The Last Resort (album)

2006 studio album by Trentemøller

The Last Resort

Studio album by

Trentemøller

Released| 9 October 2006
Recorded| 2005–2006
Genre| Electronica
Downtempo
Minimal
Length| 77:34 (Standard Edition)
153:51 (Limited Edition)
Label| Poker Flat Recordings
Producer| Trentemøller
Trentemøller chronology
|  | The Last Resort
(2006)  | The Trentemøller Chronicles
(2007)

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Singles from  The Last Resort

1. "Always Something Better"
Released: 11 September 2006
2. "Moan"
Released: 12 March 2007
3. "Miss You"
Released: 27 March 2008

The Last Resort is the debut album by the Danish electronic musician Trentemøller. It was released on 9 October 2006. The album debuted at #5 on the Danish Albums Chart.[1] In Denmark, The Last Resort was certified platinum in October 2009 for sales over 30,000 copies, a rare feat for an electronic music album.[2] It is also available in a Limited Edition which includes a bonus disc with some of Trentemøller's previous 12-inch singles.

## Reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
Gaffa| [4]
Pitchfork| 7.2/10[5]
Politiken| [6]
Resident Advisor| 5/5[7]

Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork compared the album to Thom Yorke's The Eraser.[5] Resident Advisor—an online magazine with a focus on electronic music—named The Last Resort as the fifth best album of 2006.[8] They also named it the 28th best album of the decade.[9] The Danish newspaper Politiken gave the album 5 out of 6 stars,[6] and named it the second best Danish album of 2006, dubbing him "the hero of techno".[10]

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Anders Trentemøller

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Take Me Into Your Skin"| 7:43
2.| "Vamp"| 4:33
3.| "Evil Dub"| 6:15
4.| "Always Something Better"| 6:10
5.| "While the Cold Winter Waiting"| 5:04
6.| "Nightwalker"| 4:08
7.| "Like Two Strangers"| 3:25
8.| "The Very Last Resort"| 8:31
9.| "Snowflake"| 7:33
10.| "Chameleon"| 6:57
11.| "Into the Trees (Serenetti Part 3)"| 7:22
12.| "Moan"| 5:50
13.| "Miss You"| 4:03

The Singles – Limited Edition Bonus CDNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Always Something Better" (Vocal Version) (feat. Richard Davis)| 6:12
2.| "Moan" (Vocal Version) (feat. Ane Trolle)| 5:46
3.| "Physical Fraction"| 7:02
4.| "Polar Shift"| 8:28
5.| "Chameleon"| 7:58
6.| "Sunstroke"| 8:28
7.| "Always Something Better" (Trentemøller Remix)| 7:59
8.| "Nam Nam"| 5:41
9.| "Killer Kat"| 7:06
10.| "Rykketid"| 5:12
11.| "Prana"| 6:25

## Personnel[edit]

* Anders Trentemøller – production, instruments, programming, guitar (1 and 8), bass (2), celesta (4 and 7), glockenspiel and melodica (5), carillon (7)
* Henrik Vibskov – acoustic drums (1 and 11)
* Mikael Simpson – distorted bass (1), acoustic guitar (8)
* Karl Bille – bass (2)
* Arnaud Donez – guitar and bass (3)
* Thomas "DJ T.O.M." Bertelsen – scratch solo (4)
* Ossian Ryner – assistant engineer

## Charts and certifications[edit]

### Charts[edit]

| Chart (2006)  | Peak
position

|

Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[11] | 62
Danish Albums Chart[1] | 5
French Albums Chart[12] | 148

### Certifications[edit]

| Country  | Certifications
(sales thresholds)

|

Denmark | Platinum[2]

In 2011 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe.[13]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "danishcharts.dk - Trentemøller - The Last Resort". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
2. ^ a b "Guld og platin 2009". Pladebranchen.NU. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
3. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "The Last Resort – Trentemøller". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
4. ^ Borre, Thomas (18 September 2006). "Trentemøller: The Last Resort". Gaffa (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2010.
5. ^ a b Sherburne, Philip (11 October 2006). "Trentemøller: The Last Resort". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
6. ^ a b Sørensen, Dorte Hygum (1 October 2006). "Hedt klubnavn tager den med ro". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 February 2020.
7. ^ Girard, Stéphane (9 October 2006). "Trentemoller – The Last Resort". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
8. ^ "RA Poll: Top 5 albums of 2006". Resident Advisor. 2006-12-18. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
9. ^ "Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
10. ^ Jensen, Erik (19 December 2006). "Politikens anmeldere kårer årets bedste album". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 June 2010.
11. ^ "ultratop.be - Trentemøller - The Last Resort". ultratop.be. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
12. ^ "lescharts.com - Trentemøller - The Last Resort". lescharts.com. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
13. ^ "color". www.impalamusic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11.

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