"The title track is about the most beautiful sound you are gonna hear this year."
(Gjermund Glesnes, Sandefjords Blad on "Bounty") - - - - - - - - - -
"The album is bubbling with a feelgood atmosphere and little delicacies in the arrangements."
(Geir Atle Ellingsen on "Bounty" in musiq.no) - - - - - - "He is one of our most outstanding songwriters with clear references to the late sixties, and not at least to our time.. s version of the era. Earlier, he got an outlet for this in The Last James ("Kindergarten" is Norways 5th or maybe even 3rd best pop album through all times). The word melodic becomes empty when to describe Haakon..s popmusic."
(Audun Vinger on "Bounty" in Natt Og Dag) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The album sounds like Aruba, Bahamas, and Kokomo in one and the same, and as if Paul Mc Cartney settled in a tropical paradise, after having caught a norwegian accent. When it comes to the arrangements, "How Little We Talk About Sky" is about as delicate as can be." (Thomas Karlsen on "Bounty" in groove.no) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"This Norwegian drafts his songs with soft instrumentation- the volume may be light but the use of strings, keys and flute are heavy. The softer side of The Beatles comes through in "Bounty". But there..s a lot more behind Ellingsen than that first glimpse. It..s definitely worth a listen or five." (Fense Post) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Recordings: The Last James w/ Lars Pedersen and Lars Lillo-Stenberg: "The Last James" (1993), The Last James w/Lars Pedersen: "Kindergarten" (1996). Gramophones: "Boy" (ep 1996), "The Last Dreamer" (1997). Soloalbums for Perfect Pop Records: "Minstrel" (2001), "What Is To Come...?" (2004), "Bounty" (2005). Contributed with singing and playing on "Svett smil" (De Lillos 1990), "Hjertet er en ensom sjåfør" (Farmen 1996), "Nevermind The Hillocks" (The Tables 2003), "Last Words" ( Okasa 2006), "Trippy Happy" (WHEN). Songwriter on: "Smiling For" (Big Bang 2001) with the song "Light Of Hope" (original title: "Better Put Some Light In Here"). Before the armchair finally? grabbed a hold of me ("Bounty, Nine Songs From An Armchair Sailor...") I had concerts in Oslo, Bergen, and Stavanger, Norway and at the Quart-festival in Kristiansand, Norway 2002. I was nominated for Tono..s Edward prize in 2002 for the song Peace Comes To Town . I am now working on: "The Plum Album" (will be released autumn 2008). I have also played Paul Mc Cartney songs in Liverpool..
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