Grindstone (album)

Grindstone
Studio album by Shining
Released	29 January 2007
Genre	Avant-garde, experimental rock, jazz fusion, hard rock
Length	44:08
Label	Rune Grammofon
Producer	Kåre Chr. Vestrheim
Shining chronology
In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (2005) Grindstone (2007) Blackjazz (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10) [2]
Sonic Frontiers	(9/10) [3]

Grindstone is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian band Shining, released in 2007 by Rune Grammofon.

Track listing

1. "In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster" – 5:40
2. "Winterreise" – 3:33
3. "Stalemate Longan Runner" – 4:15
4. "To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again" – 0:50
5. "Moonchild Mindgames" – 3:06
6. "The Red Room" – 2:16
7. "ASA NISI MASA" – 1:52
8. "To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again" – 1:10
9. "Psalm" – 7:21
10. "-... .- -.-. ...." – 2:07
11. "1:4:9" – 5:04
12. "Fight Dusk with Dawn" – 6:54

• The title of track 10, "-... .- -.-. ...." spells out 'Bach' in morse code.
• The title of track 11, "1:4:9" is the proportions of the black monolith from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• "Asa Nisi Masa" is a gibberish phrase found in the film 8½. As a child, the main character Guido Anselmi is told by a fellow orphan that uttering this phrase at night will bring to life a certain portrait, and reveal a secret treasure hidden within the orphanage.
• "In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster" is a reference to the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being and is also the title of Shining's previous record.

References

External links

• Last.fm album page