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

1. Jurek, Thom. Grindstone at AllMusic
2. Pitchfork Media review
3. Sonic Frontiers review

External links

• Last.fm album page