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Morning Star Expanded

by Flunk

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Double LP version of the expanded version of Morning Star, 2022 re-mastered and vinyl cut by StarDelta Mastering.

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    New remastered version of the Morning Star album, including five bonus tracks from the Play America EP.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: since this CD is printed in low numbers, it is copied (burnt) onto CD-R discs. It is however done at a professional pressing plant, they use the market's absolute best CD substrate (Japanese Mitsui). The cover is in proper full colour offset/digital printing.

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1.
Everyone Every singer and every song Everyone Every lover who's love has gone It's a soothing delight And it's moving my life Everyone Every singer and every song Everyone Every beggar and every bum Everyone Every lover who's lover's gone So cold, cold, yet beautiful Everybody knows that life can be wonderful It's a soothing delight And it's moving my life Everyone Every sinner and every saint Everything Every picture and lick of paint Everyday Every sunrise and starry night So cold, cold, yet beautiful Everybody knows that life can be wonderful It's a soothing delight And it's moving my life Play
2.
You are my morning star You're my morning star It's just the way you are When the orange sky kiss the night goodbye It's not the way you move It's not the way you walk It's just the way you are oh, you're my morning star It's just the way you are You are my morning star My morning star
3.
Here comes summer Beaming in through my bedroom window There's a song on the radio You used to hum back then Here comes summer Still feels fresh as morning air Today I'll just stay here And do, well, whatever I'll do whatever Please, make summer last forever All I wanna do, is sit here on my balcony And think about you and me And how happy we could be Here comes summer Picking flowers in the early hours Without a care in the world Except perhaps for bees and birds Here comes summer I guess I'll stick to my master plan Stay away from the sea and sand And do, well, whatever I'll do whatever Please, make summer last forever All I wanna do, is sit here on my balcony And think about you and me And how happy we could be All I wanna do Think about you
4.
Sleeping beauty, where have you been You should know, I'm counting on you here Feels like clouds beneath your wings It is night, you see it like it is It is dark, have mercy on us all You should know, I'm counting on you here His kiss, his kiss, his kiss... of spring Let's talk about the weather And the snow Falling from the heavens like crystal feather The power of the powder The silence screams louder I feel cold This is a nation on hold It's the chill without the thrill I'm waiting for spring to come to my kingdom I manage to get down to the coffee shop It's the big freeze, I feel like a pork chop Jesus it's cold, must be a million below Nowhere to go, and the snow still falling Everything's gone white Still nothing looks bright There's no signs of daylight Every day is like eternal night I'm out of here soon I might be back in June It's the chill without the thrill I'm waiting for spring to come to my kingdom
5.
You've got it all six seven times You've got it all Makes me feel so fine And it's all there is It's typical of you Standing out in the pouring rain It's typical of you Looking like you do And the day I'll catch your eye Could another chance come by I should really know by now Would I ask you anyhow It's typical of you Looking like you do It's so typical of you Love me like you do You've got it all six seven times You've got it all Makes me feel so fine You've got it all six seven times You've got it all Makes me feel so fine And it's all there is It's typical of you Standing out in the pouring rain It's typical of you Looking so, so good There's moonlight and it's warm outside Just a little breeze come by I'm afraid to trip and fall Do you really excist at all? It's typical of you Looking like you do So typical of you Love me like you do You've got it all six seven times You've got it all Makes me feel so fine And it's all there is
6.
The only time I feel alright The only time I feel alright The only time I feel alright is by your side I'm not content to be with you in the day time Girl, I want to be with you all of the time I believe that you and me last forever Oh yeah, all day and night time yours, leave me never The only time I feel alright The only time I feel alright The only time I feel alright is by your side Girl, I want to be with you all of the time All of the day and all of the night
7.
When I see you I've been wasting all my time to tell you Oh when I meet you I've been waiting all my life to leave you But when I'm down again and I'm all alone When my head spins round and I'm feeling small Would you believe me If I told you that I tried all I could Would you deceive me If I choose to leave it all up to you But when I'm down again and I'm all alone When my head spins round and I'm feeling small When I see you Would I dare to leave it all behind It could be heavens hold, if you'd see It could be all I need, if you'd be here
8.
Bring your head against the wall So I can see where I will fall Bring your mind into my head Find your playing den All in all it's just a start All we had was more than that All in all I can't go back To where we started out So bring my head up to Mont Blanc So you will see what you would find Bring my head against the wall So you can see where I will go All in all it's just your fault Made me feel respect no more All in all I can't go back Blind My mind inside Bring your head against the wall So I can see where I will fall Bring my mind into my head Find your playing den All in all it's just your fault Made me feel respect no more All in all I can't go back Blind my mind inside All your lies Made me feel respect no more All your lies Blind my mind inside
9.
Everything is ending here And after all I have no more to say and everything is ending here And after all I have no more to say I am sick and tired of words I've been using them for all these years Every word I try to say Seem to end in tears Everything is ending here And after all I have no more to say Everything is ending here After all I have no more to say After all I have no more to say To you
10.
Choosing, losing Finding my way through the rain Losing, choosing All of my thoughts go insane And I can't go, where I want to And I can't go, where I want to Choosing, losing Finding my way through the rain Losing, choosing All of my thoughts go insane Finding my way through this lonely place It's just a rainy daze Finding my way through this lonely days It's such a rainy place And I can't go, where I choose And I can't go, where I want to Who would dare to bring me love?
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12.
I feel so extraordinary Something's got a hold on me I get this feeling I'm in motion A sudden sense of liberty I don't care 'cause I'm not there And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow Again and again I've taken too much Of the things that cost you too much I used to think that the day would never come I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun My morning sun is the drug that brings me near To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear I used to think that the day would never come That my life would depend on the morning sun When I was a very small girl Very small boys talked to me Now that we've grown up together They're afraid of what they see That's the price that we all pay The value of destiny comes to nothing I can't tell you where we're going I guess there's was no way of knowing I used to think that the day would never come I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun My morning sun is the drug that brings me near To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear I used to think that the day would never come That my life would depend on the morning sun I feel so extraordinary Something's got a hold on me I get this feeling I'm in motion A sudden sense of liberty The chances are we've gone too far You took my time and you took my money Now I fear you've left me standing In a world that's so demanding I used to think that the day would never come I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun My morning sun is the drug that brings me near To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear I used to think that the day would never come That my life would depend on the morning sun
13.
Probably Send me a mortar I'll torture you 'cause I've got no more I'll leave you alone I'll torture you 'Cause I've got no more Probably It's not a word you like to hear It's not my world you got to fear After all I hate you Probably Probably Send me a mortar I'll torture you 'cause I've got no more I'll leave you alone I'll torture you 'Cause I've got no more Probably It's not a word you like to hear It's not my world you got to fear After all I hate you Probably
14.
All my dreams on hold They're glittering like gold Waiting to unfold I'm seeking one of a kind A spirit to untwine The secrets of my mind You're in my mind this time Spirit of my kind In my mind this time Forever mine to find I'm seeking one of a kind And who would think I'd find A spirit of my mind You're in my mind this time Spirit of my mind In my mind this time Forever mine to find

