release date: 1986
format: cd (reissue)
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,68]
producer: Jens G. Nielsen, Thomas Brekling, Per Chr. Frost & Michael Falch
label: Medley - nationality: Denmark
2nd solo album by Michael Falch following Michael Falch (Mar. 1985) is a return to a strong American influence from especially Springsteen. The album was seen as the artist's response to much of the critique of rejecting his stylistic foundation with his pop-fueled debut. Especially the song "I et land uden høje bjerge" ('In country with no high mountains') came to define this album on which he narrates of Denmark as a country with no room for high aspirations. Pete Repete of Malurt contribute together with Jens G. Nielsen and Per Chr. Frost of Gnags, as well as several other contemporary Danish artists, which also include musicians of C.V. Jørgensen backing band..
The album hasn't aged too well, and even back then, I found it a dificult listen. In my ears, it sounds too strained and with too much will to show that he's still the rock front figure from Malurt - just with nothing much left but shear appearance. Back in '86 I would probably have handed this 1 out of 5 stars. In restrospect, it's still an attempt to tell his audience that his still around, but it's also an album with no memorable tracks, although, I like it better than his debut.
