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Madrugada

Chimes At Midnight

2022 · Not On Label (Madrugada self-released), under exclusive license to Warner Music Norway MADRLP02 · Stereo · Europe (no single pressing country printed on the labels) · 2xLP, gatefold · 33 1/3 RPM

Pressing details

Label	Not On Label (Madrugada self-released), under exclusive license to Warner Music Norway
Catalogue number	MADRLP02
Year	2022
Mono / Stereo	Stereo
Country	Europe (no single pressing country printed on the labels)
Format	2xLP, gatefold
Speed	33 1/3 RPM
Genre	Rock - Alternative Rock
Producer	Kevin Ratterman, Madrugada
Performer / Orchestra	The Section Quartet (strings; uncredited on the sleeve as photographed)
Musicians	Sivert Høyem (vocals, guitar, tambourine), Frode Jacobsen (bass guitar, guitar, programming), Jon Lauvland Pettersen (drums, percussion); uncredited on the sleeve as photographed: Freddy Holm (violin, pedal steel guitar, e-bow), The Section Quartet (strings), Lacey Guthrie (backing vocals)

Matrix / Runout

Side A:  5054197112386-A
Side B:  5054197112386-B
Side C:  5054197112386-C
Side D:  5054197112386-D2

Condition

Cover: NM
Vinyl: NM

Variant chronology

2022 - EU MADRLP02, first pressing, side D stamped “5054 197 112386 - D” (mispress)
2022 - EU MADRLP02, corrected repress, side D stamped “5054 197 112386 - D2”  <- this copy
2022 - EU MADRLP02, limited red & blue colour vinyl edition
2022 - EU, white vinyl reissue

This Pressing

2022 corrected repress - side D stamped “5054 197 112386 - D2”, replacing the original pressing’s defective plain “D” side.

The Album

Madrugada formed in Norway in 1993 and built a devoted European following across the late 1990s and 2000s with a brooding, noir-tinged strain of alternative rock anchored by Sivert Høyem’s baritone. The band’s momentum was cut short in 2007 when guitarist Robert Burås died suddenly during the making of what became their 2008 self-titled farewell album, after which the group disbanded. A 2019 reunion tour marking the twentieth anniversary of their debut, “Industrial Silence”, reignited the chemistry between Høyem, bassist Frode Jacobsen and drummer Jon Lauvland Pettersen, and the three decided to make a full studio return. “Chimes At Midnight” was recorded quickly and largely live to analogue tape with producer Kevin Ratterman, continuing a working method the band had used on earlier records, with guitarists filling in for the absent Burås. The album leans into a warmer, more romantic and reflective mood than the band’s earlier, darker catalogue, built around Høyem’s voice and piano-led ballads alongside the surviving trio’s long-standing rhythmic interplay. Critics on its release generally welcomed it as a graceful, confident comeback after a fourteen-year silence, even as some felt it leaned closer to a Høyem solo record than to the band’s earlier guitar-driven sound. It marked Madrugada’s sixth studio album and their first new music since Burås’s death, closing a long chapter in the band’s story while reaffirming the trio at its core.

Tracklist

Side 1

1. Nobody Loves You Like I Do
2. Running From The Love Of Your Life
3. Help Yourself To Me

Side 2

1. Stabat Mater
2. Slowly Turns The Wheel
3. Imagination

Side 3

1. Dreams At Midnight
2. Call My Name
3. Empire Blues

Side 4

1. You Promised To Wait For Me
2. The World Could Be Falling Down
3. Ecstasy

The Label

Side 1 and 2 carry an orange ground with dark red-brown print; side 3 and 4 carry a turquoise ground, side 3 in dark brown/black print and side 4 in dark navy print - all four reading the same catalogue number, UPC, release date of 28.01.2022 and a 2021 copyright line crediting Madrugada Music AS under exclusive license to Warner Music Norway AS. That 2021 copyright line is a “not before” mark only; it does not date this specific stamper. The side-4 runout on this copy reads the corrected “D2” suffix rather than the plain “D” suffix the original mispress carries, placing this copy in the corrected repress run issued after the original pressing’s side-D fault was identified.

Fidelity

The album was mixed and mastered through Sterling Sound, with mastering credited to Greg Calbi, giving this pressing a clean cut sourced from the original studio and mix tapes rather than a later remaster. No audiophile-series alternative cut of this album exists. Within its own pressing run, the corrected “D2” side-D stamper on this copy supersedes the original mispress and is the technically sound version of the fourth side.

Notes

This is the self-released MADRLP02 pressing of “Chimes At Midnight” on orange (sides 1-2) and turquoise (sides 3-4) labels, dated 28.01.2022 and copyrighted 2021 to Madrugada Music AS under license to Warner Music Norway. The side-D runout reads the “D2” suffix, identifying this as the corrected repress issued after the original pressing’s side D was found to carry a manufacturing fault; the original faulty pressing carries a plain “D” suffix. The 2021 copyright line establishes only that the labels were not printed before 2021 and does not by itself distinguish the two pressings. The jacket does not identify a pressing plant or country of manufacture. Cover and vinyl grade Near Mint.

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