release date: Sep. 8, 2008
format: cd
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,98]
producer: Morten Bue, Henrik Balling, Marie Key Band
label: Genlyd, Sony BMG - nationality: Denmark
Track highlights: 1. "Bum bum" - 2. "Almindelig dag" - 8. "Dope" - 10. "Går hun ikke meget for sig selv?" - 11. "Fjernsyn"
2nd and final studio album by Marie Key Band after which songwriter, composer, and lead vocalist Marie Key initiated a more succesful solo career. Most track are credited Key solely, which may have led to her trying out a career on her own. The style is much like on the debut just with a more up-tempo pop beat on top of the folk pop compositions. Although, the album in some ways betters the debut, it's still not the fulfillment of what the debut pointed towards. Musically, there are better arrangements here but lyrically, I find the debut more entertaining. Best tracks here are "Almindelig dag" co-written by Anne Linnet and "Går hun ikke meget for sig selv?" whereas the remainders don't match the same level, and it remains a fine attempt that doesn't take the band into what had been initiated 2½ years earlier, nor does it come close to the releases by Marie Key as a solo artist.
[ Gaffa.dk 4 / 6 stars ]
