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Maestro is the third studio album by Norwegian alternative rock band Kaizers Orchestra. It was released on 15 August 2005 by Kaizerecords and Universal Music Group. Like the two previous albums, the lyrics of the compositions are stories that all relate to the theme of the album, this time in a post-war mental hospital owned by a man called Dieter Meyer. The first song that was written for the then-untitled third album, "Dieter Meyers Inst.", frontman Janove Ottesen wrote on the pump organ in Café Mono, Oslo. The song is about a man who willingly commits himself to a mental asylum, which set the tone for the overall theme of the album.
Hard to connect with without understanding the language, but I can’t hate getting the opportunity to hear a new kind of music and I love that this thing of ours has led to some (presumably) Norwegian person recommending me an album
What if The Fratellis were from Norway?
Yeah pretty cool, Norwegians tend to do rock music pretty well. I enjoyed this. 4/5
As always with music in a language I can't speak I feel limited in judging it. Are these lyrics rad or super dumb? Who knows? (Norwegians). I liked the sound anyway, interesting elements of rockabilly and even surf.
Cool album. Thanks for suggesting.
7/10. Better than I expected
Consistently cool alt rock. I liked this quite a bit!
I don't understand Norwegian. But I liked the mood and sound of the music very much.
It sure is mid 2000s alt-rock.
Is this in the Norwegian version of the book?
It's all but impossible to have a blast with the Kaizers, and reading about Maestro's concept puts it in perspective. Treats the impulse to read scattered English words into syllables. I get the distinct sense that the band, not only the character, enjoys cheeky quotation. Is noisy extension a rejection of alt-rock tradition or embrace?
The kind of album that makes you go "hmm".
Un bizarre d’album je suis pas certain si j’ai aime cetait unpeu eclate pour moi. 3.25
Solid
This was interesting. Also short and sweet so thumbs up
That surely was a blast of energy!
This was pretty cool! Although the native vocals sounded a bit weird at first, I got really into this.
This Norwegian rock definitely has a different vibe to it. I thought Christiania was the best song, very reminiscent of the Red Hot Chillis. I probably wouldn't seek it out but its was a novel listen.
Ehem... respect, but... what's this, exactly? A bit of Gogol Bordello vibes... I was never a fan of Gogol Bordello
I apologize to my Nordic ancestors but Nordic languages sound so ugly to me. Almost like Jack White choking on his own vomit. Perhaps even worse than that is when they sing in English with a Norwegian accent. That evoked early career Nick Cave pretending to be a woman in some sort of Monty Python skit. And it wouldn't be an album without some circus music. 3/10
Terrible
Couldn't understand a word of it but a very good album
I have literally no idea what to expect 4 oh its like half norwegian just like me!
Despite being unable to understand the lyrics, I quite enjoyed this. Kept my attention. 3 stars.