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| Released | 15 September 1987 | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Producer | Walter Becker | |||
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Light and Shade is the fourth studio album by Norwegian new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi.
It was recorded in Los Angeles, California and produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan fame.[1] The recording was said to cost 1 million kr. The music was chiefly recorded by studio musicians, on the request of Becker. Talking to Morgenbladet, the group said: "We are not that stupid as to say 'Sorry, if we can't play, the deal is off'. We took a pretty pragmatic stance towards the recording as such. Why should Rune spend an entire day doing a bass line that could be done by someone else in less than two others? We were the bank of ideas, our music was being recorded and we were in full control all the way".[2] They aimed for a total sale of 300,000–400,000 albums.[3]
Following the success of the 1985 album Songs, Virgin Records had the band work on a follow-up album with the United States as its intended target market. The first single, "Angel" received moderate airplay on a radio station in Los Angeles. However, during this time, the US arm of Virgin Records dropped several artists off their roster – Fra Lippo Lippi being one of them. Frustrated by the album's failure to capture the US market, the band parted ways with Virgin Records in 1988.
- ^ Rolness, Kjetil (6 July 1987). "'Lys og skygge' fra Los Angeles". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). p. 38.
- ^ Omdahl, Jan (12 September 1987). "Fra Lippo Lippis lange reise". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). p. 6.
- ^ Hasle, Geir (18 September 1987). "Fra Lippo Lippi beæret Lillehammer". Lillehammer Tilskuer (in Norwegian). p. 10.