Transistor (TNT album)

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Transistor
Transistor cover
Studio album by TNT
Released 1999
Recorded 1998-1999 at Studio Studio, Nyhagen, Norway
Genre Hard rock, Alternative metal
Label Norske Gram
Producer Ken Ingwersen
TNT chronology
Firefly and Live!
(1997)		 Transistor
(1999)		 The Big Bang - The Essential Collection
(2003)

Transistor is the seventh studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. While it kept the alternative feel of Firefly, it was more successful than Firefly, with the song "Just Like God" receiving some radioplay at US College radio stations. The album is one of Tony Harnell's favorites.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Just Like God" (Harnell, Tekro, Black)
  2. "Wide Awake" (Harnell, Tekro)
  3. "No Such Thing"
  4. "Crashing Down"
  5. "Fantasia Española"
  6. "Because I Love You"
  7. "The Whole You're Inn"
  8. "Mousetrap"
  9. "Into Pieces"
  10. "Under My Pillow"
  11. "No Guarantees"
  12. "Free Again" (Japanese bonus)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

[edit] Associated members

  • Dag Stokke – Keyboards
  • Frode Lamøy – Drums, percussion

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Embee Normann – Background vocals on "Under My Pillow"
  • Eli Kristin Hagen – Background vocals on "Into Pieces"

[edit] Album credits

  • Ken Ingwersen – Producer, mixing
  • Dag Stokke – Engineer

[edit] Fan and media reception

The album was met with mixed reviews amongst fans and reviewers alike. It was given max score in Oppland Arbeiderblad while bigger tabloid newspapers in Norway give it a 4 out of 6. The fanbase was, like Firefly, almost split in half while one group did not like this new experimental side of TNT while the other group approached with open arms. Morty Black stated in an interview that Transistor was the natural progression from Firefly. The album is still controversial today but keeps growing on the fanbase and is now accepted as an important part of TNT history. Tony Harnell's solid effort on Transistor is widely known to be one of the strongest vocal performances he did for TNT.

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