about

In the autumn of 2003, Flunk - then consisting of producer/vocalist Ulf Nygaard, singer Anja Øyen Vister, guitarist Jo Bakke and drummer Erik Ruud - booked in at the Hotel de Roubaix in Paris. The framework for their second album "Morning Star" was recorded during a busy week in the Paris hotel room, before being worked out and finished in their Oslo studio early 2004.

The album was licensed to Kriztal Recordings in the USA the following year, and their version of the album included five tracks not on the original Beatservice Records versions, and omitting the Kinks cover "All Day and All Of The Night".

"Folk electronica" has been used by a.o. american press to describe Flunk, and on the "Morning Star" album, they have evolved this further. The album is pure indie pop, less electronica - all tracks built around Jo's trademark guitar sound and the voice of Anja Øyen Vister. They even deliver a country song!

On this expanded edition of the album, all of the US bonus tracks are included to the original Beatservice Records tracklisting, making it a 14 track album.

Two cover song are included: The Kinks' "All Day and All Of The Night", performed as a duet by Anja and Ulf. The cover is the most up-tempo track on the album, capturing the energy of the original Kinks' classic in Flunk's slightly odd way. There is also an acoustic live-in-studio version of New Order's "True Faith". But most of all "Morning Star" includes very strong original material. Both the title track "Morning Star", and the singles "On My Balcony" and "Blind My Mind" showcases the songwriting talents of Flunk.

The track "Play" didn't make it on the original release of the album. But the band did a total makeover of it for the US release, and the track ended up as the feature song in an episode of the show "The O.C.", and on the fourth "The O.C." compilation album.

Other tracks included from the US version of "Morning Star" are the beautiful "Probably" (originally recorded for the debut album "For Sleepyheads Only"), the New Order classic, "True Faith" (a different version than the b-side to "On My Balcony"), the poppy "Skysong" and the lush "All My Dreams On Hold".

"Morning Star" is an instantly tuneful pop injection, now further expanded and with a new superb sounding 2022 24-bit re-master.

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released August 15, 2022

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