''Gør det Noget'' is Danish

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Gasolin's seventh studio album. When

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released ''Gør det Noget'' in November 1977 (translation: "does it matter" or "so what"), they knew it was their last album. After the ambitious ''

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'' and ''

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'', Gasolin' decided to make a garage-rock album. Therefore, the service of

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was not needed and ''Gør det Noget'' was produced by

and "Rocco" Tommy Bogs. The sound on ''Gør det Noget'' is raw and thunderous and songs such as "Jumbo Number Nul" and "Kina Rock" sounds like

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. Sentimental ballads like "Kattemor" and "Længes Hjem" has a rawness due to the minimalist production, but all the songs are still very catchy. Especially "Det bedste til mig og mine venner" and "Strengelegen". From this album "Jumbo Nummer Nul" / "Kattemor" and "Kina Rock" / "Længes Hjem" were released as singles. ''Gør det Noget'' was recorded in Sweet Silence Studio in

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and engineered by Freddy Hansson and Flemming Rasmussen. Flemming Rasmussen would go on to produce

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. ''Gør det Noget'' was released on CD in 1989. It was remastered and included on '' The Black Box''

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in 2003.

Track listing

All songs written by Gasolin', lyrics by Gasolin' and Mogens Mogensen except where noted #"Det bedste til mig og mine venner" - 4:24 #"Smukke Møller" - 2:20 #"Jumbo nummer nul" - 3:25 #"December i New York" - 2:26 #"Place Sct. Michelle" - 3:03 #"Strengelegen" (Gasolin') - 3:55 #"Get on the Train" (Gasolin'/Gasolin'-O. Ahlstrup-M. Mogensen) - 2:17 #"Kattemor" - 3:25 #"Bob-shi-bam" (Gasolin'/Gasolin'-M. Parkvist-M. Mogensen) - 3:53 #"Længes hjem" - 3:00 #"Gør det noget" - 3:02 #"Kina rock" (Gasolin') - 3:00

Credits

Gasolin'

*Franz Beckerlee -

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, moog,

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, vocals *

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, vocals,

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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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, guitar, piano *Søren Berlev -

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, vocals *Recorded and mixed in Sweet Silence Studio during September 1977 *Engineered by Freddy Hansson and

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*Produced by Rocco and his brothers (original credit)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gor Det Noget Gasolin' albums 1977 albums Columbia Records albums Danish-language albums