release date: Feb. 26, 1991
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,72]
producer: Kim Hyttel, Sort Sol
label: Columbia Records - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Siggimund Blue" - 2. "Daughter of Sad" - 3. "Girl of 1000 Tears" - 4. "Carry Me Into the Sun" - 5. "Midnight Train to Summer" (live) - 6. "Desdemona" (4 / 5)
5th studio album Sort Sol (third after renaming from Sods) released 4 years following Everything That Rises... and also reveals a rather bold change of style - just like the band has proved to develop new stylistic outputs from one album to next over the years - like a certified ingredient. The members list remains the same but the musical style has become more mainstream rock-oriented with focus on more traditional hard rock compositions and pop / rock chorus-lines. All tracks are credited all members of the band, although, the majority are written and composed by bassist Knud Odde. The album length is on the shorter side with a total running time at just over 30 mins.
With this, Sort Sol was all of a sudden on everyone's lips, and the album undoubtedly marks the band's commercial breakthrough allover Scandinavia. Tracks #1 and #4 were released as individual singles and tracks #1 and #5 were released on the same 7'' single and a 12'' also containing track #6 was issued in '92.
Three tracks from the album became national radio stables that year: "Siggimund Blue", "Carry Me Into the Sun", and "Midnight Train to Summer" - all of which will occasionally still be played on national radio stations. The first is absolutely great but I actually find that "Desdemona" is the best song on a truly fine album that I easily find their so far best. The first six tracks alone are truly great, and I would not have hesitated in handing it a 4 stars review if it wasn't for the last three compositions, which seems like mere fillers and given the short running time, there's not enough space for three fillers.
Still, Flow My Firetear is a highly recommended album.
