''Sensory Overdrive'' is the sixth studio album by the Finnish glam rock singer Michael Monroe, released on 14 March 2011 through Spinefarm Records. It is Monroe's first studio album with his new backing band formed in early 2010, as well as his first studio solo album since the second break-up of his band Hanoi Rocks in 2009. The album was produced by famed record producer Jack Douglas, who has previously worked with

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, John Lennon, Miles Davis and more. In the UK Rock Chart, the album reached #13. In Finland, ’’Sensory Overdrive’’ topped the albums chart on its first week of release and spent 22 weeks in the Top 40. The album reached gold status in December 2011 with sales exceeding 10 000 copies, making it Monroe’s most successful solo album in his native Finland. On 9 November 2011 ’’Sensory Overdrive’’ won the ”Album of the Year” award at the 2011 Classic Rock magazine awards. The first single, ´78´, from the album was chosen as the Rock Song Of The Year by

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Track listing

Personnel

* Michael Monroe – lead vocals *

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– guitar, vocals *

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– guitar, vocals * Sami Yaffa – bass * Karl Rosqvist – drums, percussion ;Additional personnel * Lucinda Williams – vocals on "Gone Baby Gone" *

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– vocals on "Debauchery as a Fine Art"

References

{{Authority control 2011 albums Michael Monroe albums Spinefarm Records albums Albums produced by Jack Douglas (record producer)