''Fantastiske Toyota'' is the first album from the Danish pop and rock band,
TV-2. The album was released in 1981; the band was at the time a quintet as Niels Dan Andersen plays the sax and
keyboard
Keyboard may refer to:
Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
. When recording it, the drummer Sven Gaul was on holiday in the US, so Eigil Madsen plays the drums for most of the songs. The album proved a moderate success compared to the later albums of the band. ''Fantastiske Toyota'' reached sales of 28.000 records.
Track listing
Words and music by
Steffen Brandt
Steffen Brandt (born 14 June 1953 in Åbyhøj) is a Danish singer-songwriter and composer. Since 1981 he has been lead singer of rock group TV-2, as he also wrote both text and music to all the group's songs.
In 2003 he received the Modersmål ...
, except "Kolde hjerner" which contains an excerpt of the poem "Jeg er havren" by Danish poet
Jeppe Aakjær
Jeppe Aakjær (10 September 1866 – 22 (23) April 1930) was a Danish poet and novelist, a member of the ' Jutland Movement' in Danish literature". A regionalist, much of his writings were about his native Jutland. He was known for writings t ...
and "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var mig", lyrics by Brandt and Georg Olesen
References
1981 debut albums
TV-2 (band) albums
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