my printscreeeeen :D

your my best that i ever had

hello superman, can you hear me? ...

hello superman, you are strong man, super strong and strong man...

the superman for this end december...

I love Him , even if he might not LOVE me back . 

you always give me support and care . play, laugh, sharing together..

hello my superman, where are you now? are you still here?

 

the whole point of love is to put someone else's needs above your own ....  (230809)

more About TORI AMOS

Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument. Some of her charting singles include "Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark", "1000 Oceans", and "A Sorta Fairytale", her most commercially successful single in the U.S. to date.

Early life

Amos was born in Newton, North Carolina. When she was two, her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she began to play the piano. By age five, she had begun composing instrumental pieces on piano and, while living in Rockville, Maryland, she won a full scholarship to the Preparatory Division of the Peabody Conservatory of Music.Her scholarship was discontinued at age 11 and she was asked to leave. Amos has asserted that she lost the scholarship because of her interest in rock and popular music, coupled with her dislike for reading from sheet music.At the age of 14 she began playing at piano bars, chaperoned by her father.

Amos first came to local notice by winning a county teen talent contest in 1977, singing a song called "More Than Just a Friend". As a senior at Richard Montgomery High School, she co-wrote "Baltimore" with her brother Mike Amos for a competition involving the Baltimore Orioles. The song won the contest and became her first single, released as a 7" single pressed locally for family and friends during 1980 with another Amos-penned composition as a B-side, "Walking With You". Prior to this period she performed under her middle name, Ellen, but permanently adopted Tori after a friend's boyfriend told her it suited her.

Y Kant Tori Read

In 1986, Amos formed a music group, Y Kant Tori Read, the name of which was a reference to her days at the Peabody Conservatory, where she was able to play songs on her piano by ear, but was never successful at sight reading.

In addition to Amos, the group was composed of Steve Caton (who would later play guitars on all her subsequent albums until 1999), drummer Matt Sorum, bass player Brad Cobb and, for a short time, keyboardist Jim Tauber. Following several phases of writing and recording, during which Amos has since asserted that the band lost their musical edge and direction due to interference from record executives, in July 1988, the Y Kant Tori Read's self-titled debut album was released. Although its producer, Joe Chiccarelli, has stated that Amos was very happy with the album at the time,it is now out of print and Amos has expressed no interest in reissuing it.Following the album's commercial failure and the group's subsequent disbanding, Amos began working with other artists (including Stan Ridgway, Sandra Bernhard, and Al Stewart) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" for the film China O'Brien; in the credits, the song is attributed to a band called Tess Makes Good.

Solo career

Despite the disappointing reaction to Y Kant Tori Read, Amos still had to comply with her six record contract with Atlantic Records, who in 1989 wanted a new record by March 1990. The initial recordings were declined by the label, which Amos felt was because the album had not been properly presented,he album was reworked and expanded under the guidance of Doug Morris and the musical talents of Steve Caton, Eric Rosse, Will MacGregor, Carlo Nuccio, and Dan Nebenzal, resulting in Little Earthquakes, an album recounting her religious upbringing, sexual awakening, struggle to establish her identity, and sexual assault. Amos traveled to New Mexico with personal and professional partner Eric Rosse in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, Under the Pink. The album was received with mostly favorable reviews and sold enough copies to chart at #12 on the Billboard 200, a significantly higher position than the preceding album's position at #54 on the same chart.Her third solo album, Boys for Pele, was released in January 1996. The album was recorded in an Irish church, in Delgany, County Wicklow, with Amos taking advantage of the church recording setting to create an album ripe with baroque influences, lending it a darker sound and style. She added harpsichord, harmonium, and clavichord to her keyboard repertoire, and also included such anomalies as a gospel choir, bagpipes, church bells, and drum programming. The album garnered mixed reviews upon its release, with some critics praising its intensity and uniqueness while others bemoaned its comparative impenetrability. Despite the album's erratic lyrical content and instrumentation, the latter of which kept it away from mainstream audiences, Boys for Pele is Amos's most successful simultaneous transatlantic release, reaching #2 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Top 40 upon its release at the height of her fame.

Amos has released eleven studio albums throughout her solo career, nine of which were self-produced.

• Little Earthquakes (1992)
• Under The Pink (1994)
• Boys For Pele (1996)
• From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
• To Venus and Back (1999)
• Strange Little Girls (2001)
• Scarlet's Walk (2002)
• The Beekeeper (2005)
• American Doll Posse (2007)
• Abnormally Attracted to Sin (2009)
• Midwinter Graces (2009)

Additionally, Amos has released over 30 singles, over 60 B-sides, and has contributed to nine film soundtracks, including Higher Learning (1995), Great Expectations (1998) and Mission: Impossible II (2000) among others.

