''Killin' Time'' was recorded in the spring of 1977 and released in Denmark in the summer of 1978. In Sweden it was released as ''Tivoli''. It was

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s fourth and last album with English lyrics. Actually it was their last studio album release, although ''

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'' was the last album they recorded. ''Killin' Time'' was produced by

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because Gasolin' wanted someone who could produce an "American" sound so they could break the lucrative American market. However, Gasolin' was not satisfied with Pappalardi's mix and the record company would not release it in the USA because they did not believe that ''Killin' Time'' would sell. It was shelved for a year, and then released using another mix by Franz Beckerlee. (The original Pappalardi mix can be heard in ''

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'') ''Killin' Time'' is the only of the four albums with English lyrics that include almost only original material ("Closer", "Magic Garden" and "Sing My Song" are the exceptions). Steven Lemberg wrote the lyrics and some music too. (He also wrote the lyrics to

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's ''Kim Larsen og Yankee drengene'' (1978)). Felix Pappardi played bass and keyboards on several tracks. From this album "Girl You Got Me Lonely" / "In the Wings" were released on single in the original Felix Pappalardi mix. ''Killin' Time'' was released on cd in 1997 as ''

'' and in 2004 in its own name with the Franz Beckerlee mix. It was recorded in Sweet Silence Studio in Copenhagen with Freddy Hansson and Flemming Rasmussen. The latter would later produce ''Ride the Lightning'', ''Master of Puppets'' and ''..And Justice for All'' for

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Track listing

# "Girl You Got Me Lonely" (Gasolin'-Sørensen/Lemberg) - 3:02 # "Closer" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 4:04 # "Jailbait" (Lemberg) - 3:49 # "Let It Flow" (Gasolin'-Dorf/Lemberg) - 3:30 # "Snow Queen" (Lemberg) - 3:01 # "Killin' Time" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 2:32 # "In the Wings" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 3:08 # "Highschool" (Lemberg) - 2:53 # "Stop" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 2:56 # "Sing My Song" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 4:32 # "Magic Garden" (Gasolin'/Lemberg) - 1:50

Credits

Gasolin'

*Franz Beckerlee -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, moog,

e-bow The EBow, short for electronic bow or energy bow, is an electronic device used for playing string instruments, most often the electric guitar. It is manufactured by Heet Sound Products, of Los Angeles, California. It was invented by Greg Heet i ...

, 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,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, guitar, piano *Søren Berlev -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, vocals *

- bass, keyboards *Produced by

*Recorded in Sweet Silence Studio during spring 1977 *Engineered by Freddy Hansson and

Flemming Rasmussen Flemming Rasmussen (born 1 January 1958) is a Danish sound engineer, record producer, and owner and founder of Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rasmussen is currently main engineer/producer at Sweet Silence North in Helsingør. Biog ...

*Mixed by Franz Beckerlee

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Killin' Time (Gasolin' Album) Gasolin' albums 1978 albums Albums produced by Felix Pappalardi