''The Early Bedroom Sessions'' is a second compilation album of

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that was recorded by Swedish musician

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. The album is composed of 23 tracks in Swedish and English taken from his earlier releases. It was first released digitally on the Rush Hour label from 3 December 2012 and was later released as a double CD album on

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on 29 January 2013.

Release and reception

Basshunter's previous compilation album ''The Old Shit'' was released in 2006.Release of ''The Old Shit'': * * Requires

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software. * On 27 October 2012 Basshunter announced he would release old material he recorded before he signed to a record label. In November Basshunter announced his tracks would be released in the United States that month. The compilation was released digitally on 3 December by Rush Hour and on 23 January 2013

released the album as a double CD package. The album contains 23 tracks in Swedish and English and has a running time of 112 minutes and 56 seconds. "Bass Worker" is the opening track and "Wizard Elements" is the closing track. The longest song on the album is "Syndrome de Abstenencia", which runs for six minutes and 35 seconds. "The Bass Machine" is the shortest track, lasting two minutes and 24 seconds. Ten of the album's songs were originally released on previous studio album ''

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'' (2004); seven songs are from ''The Old Shit'' (2006), one song "Go Down Now" was released on the single "

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" (2008), "Trance Up" is from promotional single "Syndrome de Abstenencia" (2004), and the promotional single "Wacco Will Kick Your Ass" (2005). The tracks "Rainbow Stars", "Try to Stop Us" and "Wizard Elements" had not been released previously. Track "Counterstrike the Mp3" was dedicated to his ''

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'' clan. "Wacco Will Kick Your Ass" is also dedicated for his ''Counter-Strike'' clan Waccos. David Jeffries from

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, who also reviewed Basshunter's album ''

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'', said ''The Early Bedroom Sessions'' is dedicated to loyal fans because the tracks it includes are barely connected stylistically and because of problems with the availability of ''The Bassmachine'' and ''The Old Shit''. Release of album was also covered by Swedish newspaper ''

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''.

Track listing

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Early Bedroom Sessions 2012 compilation albums Electronic albums by Swedish artists Swedish-language compilation albums Ultra Records albums Basshunter albums