Background information
Birth name	Myra Ellen Amos
Born	August 22, 1963 (age 47), Newton, North Carolina, United States(1963-08-22)
Genres	Alternative rock Baroque pop Electronica Piano rock
Occupations	Musician, vocalist, songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Piano, harpsichord, clavichord, Hammond organ, harmonium, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Kurzweil, clavinet, vocals
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Atlantic (1988–2001) Epic (2002–2008) Universal Republic (2009–present)
Website	toriamos.com everythingtori.com

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Musical Journeys

Margaritaville

Does music inspire travel — or does travel inspire music? Either way, the two are inseparably linked. We take a tour of some of our favorite destinations that appear in some of our favorite songs.

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Jimmy Buffett’s signature song describes a state of mind – fueled by fruity cocktails consumed in laid-back Key West, Fla. "Margaritaville" wasn’t an actual place when the song was released in 1977, but now it’s the name of a chain of restaurants in sunny locales owned by Buffett and visited by flocks of fans called Parrotheads. Interestingly, Buffett has revealed that the song was supposed to be recorded by Elvis, who died before he could sing it.

Image Effects and Graphic Creation Actions

Cross-processing ATN
Simulate the Cross-processing (Xpro) photography technique using this Photoshop action.



Lomo
Give your images a “Lomo” look and feel with this excellent Photoshop action.



Lomo Cross-processing
This Photoshop action is a combination of two popular photography effects: Lomo and Cross-processing.



Polaroid Generator
Automatically frame an image in a Polaroid border with this set of Photoshop actions.



Hand-Colored Vintage Photo
This is a handy Photoshop action set for giving images aged, dirty effects.



Vintage
Aly’s Vintage action set is a nice collection of six vintage image effects that you can use on modern digital photos.



Vintage Wash
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IR Actions
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Comics Photoshop Action
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Photo Enhancement and Processing Actions

Black and White Photoshop Actions
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TLR B&W Toning
TLR B&W Toning is a large action set for enhancing and processing black and white images.





Color Enhancing Actions
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Photoshop Color Actions
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Productions Action
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sedikit foto waktu gue ospek LSPR (the London School of Public Relation Jakarta )

unforgetable moment : karena gue yg move to unj ihihihi :(

fristha, nei, ka sisca, khoi

yo man buka kadooooo hihi asiklah juara 1

public speaking menaggg loh

public speaking group eith ka ibnu

ziella, nei dan kenny

ini sama kakak pembimbing ka sisca dan ka ibnu

turut suka cita kalo kata ade gue si okta :D

fiuhhh, baru kali ini gue nulis notes buat di baca para facebookers yekan :D ahaha selama ini kalo gak lagu yah apaaan tau deh yg gue ketik hihihihihihihi.. curhat dikit yah gpp dong men :D

---------tanggal 6 agustus 2010, jum'at----------

insommmmnia ooooo insomniiiaaa... (bunyi alarm hape gue) anjrit men, jam 5 skarang. okelah gue bangun tapi kok berasa maaalessss deh. dan gue inget hari ini gue ospek di london school dan yg nganter adalah abang gue si wishnu ikhsan. shit abang gue belum bangun. gimana cara ngebanguninnya yah ..
keras gue berfikir kalo dia pasti bangun kalo gk di cium sm kucing gue tuh si nero, ato gak sama boneka kesayangnya tuh si bubul. ihihihi

okelah gue ngendap ke kamarnya dan yes, bubul membantu gue membangunkan manusia gelonggongan ini.soalnya kalo gak berangkat pagi2 gue disalahin sm dia kenapa gk bangun pagi padahal seharusnya dia berinisiatif bangun sendiri toh kan mau nganter adik tersayang abis itu cabut ngampus. udah gitu kammpus dia kan jauhh men di kemang ajegile aja kalo gue jadi bulan2an nih orang haha

