The Tower (Motorpsycho album)

The Tower is a studio album by Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho, released on September 8, 2017, through Stickman Records and Rune Grammofon. This is the first installment in the band's Gullvåg Trilogy with the second installment being 2019's The Crucible and the third and final installment being 2020's The All Is One. The album is available as double vinyl, double CD and a digital download.

The Tower
Studio album by Motorpsycho
Released	September 8, 2017
Genre	Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock
Length	85:05
Label	Stickman Records Rune Grammofon
Producer	Bent Sæther
Motorpsycho chronology
Here Be Monsters (2016) The Tower (2017) The Crucible (2019)

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The album was nominated for the best rock album at the 2017 Spellemannprisen.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bent Sæther, except where noted.

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Tower (incl. The Wishboner)"	Hans Magnus Ryan, Sæther	8:44
2.	"Bartok of the Universe"	Ryan, Sæther	6:08
3.	"A.S.F.E"		6:53
4.	"Intrepid Explorer"		9:52
5.	"Stardust"		3:34
6.	"In Every Dream Home" (there's a dream of something else)		8:35
Total length:			43:33

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Maypole (incl. Malibu and Stunt Road)"		3:39
2.	"A Pacific Sonata"	Ryan, Sæther	15:30
3.	"The Cuckoo"	Ryan, Sæther	7:29
4.	"Ship of Fools"	Ryan, Sæther	14:41
Total length:			41:19

Personnel

Motorpsycho

• Bent Sæther – bass, vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Hans Magnus Ryan – guitars, vocals, keyboards
• Tomas Järmyr – drums, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

• Alain Johannes – vocals (3), messenger guitar (4, 7), cigar box guitar (4) flute (6)