Robert Post (musician)

Robert Post (born Robert Øien Fylling; March 20, 1979 in Langevåg, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. Post won two awards, Best Male Artist and Best Video, at Norway's equivalent of the Grammys, Spellemannprisen, in 2005 for his debut album. He has also toured with Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainwright, Ray Lamontagne, Texas, Natalie Imbruglia and Jason Mraz.

Post debuted with a worldwide release of his eponymous debut album in August 2005. Record producer Mike Hedges oversaw the album, and they recorded it through the original EMI mixing desk used for Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.^{[citation needed]} The album was "Record of the Week" on BBC Radio 2, while both singles, "Got None" and "There's One Thing", were A-listed.^{[clarification needed]} The album has sold 80,000 copies around the world.^{[citation needed]}

He was on the bill at Robert Redford's 'Sundance Film Festival 2006' in Park City, sharing the stage with Rufus Wainwright, Imogen Heap and The Weepies. Post has performed on the biggest music shows and talk shows on television in Italy, France and the United Kingdom, such as Taratata, Top of the Pops, Pimp My TV and BBC Breakfast TV.

Discography

Albums

Robert Post (2005) Mercury Records, No. 12 Norwegian Album Chart
Disarm & Let Go (2009) Bobfloat Music/Playground Music
Live at Ocean Sound Recordings (2011) Bobfloat Music
Rhetoric Season One (2011) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene
The Button Moulder (2013) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene

EPs

The Way We Are (2004) Bobfloat Music
Martha's Drawings (2006) Bobfloat Music
Ocean Sessions (2007) Bobfloat Music/Nettwerk Records

Singles

Got None (2005) Mercury Records – No. 42 UK Singles Chart,^[1] No. 15 UK Airplay Chart, No. 1 Italy Airplay Chart, No. 29 Italy Singles Chart, No. 5 Norway Airplay Chart
There's One Thing (2005) Mercury Records
Try, Try, Try (2007) Bobfloat Music
Beirut / The Boy with the Hood (2009) Bobfloat Music/Playground Music
Landing / Frontline (2011) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene
My Body (2013) Bobfloat Music/Musikkoperatørene

References

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 432. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 432. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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