**jam 05:25 WIB**
gue mandi dan nyiapin sarapan sendiri.setelah nyokap gue denger bunyi berisik dia pun bangun dengan banyak pertanyaan "ade ospek jam berapa" , "ade, sarapan pake apa" , "ade, kakak udah bangun belum" , "ade, udah solat belumm...." dan bla la la la banyak pertnayaan gue cuma jawab, udah semuanya bunda

diamlah si nyokap, tapi dia tetep manawarkan ayo kamu sarapan pake sosis ato telur. gue jawab melenceng yaitu roti haha biar deh roti dan susu.padahal sebelumnya gue udah minum susu bnyk bgt sekardus kali (ckck lebai aja)

setelah abang gue malakukan kegiatannya mandi makan pake baju dll jalanlah gue dari rumah **jam 6:15 WIB** anjrit, apa keburu nih jam segini nyampe london school trus abang gue ngampus. mati gue di jalan bakalan di omelin deh ama si penjahat makanan ini wah wah wah siap siap tutul kuping


**jam 6:45 WIB**
oh my god, untungnya punya abng yg kaya lorenzo kecelakaan di pasar blok A di jahit kakinya di rs ibu bersalin muhammadiyah taman puring dan punya banyak luka jahitan karena kecebur gie waktu kecil main speda. dia melesat dengan cepatnya seperti di arena balapan. dan perlu di ketahui sebenernya dia gak tau jalanan berkali2 nanya gue tapi gue budek karena bnyk angin yg masuk kuping gue

hahahahahahahaahah

**jam 6:55 WIB**
akhirnya gue sampe lspr sudirman park. alhamdulillaaaaaaaahh, abang gue gak maran2 justru dia malah senyum lebar bener soalnya dia sampe kampus bisa sambil leha leha. nyihaiii. orientasi gue hari ini gimana yaaaahhhhh. shit harus nunggu jam 8:00 WIB itu lama gileyyyyy sumpah gue ngeri dpt temen yg jahat ato judes soalnya abang gue bilang, biasanya klo orang judes dpt tmn judes nyolot juga. wtf, abang gue nyindir gue siiiallll

**8:00 WIB**
yes gue masuk orientasi, dan dapet kakak pembimbing ka sisca dan ka ibnu. yihai, untung pada baeeeeeee bgt deh pikiran gue mreka killer kayak di mos sma tuh yg dimana gue di sudutkan disuatu ruang karena gue gak makan nasi sial ini pengalaman buruk hidup gue tapi santai gue emg mrs santai. gue gk makan nasi kan bukan krn kemauan gue akhirnya skrg gue doyan bgt sm nasi gr2 lsdk tp gue pingsan seharian coi mabok nasi haha

setelah registrasi ulang (kalo bahasa sma sih ngisi daftar hadir diikuti dengan tanda tangan) gue dapet kelompok yg namanya public speaking. yesssss gue punya temen baruuuuu bnyk bgt deh. sebelumnya pagi2 gue udah dapet temen namanya sarah, fristha, sama ka nova (cewe cantik lulusan d3 tarki yes gue bnyk ngobrol tentang tarki sm dia ternyata apa yg kakak gue rasain 3 tahun di tarki sm kaya yg ka nova alamin ckck menderita yah)

setelah dapet kelompok ternyata gue pisa sm ks nova dan sarah. gue dan fristha se kelompok.awal2nya jaim bgt deh sumpah, ternyata seru bgt perkenalan singkat di kelompok gue seru paraaaaahhhhhh. yeah ada satu cewe yg badannya imut parah namanya syadonara aduh ini anak lucu bgt dia lulusan tarki pulor.( widih flashback waktu gue milih tarakanita sebagai sekolah sma gue.gue milih kejurusan dan dapet di akuntansi, shit gue ngeri sm kakak kelasnya udah cukupppppp serem gila yeh)

jam jam jam ban berjam2 gue laluin di auditorium lspr kampus b. suer dingin gue laper tapi gk blh kmn2.sial bgt. perut gue dan fristha saling bersorak sorai minta di berikan asupan gizi hah tapi jam makan itu pas solat jum'at oh my gooooooodddd cukup sudah cacing kalian jangan buat gue sedihhhh ckck

**jam makannn siangg tiba**
begiru pertama buka kotak makan yg di bagikan. gue melihat buat kebenciannnnn
"PISANG" anjrit buah pisang gue benci sama buah yg aneh modelnya dan rasanya ini. gue jadi ilang selera makan. tapi gue pintaaaaaaaaaarrr, pisangnya gue bungkus di tissu trus gue masukin tas. yes yes mampus lo enyaaaaaaahhh yes gue benci pisang dan ampe kapan juga gk gu makan haha (dejavu lagi gue, inget waktu mos sma di suruh makan pisan gue muntah dan akhirnya yg ngabisain pisang gue otu temen sebangku gue si annisa nur endah.haha thankssss nissa si mrs pisang haha :D)

ternyata setelah makan, ka sisca yg anak perfom arts ini bilang ke kita kalo harus menampilkan panampilan dari tiap group. wow, kita kedapetan ice breaking. nice, main kata bersusan dan diakhiri oleh satu orang buat nyebutin kata pertama sampe akhir. yes syadonara bisaaaaa dia emang jagoo bgt nagapal otak nya pintarr biar kecil tapi pintarr :D

