Surfing in the Air
Encyclopedia
Surfing In The Air is the debut album by Norwegian
pop
singer Christine Guldbrandsen
, released in 2003 in Norway and Finland through Sony Music Entertainment
, Surfing In The Air became a huge success in Norway
, selling 30,000 album copies in only 3 weeks and received a Gold Record.
and English
. The opening track Surfing In The Air contains lyrics from the song Walking In The Air written by Howard Blake in 1982.
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...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Christine Guldbrandsen
Christine Guldbrandsen
Christine Guldbrandsen is a singer who is best-known internationally for being the Norwegian entrant in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. With a crystal-clear voice and a impressive vocal range she is often compared to sopranos like Sissel Kyrkjebø and Hayley Westenra...
, released in 2003 in Norway and Finland through Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
, Surfing In The Air became a huge success in Norway
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...
, selling 30,000 album copies in only 3 weeks and received a Gold Record.
Album information
Surfing In The Air contains 11 tracks, sung in LatinLatin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The opening track Surfing In The Air contains lyrics from the song Walking In The Air written by Howard Blake in 1982.
Reception
A review in the website Musical Discoveries states, "The eleven light pop-oriented tracks illustrate the crystalline soprano texture of her voice. Solid rock instrumental arrangements never overwhelm the vocal layers."Track listing
| # | Title | Composers | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Surfing In The Air" | Erlend Fauske, Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Howard Blake | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Invisible Friend" | Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen | 3:37 |
| 3. | "In Your Embrace" | Erlend Fauske, Annelise Ringsby Fauske | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Fly Away" | Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen | 4:10 |
| 5. | "My Secret" | Kjetil Fluge, Christine Guldbrandsen | 4:06 |
| 6. | "The Search" | Kjetil Fluge, Erlend Fauske, Christine Guldbrandsen | 3:10 |
| 7. | "The Far End" | Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen | 4:11 |
| 8. | "The Sign of The Ring" | Andrew Boyle, Atle Halstensen | 3:55 |
| 9. | "Low" | Erlend Fauske, Annelise Ringsby Fauske | 3:01 |
| 10. | "The Pretty One" | Erlend Fauske, Annnelise Ringsby Fauske | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Dreams" | Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Christine Guldbrandsen | 4:10 |