''231045-0637'' is a

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album released in 1979 by

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish rock and pop musician. He was a major selling Scandinavian act with over 5 million albums sold. Career Kim Larsen was born in Copenhagen. Inspired by The Bea ...

, a

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rock musician. While

was a member of

Gasolin' Gasolin' were a Danish rock band from Christianshavn, Copenhagen, formed by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, and Wili Jønsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bjørn Uglebjerg. He was replaced by Søren Berlev in 1971. At their formatio ...

he released three solo albums, ''

Værsgo ''Værsgo'' is the debut album of Kim Larsen who formed Gasolin' in 1969 with Wili Jønsson and Franz Beckerlee. It was released in 1973 while he was still a member of Gasolin', and the album contains songs which were not found suitable for Gasol ...

'', ''Kim Larsen og Yankee drengene'' and ''Starfuckers: Vogt dem for efterligninger''. The three albums differ on some main points: ''Værsgo'' is sung in

with sparse orchestration; ''Kim Larsen og Yankee drengene'' is sung in English and recorded with American session musicians in Atlanta, and ''Starfuckers'' is a casual and jolly live recording. The three albums proved that Kim Larsen was a valid musician in his own right. 231045-0637 (his

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) was his first post-Gasolin' release, and it became a big seller in Denmark and confirmed his status as one of the best Danish songwriters. All 12 songs are very strong and ''Dagen før'', ''Blip-Båt'', ''Ud i det blå'' and ''Køb bananer'' are classic songs. The album (released in 1979) was recorded in Sweet Silence studios in

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and was produced by Nils Henriksen. The music on this album is unlike the

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more poppish and is the start of the electronic sounds that would dominate his next records such as ''Jungle Dreams'' and ''Midt om natten''. Musically ''231045-0637'' is a combination of the music he made in the 1970s and the music he would make in the 1980s.

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References

{{Authority control Kim Larsen albums 1979 albums Danish-language albums CBS Records albums