**jam 13:15 WIB**
kembali ke auditorium lantai brp deh gue lupa yg jelas bnyk aja haha.
dingin2an lagi gue yaampu perut gue malah gk enak gara2 kebnykn makan. pengan empup.haha tapi bisa gue tahan dan akhirnya itu ilang rasa pengan empupnya haha

setelah melewatkan berbagai banyak presentasi dari dosen si anu itu dan ono sampailah di penampilan kelompok. yihaiiii semua kelompok kerennnn bgt tapi cuuuuuma kelompok gue yg garing bgt cuma sedikittt bgt dan kaliaaan haruuss tahu kelooompppokk gue menangggggg loh padahal gak berfikir buat menaang yg lainnya kereen bgt sih ckck :D

**jam 14:15**
yes jam pulangggggg asik yah pulang pulang, tapi tenyata masih ada presentasi IT buat anak2 lspr yg segitu bnyknya punya email sendiri dengan format email@lspr.edu
wow, semua anak lspr ini dia emailnya haha . mantep yeee baru kali ini kampus seenak ini. ospek di kasih makan, kerjaanya mainan terus dan santai abissss gak usah mikirin yg naaamaya di apa2in sm senior. hihi seneng bgt gue


**jam 19:30**
gue sampe rumaaaahhhhh , anjrit banjirrrrr kacauuuu. amburadul semuaaaanya rumah gue kemasukan air. yg sebelumnya sm sekali gk pernah tergenang air tp dengan hujan yg cuma beberapa menit malah ngebuat banjir.oh my god pertama kalinya rumah gue banjir. ckck.
badan gue pegel bgt. stelah mandi gue dapet smssssss dari nadia debri astriutami (kayaknya salah deh tulisannya) dia bilang ktrima unj. WHAT ? UNJ ? ini kan masih besok pengumumannyaaa. dengan hati penasaran dan berdebaaaaarrrr gue nyalain laptop dan menyalakan moden speddy gue yg wtf ini selalu mati pada jam2 tertentu dan putus koneksinya karena hujan ato gerimis. haha


**jam 20:30 WIB**
www.penmaba.unj.ac.id

penuh kesabaran gue nunggu situs ini gk loading, akhirnya bisa juga. komat kamit mulut gue supaya hasil yg gue liat gk bikan ortu gue kecewa.setelah sebelumnya gue menolak salah satu perguruan tinggi di jakarta yg beken abisssssss di fakultas hukum hah gue deg degaaan. sengaja gue gk manggil siapa2 buat liat hasilnya. cukup gue yg menyaksikan keterpurukan (halah shit bgt bahasa gue) haha

dan hasilnyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:
gue di teriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimaaaaa di unj fakultas tekhnik pendidikan tata rias.oh my god sebelum gue bayangannya gue dapet sastra inggris ternyata gue dapet tekhnik yg gk pake tes ketrampilan dan murni cuma test soal penmaba. anjrit gue ngitung cos son tan aja lupa tp dengan ke[edean yg gue punya gue sok inget aja. yo men ternyata gue lulus men, tekhnik me. asiklaaahhh gue gak kebayang apa jadinya kalo gue gak dapet ngeri gak jadi disayanggggg gue sm nyokap bokap gak jadi deh buat bokap gue ngebuat gue jadi guru dosen ato apalah itu huah gue harus maju itu di otak gue saat itu.kapan buat banggaaa

dan akhirnya gue bisaaaaa sekarang haru bgt gue langsung teriak dan lari ke nyokap gue tercinta, wow mreka bangga. bokap gue antusias bgt men yo men yo yo bangga bgt mereka sm gue.akhirnya gue bisa masuk universitas yg di idam idamkan bokap gue. asyikkkkkk gue harus sukses.

