Let Them Eat Cake is the eighth full-length studio album by the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 rock-band Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho is a band from Trondheim, Norway. Their music can generally be defined as psychedelic rock, but they also mix in elements from metal, jazz, rock, pop and many other musical styles. The members of the band are Bent Sæther , Hans Magnus "Snah" Ryan and Kenneth Kapstad...

. Released early in 2000, the album showed the band taking steps in a new direction, leaning more towards jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and psychedelia than the heavy indie rock guitars the band was famous for.

The EP "The Other Fool" reached nr. 1 on VG

Verdens Gang

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s singles-list.

Track listing

1. "The Other Fool" – 5:40
2. "Upstairs-Downstairs" – 5:12
3. "Big Surprise" – 3:36
4. "Walkin' With J." – 3:59
5. "Never Let You Out" – 2:46
6. "Whip That Ghost (Song For a Bro')" – 6:30
7. "Stained Glass" – 6:12
8. "My Best Friend" – 4:21
9. "30/30" – 7:21

• LP tracklisting: Side A: tracks 1-5, Side B: tracks 6-9

• #1, #3, #6, #7, #9 by Sæther.
• #2 by Ryan.
• #4 by Gebhardt/Sæther.
• #5 by Gebhardt.
• #8 by Ryan/Sæther.

Personnel

• Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, drums, percussion, rhodes piano, wood blocks, mini moog, piano, harmonium
• Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, clavinette, double bass, violins, mandolin
• Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, vocals, percussion, zither, guitars, piano

with:

• Helge Sten (Deathprod): drum machine
• Baard Slagsvold: Piano, rhodes piano, back. vocals
• Ole Henrik Moe (Ohm): Violins, gong
• Kristin Karlsson: violin
• Kristin Skjølaas: violin
• Einy Langmoen: viola
• Kjersti Rydsaa: cello
• Arne Frang: tenor saxophone
• Jørgen Gjerde: trombone
• Erlend Gjerde: trumpet
• Helge Sunde: trombone
• Tone Reichelt: waldhorn
• Arve Henriksen: trumpet, mellophone