Scandinavian Leather

Scandinavian Leather
Studio album by Turbonegro
Released	April 28, 2003
Recorded	2002
Studio	Crystal Canyon, Oslo, November–December
Genre	Glam punk
Length	46:24
Label	Burning Heart Records
Producer	Knut Schreiner, Turbonegro
Turbonegro chronology
Love It to Deathpunk (2001) Scandinavian Leather (2003) Party Animals (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(2.3/10) [2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Scandinavian Leather is an album by the Norwegian band Turbonegro that followed the band's reunion in 2002 and was released in April 2003 on Burning Heart Records in Sweden, on Bitzcore Records in Germany, on JVC/Victor Records in Japan and on May 6, 2003 on Epitaph Records in the United States.

Music and lyrics

With Scandinavian Leather Turbonegro returned to the rock'n roll world as potent and powerful as never before. The album is essentially a continuation of the path beaten by its predecessor Apocalypse Dudes but it presents many more facettes to the sound known as 'deathpunk'. While the songwriting is reminiscent of the purity and simplicity of the Ramones, the sound is much more multi-layered and refined with ingredients such as pompous string arrangements, utterly harmonic backing vocals, unexpected leaps in frenetic arena rock as well as psychedelic undertones which results in the introduction of the new term "Rainbow Rock":^[4] deathpunk with a pop sensibility if you will.

Track listing

All songs by Turbonegro.

1. "The Blizzard of Flames" – 1:57
2. "Wipe It 'til It Bleeds" – 3:43
3. "Gimme Some" – 3:11
4. "Turbonegro Must Be Destroyed" – 3:10
5. "Sell Your Body (To The Night)" – 4:29
6. "Remain Untamed" – 4:16
7. "Train of Flesh" – 3:46
   • contains a prelude to "Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" at the end
8. "Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" – 4:12
9. "Locked Down" – 3:21
10. "I Want Everything" – 2:51
11. "Drenched in Blood (D.I.B.)" – 3:58
    • contains a prelude to "Le Saboteur" at the end
12. "Le Saboteur" – 2:56
13. "Ride With Us" – 4:34

Personnel

• Hank Von Helvete (Hans Erik Dyvik Husby) – vocals
• Euroboy (Knut Schreiner) – lead guitar
• Rune Rebellion (Rune Grønn) – rhythm guitar
• Pål Pot Pamparius (Pål Bottger Kjærnes) – Keyboards, Saxophone and percussion
• Happy-Tom (Thomas Seltzer) – bass guitar
• Chris Summers (Christer Engen) – drums

Additional musicians

• Krisvaag – drums on "The Blizzard of Flames" arranged and performed with Chris Summers
• Ivar Winther – flute on "Wipe It 'Til It Bleeds"
• Lars Horntvedt – string arrangements with Euroboy
• Mariann Thomassen – additional backing vocals on "Train of Flesh"
• Tomas Dahl – additional backing vocals on "Drenched In Blood (D.I.B.)"
• Torgny Amdam – additional backing vocals on "Ride With Us"

Cops on "The Blizzard of Flames" by Odd the God and Happy-Tom

Production

• Joe Barresi – mixing
• Stefan Boman – engineer
• Sebastian Ludvigsen – photography
• Anders Møller – engineer
• Marius Bodin Larsen – engineer
• Henke Jonsson – mastering
• Knut Schreiner – producer
• Turbonegro – producer
• Klaus Voormann – cover Art

References

1. Scandinavian Leather at AllMusic
2. Pitchfork Media review
3. Rolling Stone review
4. "PlayLouder – Turbonegro: Dr Rock VS Turbonegro!!!". PlayLouder. 2003-12-22. Retrieved 2007-06-08.