hmmm, gak apa2 hukum ui gue tolak, gak apa apa london school gak jadi . yang penting impian bokap gue buat gue jadi guru/dosen bisa kecapai. gak sia2 gue begadang jam4 bangun buat blajar soal2 dari buku penmaba yg di kasih ka fadil. semuanya terima kasihhhhhhh berkat doa kalian gue sekarang jadi mahasiswi unj loh :D . buat kakak gue yg di belanda. novi indayani, mba tungguyah aku bisa bikin salon di belanda kok tenang aja kita bisa jadi orang kaya gak kadi susah terus. hihi asyikkk :D terima kasih allaaaah yg udah ngabulin doa hamba. GBU :D

CUT COPY LIVE IN JAKARTA

CUT COPY – Live in Jakarta 2010 @ Bengkel Night Park
Saturday, 10th July 2010
Venue: BENGKEL NightPark
Door opens 6pm

CUT///COPY
Agrikulture
[More Acts to be announced soon]

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ALBUM - TRACKS

Mew -Half the World is Watching me.

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Am I Wry? No
2. Mica
3. Saliva
4. King Christaian
5. Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years
6. 156
7. Symmetry
8. Comforting Sounds




Disc: 2
1. Half the World Is Watching Me [Studio Outtake]
2. Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years [Live 2001]
3. Mica [Live 2001]
4. Wheels Over Me [Live 2001]
5. Wherever [Live 2001]
6. 156 [Cubase Demo]
7. Quietly [Demo Version]
8. Comforting Sounds (Do I Look Puerto Rican?) [Demo Version]



Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites

1. Circuitry of the Wolf
2. Chinaberry Tree
3. Why Are You Looking Grave?
4. Fox Cub
5. Apocalypso
6. Special
7. The Zookeeper's Boy
8. A Dark Design
9. Saviours of Jazz Ballet (Fear Me, December)
10. An Envoy to the Open Fields
11. Small Ambulance
12. The Seething Rain Weeps for You (Uda Pruda)
13. White Lips Kissed
14. Louise Louisa
15. Forever And Ever (Japan Bonus Track)
16. Shiroi Kuchibiruno Izanai (Japan Bonus Track)


Mew - A Triumph For a Man
1. Wheels over Me
2. Beautiful Balloon
3. Wherever
4. Panda
5. Then I Run
6. Life Is Not Distant
7. No Shadow Kick
8. Snowflake
9. She Came Home for Christmas
10. Pink Monster
11. I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (for You)
12. How Things Turn out to Be
13. Web
14. Coffee Break




Mew - Frengers


1. Am I Wry? No
2. 156
3. Snow Brigade
4. Symmetry
5. Behind The D****s
6. Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years
7. Eight Flew Over, One Was Destroyed
8. She Came Home For Christmas
9. She Spider
10.Comforting Sounds

my Favorite My MEW

Mew (band)

Mew
Background information
Origin	Hellerup, Denmark
Genres	Alternative rock Indie rock Shoegazing New prog Post-rock Dream pop[1] Experimental rock
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Exlibris Musik, Evil Office, Sony BMG, Sony Music Entertainment
Associated acts	Apparatjik
Website	www.mewsite.com
Members
Jonas Bjerre Bo Madsen Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen
Former members
Johan Wohlert

Mew is a Danish alternative music band consisting of Jonas Bjerre, Bo Madsen, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen. Bassist Johan Wohlert was also a founding member of the band, but left in 2006. Whilst their music may be classified as indie and on occasion (like on And the Glass Handed Kites) progressive rock, they sometimes humorously refer to it themselves as "pretentious art rock". The band's guitarist Bo Madsen refers to the band as "the world's only indie stadium band".

History

Mew singer Jonas Bjerre

Formed in 1994 in Hellerup, an upper-class suburb of Copenhagen, they had a profound impact on the Danish indie scene, emerging alongside the likes of Carpark North, Swan Lee and Saybia, amongst others, in 2003. At the 2003 Danish Music Critics Award Show, Mew won the awards for "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year".

Their first major commercial success came with Frengers, released in 2003, described as "a work of quiet brilliance, aiming for the epic without straying into the bombastic, offering cerebral arrangements while keeping things accessible."^[2] The album was well received. After a European tour supporting R.E.M. they began to attract wider attention. Their next album And the Glass Handed Kites was released in Denmark on 19 September 2005, in the United Kingdom and rest of Europe on 26 September, and in the United States on 25 July 2006. The album received critical acclaim, with Mew described as making "dreamy thunderstorm pop".^[3] They were MTV Asia "Buzz-Worthy" as of January, 2006, and at the DMA06 (Danish Music Awards) they took home 4 statuettes.

