''Ode to Ochrasy'' is the third studio album by

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. The first single to be from the album was "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll"; the second was "Good Morning, Herr Horst". "The Wildfire (If It Was True)" appears in the video game ''

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''.

Track listing

All songs written by Dixgård/Norén. # "Welcome Home, Luc Robitaille" – 4:33 # "Killer Kaczynski" – 2:31 # "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll" – 2:49 # "The Wildfire (If It Was True)" – 4:25 # "You Don't Understand Me" – 4:09 # "Tony Zoulias (Lustful Life)" – 3:22 # "Amsterdam" – 3:23 # "TV & Me" – 3:46 # "Josephine" – 4:27 # "The New Boy" – 3:22 # "Morning Paper Dirt" – 2:30 # "Good Morning, Herr Horst" – 1:57 # "Song for Aberdeen" – 3:22 # "Ochrasy" – 3:17 * Vinyl bonus tracks # "San Francisco Bay" (Previously Unreleased) # "Duel of the Dynamite" (previously unreleased) # "With or Without Love" (

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) # "Moonshine Fever" (previously unreleased) # "Chi" (

) * iTunes bonus track # "Moonshine Fever" (previously unreleased) * US bonus tracks # "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll (Video)" # "Good Morning, Herr Horst (Video)" # "TV & Me (Video)" * UK bonus tracks # "San Francisco Bay" (previously unreleased) # "With or Without Love" (

) # "Moonshine Fever" (previously unreleased) # "Chet Baker" (

) * Japan bonus tracks # "This Is the Modern" (previously unreleased) # "Chet Baker" (

B-Side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...

) * Limited edition bonus disc # "San Francisco Bay" (previously unreleased) # "Duel of the Dynamite" (previously unreleased) # "With or Without Love" (

) # "Moonshine Fever" (previously unreleased) # "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll (Video)" # "Welcome Home Luc Robitaille (Studio Footage)"

Personnel

Björn Dixgård Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård (born 8 May 1981) is a Swedish musician (vocals, guitar). He is the frontman of the Swedish band Mando Diao. Biography 220px, Dixgård in 2013 Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård was born on 8 May 1981, near Falun, Sweden, as the ...

– vocals, guitar *

Gustaf Norén Gustaf Erik David Norén (born 1 February 1981 in Borlänge) is a Swedish musician (songwriting, vocals, guitar) and actor. He was previously one of the two frontmen of the Swedish band Mando Diao and is one half of the duo ''Gustaf & Viktor Nor ...

– vocals, guitar *

Carl-Johan Fogelklou Carl-Johan Peter Crispin Fogelklou (born 15 August 1980, in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish musician (bass, vocals). He is bass player of the Swedish band Mando Diao. Biography Carl-Johan Peter Crispin Fogelklou, bass player of Swedish rock band Ma ...

– bass *

Mats Björke Mats Anders Björke (born 10 June 1982 in Falun, Sweden) is a Swedish musician (keyboard) and producer. From 2004 to 2014, he was a member of the Swedish band Mando Diao. Biography Mats Anders Björke was born on June 10, 1982, in Falun (Sweden) ...

– keyboards *

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– drums *Andreas Forsman – violin (9, 10, 13) *

Erik Arvinder Erik Arvinder (born 1984) is a Swedish violinist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, orchestrator and conductor known for his work with artists such as Avicii, Childish Gambino, John Legend, Galantis and deadmau5. Early life and influences Arvi ...

– violin (9, 10, 13) *Erik Holm – violin (9, 10, 13) *Anna Landberg Dager – cello (9, 10, 13) *Goran Kajfes – trumpet (2, 4) *Per Johansson – tenor saxophone (2, 4) *Gabriel Munck – background vocals (8)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

The first single from the album, "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll", is Mando Diao's eleventh single. The song was played on

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and is known for its shoutpart. The song was performed at

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when the band appeared there on 25 May 2007. "Good Morning, Herr Horst" is the second single. It was only released in

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; in the rest of Europe, TV & Me was released instead. The song is named for Horst Holtfreter (1957-2021), a German-born homeless busker who was known for playing the

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on the streets of central

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. "TV & Me" is the third single. "The Wildfire (If It Was True)" is the fourth single. It was released as a download only, except for some radio promotional CDs. In the US, the single was expanded to an EP, removing the original B-side remix and adding three rare tracks from various European releases. "The Wildfire" appears in the video game ''

''. "Ochrasy" is the fifth and final single. The single was released on European

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with no B-sides.

References

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