Overview
This is the first album to be published outside Norway. Warner Germany also re-released the previous full-length Clouds Rolling By in the country. The first record to be released in Germany was actually Girl In Oslo EP '01 edition, also known as "Girl In Oslo (Europe)".
Øystein Greni wrote the song "Frontside Rock 'n' Roll" as a tribute to two of his skater friends, who had died the same year. "Frontside Rock 'n' Roll" is also the name of a skateboard trick, a discipline Greni of which is a former European champion. The song uses various skateboard trick references.
"Fire & Oil" is a song co-written with Nikolai Eilertsen and documenting on the 11th of September 2001 events from the point of view of a kamikaze pilot. "Earphones" is an homage to Ray Charles. "One of a Kind" is dedicated to his friend the Norwegian film director Joachim Trier (hence the line "for my fiend Jo"). "Mercedes" is dedicated to 'M.E.O.' (Maria Eva Orieta) a performer from Argentina and Greni's then fiancee.
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