Åge Aleksandersen

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Åge Aleksandersen (born March 21, 1949, in Namsos, Norway). Is one of his countrys most famous singer/songwriters, musicians. Some of his most well known songs are "Lys og Varme" (Light and Warmth), "Fire Pils og en Pizza" (Four Pilseners and a Pizza) and "Rosalita". He also wrote and performed the official song of the 1997 Nordic skiing World Championship (held in Trondheim) together with two other musicians from the region, Ulf Risnes and Bjarne Brøndbo. The song was called "Snørosa" (The Snowrose). So far, Åge has sold almost 1,5 million copies of his many albums in Norway alone.

Discography

Literal English translations of these album names are by no means official.

Year	Album	English translation/notes	#Albums sold
1975	7800 Namsos	7800 is the postal code for Namsos	7500
1976	Mot i brystet, mord i blikket, Bomben und Granaten	Courage in the chest, murder in the eye, bombs and granates	3000
1977	Lirekassa	The Barrel organ	15000 Note: the vinyl original came with a bonus single. The CD version omits these tracks, even though the lyrics are included in the CD booklet.
1979	French only		30000
1980	Ramp	Menace	60000
1981	Mølje og sodd	Mølje and Sodd (both are a type of soup)	75000 Note: this was a cassette-only release featuring 8 tracks by Alexandersen as well as some comedy skits in which Alexandersen did not perform. Since the cassettes were poor quality, and this type of cassette is intended for car listening, this is an extreme rarity today.
1982	Dains me mæ	Dance with me	80000 Note: double album, one studio album, one live. Also features the short song "Saturday Cowboys", actually Alexandersen's introduction to the so named new wave group when Alexandersen was a guest host on a music show on Norwegian TV.
1984	Levva livet	Live Life	275000 Note: cassette version features an additional instrumental version of the song "Café Farvel".
1984	Lys og varme	Light and Warmth	80000
1985	Ljus och värme	Swedish language version of Lys og varme	50000
1986	Eldorado		260000
1989	Solregn	Sunrain	160000
1990	Sanger (best of)	Songs	10000
1991	Laika	Named after the Russian space dog Laika	45000
1993	Din dag	Your Day	65000
1995	Med hud og hår	With Skin and Hair	65000
1997	Fredløs - Dylan på norsk	Outlaw - Dylan in Norwegian	15000
1999	Flyg av sted	Fly Away	55000
2000	Gamle ørn	Old Eagle	35000
2001	Åge Original		30000
2002	Linedans	Tightrope walking	45000
2005	To skritt fram	Two Steps Forward
2005	4 skritt tilbake	4 Steps Back, live album from his 2004 tour

External links

• () [Levvalivet.no] - Official site

 

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