More Happy Moments [Enhanced]

Hoven Droven | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 22, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Northside Records
• ASIN: B000035X2U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,721 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > General

Track Listings

1. Brekken

2. Vasen

3. Blinn Ulof (Blind Ulof)

4. Ottje Pelle

5. Honing (Honey)

6. Chicago

7. Lycklig Den Som Ogifter Vore (Happy Is He Remains Unmarried)

8. MøRkertia (the Dark Part of the Year)

9. Dortea

10. Myrslåttern

11. Herr Hillebran

12. Busters Doppolska (Buster's Christening Polska)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweden's Answer..., June 17, 2008

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Giordano Bruno (Wherever I am, I am.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Happy Moments (Audio CD)

...to Krautrock, country-western, Celtic renaissance, ska, and reggae, all in one band. All that's missing is the nihilism, but everyone knows that Swedes are such jolly, carefree folk.

Hoven Droven smashes together traditional Swedish dance rhythms and heavy metal percussion, nyckelharpa and electric bass, Arctic Circle vocals and international white noise. The acoustic wreckage is loud, boisterous, totally joyful. It may take a couple of tracks for American listeners, accustomed to thinking of polkas as old f_rts' music for county fairs, to accept Svenskrock as suitable music for youthful rebels of any age, but just listen and you'll come around. Music like this is NOT an acquired taste. We're all born with a taste for happy noise; witness the baby banging her juice cup on the high chair tray. It takes some personality management as we age, not to lose the thrill of being rudely raucous.

4.0 out of 5 stars Better without the singers, June 5, 2008

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Robert D. Watson "www.green-machine.info" (www.green-machine.info) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Happy Moments (Audio CD)

Hoven Droven is quickly becoming one of my favorite bands. They play folk music with attitude, engaging a bunch of non-folk instruments like Saxophone, and add a up-tempo beat. Very nice, very original.

However, this is the first time I'm hearing Hoven Droven with the addition of vocals, and I have to say, I'm not a fan of that. The instrumental tracks are excellent, the ones with the singers are not so good. The singers themselves are OK; nothing to write home about but nothing great either. The magic of this band lies in the musicianship, and they should let that shine through instead of supplanting it unnecessarily.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic hard rock reels, May 8, 2003

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Douglas S. Benson "dsbenson.com" (Burlingame, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Happy Moments (Audio CD)

This is the only Hoven Droven album I've got so far, and man is it fantastic. Very heavy rock "reels" with a unique sound, and a few songs with some lovely sounding female Swedish singers. The album rocks. Kind of like you took a heavy metal band to a Renaissance festival. I can't recommend it highly enough.