We survived Grunge, Britpop, House music, Hip Hop, new rock revolution, dance rock, but maybe not new rave..? People say we've been making the same record for 10 years, that's not right. We've been making the same record for 4-5 years."[3]

The club Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg, Sweden held a Retox release party on 15 June, which also coincided with Hank's 35th birthday. The band was in attendance, equipped with several giveaways and playing some songs.

It is the final Turbonegro album to feature vocalist Hank von Helvete and drummer Chris Summers.

Recording process[]

After recording a demo in May 2006 at Knut's Crystal Canyon Studio the band recorded the basic tracks at Fagerborg Lydstudio and returned to Crystal Canyon again to finish the recordings together with Anders Møller (of Gluecifer and Euroboys among others). In January 2007 Knut, Tom and Chris traveled to the USA to mix the album together with John Agnello (who previously worked a lot with Dinosaur Jr., and just recently for Sonic Youth's last album Rather Ripped) at Water Music in Hoboken, New Jersey. The band selected 11 of the 23 songs and sent them for mastering to Ted Jensen (who has also worked on Green Day's American Idiot album) at Sterling Sound, New York City.

Track listing[]

  1. "We're Gonna Drop the Atom Bomb" - 3:41
  2. "Welcome to the Garbage Dump" - 1:58
  3. "Hell Toupée" - 3:27
  4. "Stroke the Shaft" - 3:19
  5. "No, I'm Alpha Male" - 3:13
  6. "Do You Do You Dig Destruction" - 3:46
  7. "I Wanna Come" - 3:37
  8. "You Must Bleed/All Night Long" - 2:39
  9. "Hot and Filthy" - 3:15
  10. "Boys from Nowhere" - 3:29
  11. "Everybody Loves a Chubby Dude" - 3:48
  12. "What is Rock?!" - 7:49
  13. "Back In Denim" - 4:10 (Lawrence; originally performed by Denim) (special edition digipak bonus track)
  14. "Into the Void" - 3:05 (Special Edition Digipak bonus track)
  15. "Levelled Karma" (Australian iTunes bonus track)

Personnel[]

  • Hank von Helvete (Hans Erik Dyvik Husby) – vocals
  • Euroboy (Knut Schreiner) – lead guitar
  • Rune Rebellion (Rune Grønn) – rhythm guitar
  • Pål Pot Pamparius (Pål Bottger Kjærnes) – rhythm guitar
  • Happy-Tom (Thomas Seltzer) – bass
  • Chris Summers (Christer Engen) – drums
  • John Agnello – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering

References[]

  1. ^ Retox at AllMusic
  2. ^ MySpace page
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mess+Noise: New Turbonegro - Retox". Mess+Noise. Retrieved 9 June 2007.

External links[]

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