Under the Surface

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Under the Surface
Under the Surface cover
Studio album by Marit Larsen
Released March 2006
Recorded 2005
Genre Pop/Folk/Rock
Length 37:02
Label EMI
Producer Kåre Vestrheim
Professional reviews

Under the Surface is the debut album from Norwegian singer-songwriter Marit Larsen which was released on March 6, 2006. All but three of the songs on the album were written solely by Marit herself. The album went gold in Norway after selling more than 20,000 copies in less than 3 weeks. In the first week of its release, the album reached number 3 on the sales chart in Norway. The album spent 52 weeks on VG Topp 40 and 62 weeks on VG Topp 30 Norsk and so far, it has sold more than 46,000 copies and has gone platinum.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Duration
1. "In Came the Light" Marit Larsen 01:12
2. "Under the Surface" Marit Larsen 04:14
3. "Don't Save Me" Marit Larsen, Peter Zizzo 03:48
4. "Only A Fool " Marit Larsen 04:06
5. "Solid Ground" Marit Larsen 03:26
6. "This Time Tomorrow" Marit Larsen 03:20
7. "Recent Illusion" Marit Larsen 02:05
8. "The Sinking Game" Marit Larsen, Kåre Vestrheim 03:52
9. "To an End" feat. Thom Hell Marit Larsen, Egil Clausen 03:44
10. "Come Closer" Marit Larsen 04:08
11. "Poison Passion" Marit Larsen 03:00

[edit] Singles

Year Single VG Lista Topp 20 Radio 102: Topp 40
2006 "Don't Save Me" 1 1
2006 "Under The Surface" 6 1
2006 "Only A Fool" 14 3
2007 "Solid Ground" - 1

[edit] Charts

Norwegian Topp 40 Albums
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Chart Position 3 5 12 15 22 24 24 19 21 28 28 11 17 33 29 11 16 11 10 15 16 16 20 24 40 32
Week 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Chart Position 34 36 34 32 29 20 23 40 34 34 40 29 26 23 33 35 40 26 24 32 40 28 33 32 29 25

[edit] Technical Credits

  • Stian Andersen - Photography
  • Erland Dahlen - Percussion, Drums
  • Silje Haugan - Violin
  • Lars Horntveth - Conductor, String Arrangements
  • Martin Horntveth - Percussion, Drums, Clapping
  • Vegard Johnsen - Violin
  • Frode Larsen - Violin
  • Marit Larsen - Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Harmonica, Mandolin, Percussion, Piano, Arranger, Glockenspiel, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Clapping, Cover Design, Tambor, Guitar (Nylon String)
  • Odd Nordstoga - Guitar (Acoustic), Accordion
  • Kåre Vestrheim - Producer