''Soldier's Gun'' is the first
studio album by the
Norwegian
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hard rock band
Stage Dolls. The album was recorded in the fall of 1984 at Nidaros Studios in
Trondheim
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,
Norway
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with the same producer, Bjørn Nessjø, and engineer, Rune Nordahl, as fellow Trondheim hard-rockers
TNT
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. The album was released in the early winter of 1985 after a successful nationwide tour in Norway supporting the same TNT. ''Soldier's Gun'' barely made it onto the Norwegian album chart
(VG) for one week as number 20. The album sold in excess of 20,000 copies in Norway.
Track listing
# "Queen of Hearts" – 3:09
# "Soldier's Gun" – 4:04
# "Ten Tons" – 3:34
# "While the Bombs are Falling" – 2:30
# "Tonight" – 4:03
# "Left Foot Boogie" – 3:27
# "Way of the World" – 2:32
# "Red Rose" – 2:21
# "Photograph" – 4:40
# "Shout" – 3:41
Personnel
*
Torstein Flakne - lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitar
*Terje Storli - bass, backing vocals
*Erlend Antonsen - drums, percussion
References
Discography* Album sleevenotes
* VG lista (Norwegian albumcharts) http://lista.vg.no/
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1985 debut albums
Stage Dolls albums