Timothy's Monster is the fourth full-length studio album

Album

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 by Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho

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, and their first on a major label (it was released through EMI

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 in Norway

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 and through the independent label Stickman Records in the rest of the world). Released as a double-CD

Double album

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 or triple-LP. A 4-CD version was released by Rune Grammofon

Rune Grammofon

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 & Stickman to tie in with Motorpsycho's appearance at the 2010 Øyafestivalen

Øyafestivalen

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 on August 14, 2010, where the band played the album in its entirety (albeit in a different running order).

Track listing

1. "Feel" – 3:26 [Sæther]
2. "Trapdoor" – 4:22 [Sæther]
3. "Leave It Like That" – 3:33 [Sæther]
4. "A Shrug & A Fistful" – 3:14 [Sæther/Lien]
5. "Kill Some Day" – 6:53 [Sæther/Ryan/Sten
   Deathprod
   Deathprod is a musical pseudonym used by Norwegian artist Helge Sten for his ambient-influenced music.-Biography:Sten began creating music under this name starting in 1991, culminating with a box set of most of his recorded work being released in 2004...
   
   ]
6. "On My Pillow" – 7:21 [Ryan]
7. "Beautiful Sister" – 4:11 [Sæther/Lien]
8. "Wearing Yr Smell" – 3:35 [Sæther]
9. "Now It's Time to Skate" – 4:58 [Sæther]
10. "Giftland" – 10:20 [Sæther/Ryan]
11. "Watersound" – 5:11 [Sæther]
12. "The Wheel" – 16:57 [Sæther/Ryan/Gebhardt/Lien]
13. "Sungravy" – 4:36 [Sæther]
14. "Grindstone" – 7:17 [Sæther/Sten]
15. "The Golden Core" – 12:59 [Sæther/Ryan]

• Compact disc: CD1: 1-11; CD2: 12-15
• Vinyl: Side A: 1-5, Side B: 6-9, Side C: 10, 11, Side D: 12, 13 and Side E: 14, 15.

Single-CD version

It has also been released as a one-CD edition, aimed at the UK

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 and USA markets, with edited versions of some songs.

1. "Feel" – 3:31
2. "Trapdoor" – 4:21
3. "Leave It Like That" – 2:34
4. "A Shrugh & A Fistfull" – 3:14
5. "Kill Some Day" – 6:51
6. "The Wheel" – 8:48
7. "Watersound" – 5:10
8. "On My Pillow" – 5:43
9. "Wearing Yr Smell" – 3:36
10. "Now It's Time to Skate" – 4:55
11. "Grindstone" – 7:16
12. "The Golden Core" – 13:00

4 CD Re-Issue Version 2010

CD 1 & 2: The original double-CD version.
CD 3: 1CD pre-version with different songs.
CD 4: Rarities, b-sides, outtakes, covers

Released on Rune Grammofon August 9, 2010

Disc 3 tracklist:

1. "Leave It Like That" (Sæther)
2. "A Shrug & A Fistful" (Sæther/Lien)
3. "Very 90's, Very Aware" (previously unreleased) (Sæther)
4. "On The Toad Again" (previously only available on the "Dynamo-Open Air 10th Anniversary" compilation, 1995) (Sæther)
5. "Now It's Time To Skate" (Sæther)
6. "Watersound" (Sæther)
7. "Innersfree" (previously unreleased) (Ryan/Sæther)
8. "Giftland" (Ryan/Sæther)
9. "Trapdoor" (Sæther)
10. "Kill Some Day" (Sæther/Ryan/Sten)
11. "Sungravy" (Sæther)
12. "Grindstone" (Sæther/Sten)
13. "The Golden Core" (Ryan/Sæther)

Disc 4 tracklist:

1. "President Block" (Epinastic Movements cover) (Stenøien)
2. "Jr" (Sæther)
3. "Birds" (Rühle/Sæther)
4. "Leave It Like That (Edit)" (Sæther)
5. "On My Pillow (Edit)" (Ryan)
6. "The Wheel (Edit)" (Ryan/Sæther/Gebhardt/Lien)
7. "New Day Rising (Husker Dü cover)" (Hart/Mould/Norton)
8. "Seethe" (Sæther)
9. "Shock Me (Kiss cover)" (Frehley)
10. "Workin' For MCA (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)" (King/Van Zant)
11. "Space Cadet Boogie" (Gebhardt/Lien/Ryan/Sæther)
12. "Walking On The Water (alternative version)" (Sæther)
13. "Mr. Buttercut Goes To The Fair, Meets The Viscount, And That's Where We Leave Him At The End Of This Episode..." (Ryan)
14. "Celestine" (Ryan/Sæther)
15. "Sinking" (Sæther)
16. "The Entertaining Ape" (Sæther)
17. "Giftland Jam" (Ryan/Sæther)
18. "Sonnyboy Gaybar (original version)" (Gebhardt/Lien/Ryan/Sæther)

Tracks 1-4 originally from the "Psychobabble EP" 1994.

Tracks 4-6 originally from the US/UK 1CD Version of Timothy's Monster.

Track 7 originally from Case Closed? : An International Compilation Of Hüsker Dü Cover-songs, 1994.

Track 8 originally from The Return of Jesus Part II soundtrack, 1997.

Track 9 originally from Flaming Youth, 1994.

Track 10 originally from Promotor 1, 1994.

Track 11 originally from Party Terror II compilation, 1994.

Track 14 originally from "Hey Jane EP" 1998.

Tracks 12-13, 15-18 are previously unreleased.

Personnel

• Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, drums, percussion, piano, sitar, synth bass
• Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, piano, percussion
• Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, banjo, percussion
• Lars Lien: Piano, wurlitzer, hammong organ, vocals
• Helge Sten (Deathprod
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  ): Theremin, mellotron, samples, synthesizer

with:

• Øyvind Enger: cello on "Sungravy"
• Lars Mølna: viola on "Sungravy"
• Øyvind Brandtsegg: String arrangement on "Sungravy", vibraphone on "The Golden Core"
• Anneli Drecker
  Anneli Drecker
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  : back. vocals on "The Golden Core"

• Kim Hiorthøy
  Kim Hiorthøy
  Kim Hiorthøy is a Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer.-Biography:Hiorthøy was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art as well as the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen...
  
  : cover artwork