The Brothel

The Brothel is the second studio album by Norwegian musician Susanne Sundfør, released on 15 March 2010 in Norway, through EMI Music Norway and Grönland Records.^[3] The album sees a shift from the piano driven pop from previous releases towards a more ambitious and electronic sound.^[4]

The Brothel
Studio album by Susanne Sundfør
Released	15 March 2010 (2010-03-15)
Studio	Pooka Studio
Genre	Art-folk[1] electropop[2]
Length	44:52
Label	EMI Norway Grönland
Producer	Lars Horntveth
Susanne Sundfør chronology
Take One (2008) The Brothel (2010) A Night at Salle Pleyel (2011)
Singles from Susanne Sundfør
"The Brothel" Released: 29 January 2010 "It's All Gone Tomorrow" Released: 4 June 2010 "Turkish Delight" Released: 12 August 2011

The Brothel was a critical and commercial success in Norway, spending 30 weeks in the Norwegian album charts and becoming platinum certified and the best-selling album in Norway in 2010.^[5][6] It also won Sundfør a Norwegian Grammy award for "best composer" as well as a nomination for "best lyrics".^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susanne Sundfør, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Brothel"	6:15
2.	"Lilith"	3:35
3.	"Black Widow"	3:16
4.	"It's All Gone Tomorrow"	6:07
5.	"Knight of Noir"	5:02
6.	"Turkish Delight"	4:48
7.	"As I Walked out One Evening" (writers: Sundfør, Lars Horntveth)	3:18
8.	"O Master"	4:21
9.	"Lullaby"	4:48
10.	"Father Father"	3:22
Total length:		44:52

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Brothel.^[8]

Locations

• Recorded at Pooka Studio
• Vocals recorded at Tomba Emmanuelle
• Drums and strings recorded at Malabar Studios
• Mixed at Duper Studio
• Mastered at Cutting Room Studios

Personnel

• Susanne Sundfør – vocals, arrangements, piano, Fender Rhodes synthesizers, vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba, sansula, drum programming, string arrangements, tambourine
• Lars Horntveth – production, arrangements, lap steel guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, baritone guitar, synth bass, bass clarinet, vibraphone, marimba, synthesizers, marxophone, percussion, kokle, water harp, piano, drum programming, strings arrangements, recording
• Morten Qvenild – synthesizer
• Gard Nilssen – drums
• Frode Larsen – violin
• Øyvind Fossheim – violin
• Nora Taksdal – viola
• Emery Cardas – cello
• Hans Petter Bang – contrabass
• Erik Johannessen – trombone, tuba
• Heming Valebjørg – snare drum, timpani
• Martin Horntveth – additional drum programming, orchestral bass drum, cymbals
• Jørgen Træen – additional drum programming and editing, mixing
• Helge Sten – vocal recording (tracks 1–3, 8–10)
• Alex Kloster-Jensen – drums and strings recording
• Björn Engelmann – mastering
• Kristin Austreid – artwork

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[9]	2× Platinum	40,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.