Mew performing at Virgin Festival Ontario day 2 2009

On 11 April 2006, Wohlert left the band to spend more time with his girlfriend, Pernille Rosendahl from the now dissolved band Swan Lee, who was to give birth to their baby boy in May 2006. The two would later go on to form a duo, The Storm.

The band tours with Nick Watts (formerly of UK indie band Headswim) as their keyboardist, and Bastian Juel (who used to act as a studio and live bassist for Swan Lee and also played bass on Tina Dico's EP Far) recently joined them as their live bassist. However, he is not an official replacement for Johan and the band has said they will return to the studio with just the three original members.

The band finished touring for And the Glass Handed Kites in the summer of 2007. They returned to Brooklyn, New York in May 2008 in order to begin recording their next record, and tapped Rich Costey (who produced their breakthrough album, Frengers) once again as producer.

The band's fifth album No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away was released on August 17 in Scandinavia, August 24 in the UK, and August 25 in the US^[4].

In 2009, the band supported Nine Inch Nails for various tour dates across Europe with Jane's Addiction.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Details	Peak chart position						Certifications (sales thresholds)
		DEN [5]	FIN [6]	NOR [7]	SWE [8]	UK [9][10]	US [11]
1997	A Triumph for Man Released: 1997, 2006 (reissue) Label: Exlibris Musik	8	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Half the World Is Watching Me Released: 2000, 2007 (reissue) Label: Evil Office, Playground	34	—	—	—	—	—
2003	Frengers Released: April 2003, 2007 (reissue) Label: Sony BMG, Epic	2	36	6	—	102	—
2005	And The Glass Handed Kites Released: 19 September 2005 Label: Sony BMG	2	4	4	36	129	—
2009	No More Stories...1 Released: 19 August 2009 Label: Sony BMG	1	2	2	41	110	130

¹ The name in its entirety is: No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away.

EPs

• The Zookeeper's Boy EP (2006)
• Live Session EP (2007) Released exclusively on iTunes
• No More Stories EP (2009)

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart position					Album
		DEN [12]	FIN [13]	NOR [14]	SWE [15]	UK [9]
1997	"She Came Home for Christmas" [a]	—	—	—	—	55	A Triumph for Man
2000	"King Christian"	—	—	—	—	—	Half the World Is Watching Me
	"Her Voice Is Beyond Her Years"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Mica"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Am I Wry? No" [b]	—	—	16	—	47
2003	"Comforting Sounds"	—	—	—	—	48	Frengers
	"156"	—	—	—	11	—
2005	"Apocalypso"	—	—	—	—	75	And the Glass Handed Kites
	"Special"	—	—	—	—	46
2006	"Why Are You Looking Grave?"	20	—	—	—	53
	"The Zookeeper's Boy"	—	—	13	—	80
2009	"Introducing Palace Players" [c]	—	—	—	—	—	No More Stories...
	"Repeaterbeater"	—	—	—	—	—

Notes

• a^ Re-released in 2000, 2002 and 2003. Peaked at #76 on the UK Singles Chart in 2002.
• b^ Re-released in 2003. Peaked at #137 on UK Singles Chart on its first release.
• c^ Download-only

Other singles

Year	Single	Album
2000	"I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi for You"	A Triumph for Man

B-Sides

Song Title
Animals Of Many Kinds
Bones (Song For Albert)
City Voices
Drown
Forever And Ever
In Time Do You Forget? (Daydream)
Killer
Like Chaser
Like Paper Cuts
Misplaced
Nothing Is Red
Quietly
Safe As Houses
Succubus
Superfriends
That Time On The Ledge
Watch This Space
Where Have All The Geysers Gone?
Wherefore Are You Not There?
Shiroi Kuchiburu No Izanai
King Christian (New Version)
Mica (New Version)
She Came Home for Christmas (Acoustic)
Swimmer's Chant
Start
Owl
Nervous

Videography

DVDs

• Live in Copenhagen (2006)

Music videos

• 1996 "I Should Have Been A Tsin-Tsi For You"
• 2001 "Mica"
• 2003 "Am I Wry? No"
• 2003 "156"
• 2003 "She Came Home for Christmas"
• 2003 "That Time On The Ledge" (Unofficial music video)
• 2003 "Comforting Sounds"
• 2005 "Apocalypso" (Internet promo video only)
• 2005 "Special"
• 2006 "The Zookeeper's Boy"
• 2006 "King Christian" (New version)
• 2006 "Why Are You Looking Grave?"
• 2009 "Introducing Palace Players"
• 2009 "Repeaterbeater"
• 2010 "Beach"