Melankton

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Melankton
Melankton cover
Studio album by Kate Havnevik
Released September 25, 2006
Recorded 2005
Genre Electronica/Alternative/Pop/Rock/Classical music
Length 60:00
Label Continentica Records
Producer(s) Guy Sigsworth, Carmen Rizzo, Kate Havnevik

Melankton is the debut album by Norwegian singer, Kate Havnevik, featuring the single "Unlike Me," as featured on the TV show, Grey's Anatomy. The album was released in her homecountry of Norway on April 10, 2006, before being issued in the UK, accompanied by a bonus track, entitled "Travel In Time," which was written and produced with Carmen Rizzo (and featured in an episode of TV show, The O.C. in 2005). The album was premiered online on Havnevik's official web site for 48hours from 11 March-12 March 2006, and was added to Apple Computer's iTunes music store on 27 March 2006. Melankton was mixed and mastered in LA, having been recorded in London, Bratislava, Oslo, Reykjavík and LA. The strings were recorded first in Bratislava and Oslo, and the vocals were recorded last in Havnevik's London flat. In addition to Rizzo, who helped mix and master the record, the album also features production from Frou Frou member, Guy Sigsworth, who contributes tracks including "Unlike Me," "Not Fair" and "You Again." Melankton is named after a character in a Norwegian book, and means "black rose." The album was released through Havnevik's own record label, Continentica Records, distributed by Universal Music.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Unlike Me" – 4:45
  2. "I Don't Know You" – 4:10
  3. "Not Fair" – 5:18
  4. "Nowhere Warm" – 4:59
  5. "You Again" – 3:26
  6. "Serpentine" – 5:22
  7. "Kaleidoscope" – 4:19
  8. "Sleepless" – 5:05
  9. "Suckerlove" – 5:56
  10. "Se Meg" – 5:13
  11. "Someday" – 4:42
  12. "New Day" – 7:42
  13. "Travel In Time" – 4:09