''Gas 5'' was

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 ...

s fifth album in five years and was released in October 1975. From the humble beginnings of their debut album they had developed into a confident

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band with this release. In hindsight, ''Gas 5'' may be considered to be their definitive album.

Overview

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provided a big powerful "

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rock sound", while Wolfgang Käfer would provide the strings to the epic rock songs: "Rabalderstræde", "Fatherless Hill" and "Sct. Emitri". Wili Jönsson played the

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on the latter song. The

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of "Kvinde min" and the reflective

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of "Masser af success" shows a gentle side too. ''Gas 5'' was the first Gasolin' album to include songs with English lyrics (if you do not include the albums that Gasolin' released only for the international market). From this album "Rabalderstræde" / "Kvinde min" and "Refrainet er frit" / "Good Time Charlie" were released as singles. ''Gas 5'' was recorded at Rosenberg Studio in

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with Freddy Hansson as sound engineer. For the first time ever in Denmark an album was recorded with a 24-track mix board. That board was also used for the album cover. ''Gas 5'' was released on CD in 1987 with ''

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'' (1976), but due to lack of space "Good Time Charlie" was omitted. It was remastered for CD in 1991 and is also included on '' The Black Box''

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(2003). ''Gas 5'' was released with English lyrics as ''

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'' in England and as ''Gasolin' '' in USA. It was also released in Spain in Danish with "Rabalderstræde" / "Sjagge" as single.

Track list

#"Rabalderstræde" (Larsen-Jönsson/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 4:56 #"Fatherless Hill" (Larsen-Gasolin'/Larsen) - 4:15 #"Lonesome Avenue" (Larsen) - 3:25 #"Sjagge" (Pedersen-Gasolin'/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:07 #"Masser af succes" (Larsen/Larsen-Mogensen) - 3:33 #"Refrainet er frit" (Gasolin'/Gasoln'-Mogensen) - 4:13 #"Kvinde min" (Larsen/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 2.42 #"1975" (Larsen/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 3:32 #"Sct. Emetri" (Larsen-Jönsson/Gasolin'-Mogensen) - 4:43 #"Good Time Charlie" (Gasolin'/Gasolin'-Malone) - 3:59 Note: Mogens Mogensen and Skip Malone co-wrote lyrics with Gasolin'

Credits

Gasolin'

*Franz Beckerlee -

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, moog *

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 ...

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*Søren Berlev -

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Wili Jønsson Wili, WILI or Willi may refer to: People * Heinrich Willi, who described Prader–Willi syndrome * Herbert Willi (born 1956), Austrian composer * Wili Jønsson, member of the Danish rock band Gasolin' Other uses * WILI (AM), a radio station in W ...

- bass,

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, vocals with *

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and

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on "Lonesome Avenue", "Kvinde Min" and "Good Time Charlie" *Produced by

*Engineered by Freddy Hansson *Recorded in Rosenberg Studio during June 1975

References

{{Authority control Gasolin' albums 1975 albums Albums produced by Roy Thomas Baker