''Blissard'' is the fifth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho. It was the first where the band tried to bring some more focused and pre-written songs to tape, as opposed to their earlier working technique of doing lot of experimentation and brainstorming in the studio. It is often ranked among their best works by fans and critics.

Track listing

LP track listing

Blissard was also released on heavy-weight double vinyl to be played at 45 rpm. The track listing was as follows.

Track listing 2012 4-CD reissue

A 4-disc deluxe edition was released 23. November 2012 by

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, and includes the original album, the KiT-sessions, an additional mix of the original album with different track listing, as well as a fourth disc with B-sides and rarities.

Disc 1: The Original Album

#Sinful, Wind-borne #"Drug Thing" #Greener #'s Numbness #The Nerve Tattoo #True Middle #S.T.G. #Manmower #Fool's Gold #Nathan Daniel's Tune From Hawaii

Disc 2: When the World Sleeps (The KiT-sessions, 1994)

#Stalemate #Flick of the Wrist #When the World Sleeps #Black W'abbit #The Ballad of Patrick & Putrick #7th Dream #Mad Sun

Disc 3: The Pidah Mixes

#Sinful, Wind-borne #"Drug Thing" #Greener #The Matter With Her #'s Numbness #The Nerve Tattoo #Manmower #Like Always #True Middle #S.T.G. #Stalemate

Disc 4: The Ones That Got Away B-sides, rehearsal tapes, the Atlantis psychosis files...

#The Nerve Tattoo #Of Beacons & Beams #The Wheel #Pale Day #Mad Sun (short version) #A Saw Sage Full of Secretion #Heaven and Hell #Sterling Says #Never Judge #Baby Scooter #In the Midst of All That #Silver Tongue #Dave Gave Up #That Dying Breed #"Drug Thing" #A Shortcut to the Stars #La Luna #Atlantis Swing #Familjen tar plats i studion/Fyra kvällar session #Jazz på trøndska

Personnel

* Bent Sæther: vocals, bass, guitars, taurus, *

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: lead and rhythm guitars, vocals, taurus, banjo *

Håkon Gebhardt Håkon Gebhardt (born 21 June 1969 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian musician, multi-instrumentalist and record producer living in Trondheim. Career Gebhardt developed his musical interests when he attended the Music program ...

: drums *Morten Fagervik: rhythm guitars, mellotron, clavinette, viscount organ, piano, vibraphone, vocals with: *

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(Deathprod): samples, echoplex, oscillator, theremin *

Ole Henrik Moe Ole Henrik Moe (11 January 1920 – 29 July 2013) was a Norwegian pianist, art historian and art critic. He was born in Lillehammer, and is the brother of archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad. During World War II he was a member of the intelligen ...

(Ohm): saw, violins *Bitten Forsudd: backing vocals *Rolf Yngve Uggen: backing vocals *Matt Burt: voice *M. Banto: pandeiro

Book

The deluxe edition released in 2012 was accompanied by a 330-page book about the album, written by Norwegian author

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. The book was released in both hardback (limited to 980 copies) and pocket editions. The book was published by Falck forlag, as a part of an ongoing series of books related to

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