Sex & Violins
Sex & Violins is the debut studio album by Swedish Eurodance group Rednex, released on Battery Records in February 1995.
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Released | 27 February 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994 | |||
Genre | Electronic country, Eurodance | |||
Length | 46:59 | |||
Label | Battery, Zomba | |||
Producer | Pat Reiniz, Janne Ericsson, Anders Hansson, Denniz Pop, Max Martin, David Millington, Stefan Sir Een, Leskelä Teijo, Anders Hellquist, Thomas Hegert | |||
Rednex chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sex & Violins | ||||
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Content
Six singles, including one promotional single, were released from it. The female vocals are from Annika Ljungberg, who left the band in 1996 due to a disagreement with the other band members, after the release of the fifth single, "Rolling Home", to start a solo career. The album was a commercial success, including the hit dance single "Cotton Eye Joe". The album was re-titled Cotton Eye Joe (Sex & Violins) for the US release, presumably due to the original album cover, although a modified version was briefly released in the US (minus the image of a person urinating in a cup) prior to the retitling. Track number 8 is also known as "Harder Than Your Husband".[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Cotton Eye Joe" |
| Reiniz | 3:14 |
2. | "Hittin' the Hay" |
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| 3:17 |
3. | "Riding Alone" | Øban |
| 3:27 |
4. | "Wish You Were Here" | Teijo | 3:56 | |
5. | "Mary Lou" |
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| 3:38 |
6. | "Old Pop in an Oak" | Reiniz | Reiniz | 3:32 |
7. | "Nowhere in Idaho" | Teijo | Teijo | 4:05 |
8. | "The Sad But True Story of Ray Mingus, the Lumberjack of Bulk Rock City, and His Never Slacking Strive to Exploit the So Far Undiscovered Areas of the Intention to Bodily Intercourse from the Opposite Species of His Kind, During Intake of All the Mental Conditions That Could Be Derived from Fermentation" (also known as "Harder Than Your Husband"[3]) |
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| 2:21 |
9. | "Fat Sally Lee" | Reiniz | Reiniz | 3:16 |
10. | "Shooter" |
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| 3:44 |
11. | "McKenzie Brothers" |
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| 4:28 |
12. | "Rolling Home" |
| Ericsson | 4:22 |
13. | "Wild 'N Free" |
| Hansson | 3:39 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Cotton Eye Joe" (Slide to the Side Mix) |
| Reiniz | 4:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Cotton Eye Joe" (Madcow instrumental version) |
| Reiniz | 4:49 |
15. | "Old Pop in an Oak" (extended mix) | Reiniz | Reiniz | 5:39 |
16. | "Ropin' a Cow" (radio edit) | Öban | Öban | 3:15 |
Notes
- ^[a] signifies a co-producer
CD+CD-ROM edition bonus tracks
- "The Ultimate Rednex Megamix" – 5:46
- "Rolling Home" (Treatow's Treatment Radio Mix) – 4:40
- "Old Pop in an Oak" (DJ Cerla & Moratto Remix) – 5:08
- "Old Pop in an Oak" (West Side Story Mix) – 3:16
CD-ROM
- Hieroglyph (Game only, 4.09 MB)
Personnel
- Accordion – Ari Haatainen and Henrik Widén
- Banjo – Gary Johansson, General Custer, and Kjell Johansson
- Bass – Björn Lagberg
- Drums – Anders Lövmark, Animal, and Heffa
- Guitar – Anders Hellquist, Boba, Bonne Lövman, Clint Eastwood, and Henrik Jansson
- Steel guitar – Uffe Sterling
- Harmonica – Ove Sandberg
- Piano – Henrik Widén
- Violin – Bosse Nilsson
- Vocals – Anders Hansson, Annika Ljungberg, Björn Lagberg, Camena, Camilla Molinder, Chris Sylvan Stewart, Cool James, Currey, Göran Danielsson, Hanna Wannagárd, Henrik Widen, Hoss, Janne Ericsson, Jean-Paul Wall, Jeanette Söderholm, Joe Cartwright, Lotten Andersson, Ludde, Michelle Anenberg, Monte Reid, Pat Reiniz, Stefan Cevaco, Sir Een, Thomas Hegert, and Zeb Macahan
- Whistle – Jean-Paul Wall
Production
- Producers – Pat Reiniz, Janne Ericsson, Anders Hansson, Denniz Pop, Max Martin, David Millington, Stefan Sir Een, L. Teijo, Anders Hellquist, and Thomas Hegert
- Engineering assistant – Jacob Schultze
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- Loftus, Johnny. Sex & Violins at AllMusic
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