# Solidarity Breaks

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2011 studio album by Bern/hoft

Solidarity Breaks Studio album by Bern/hoft Released 31 January 2011 (2011-01-31) Recorded 2010 Genre Soul, jazz, blues, pop Label Universal Music Bern/hoft chronology 1:Man 2:Band (2010) Solidarity Breaks (2011) Walk With Me (Live at Chateau Neuf) (2011)

***Solidarity Breaks*** is the second solo album of the Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician [Jarle Bernhoft](/source/Jarle_Bernhoft) and the first one to be credited to his new adopted name **Bern/hoft**. Released on [Universal Music](/source/Universal_Music) on 31 January 2011, it entered at number 2 in its first week of release, then topped [VG-lista](/source/VG-lista) the official Norwegian Albums Chart for six consecutive weeks in July and August 2011 (charts 27/2011 to 32/2011 inclusive) and came back to occupy the top of the chart for a seventh week in September in weekly chart 35/2011. The album also charted in Denmark[1] and in France.

Most instrumentation was by Bernhoft himself, but there were guest musicians on the album like [Knut Reiersrud](/source/Knut_Reiersrud) (harmonica), English musician [Ed Harcourt](/source/Ed_Harcourt), [Torstein Lofthus](/source/Torstein_Lofthus) (drums), [David Wallumrød](/source/David_Wallumr%C3%B8d) (keyboards) and [Audun Erlien](/source/Audun_Erlien) (bass) and Kwame Ogoo (vocals). Fred Ball produced the album, with [Steve Fitzmaurice](/source/Steve_Fitzmaurice) on the mixing. "Choices" was the main single release from the album that also included the immensely popular Bernhoft cover of [Tears for Fears](/source/Tears_for_Fears) classic hit "[Shout](/source/Shout_(Tears_for_Fears_song))".

## Track list

1. "Sing Hello and Some More" (4:25)

1. "Choices" (3:47)

1. "Stay with Me" (4:22)

1. "Good Intentions" (3:59)

1. "Cmon Talk" (3:41)

1. "A Bad Place to Reside" (1:54)

1. "Control" (3:34)

1. "Space in My Heart" (4:59)

1. "Prophet" (4:36)

1. "[Shout](/source/Shout_(Tears_for_Fears_song))" (3:53)

1. "Buzz Aldrin" (5:11)

### Special edition

A special edition was released including four live bonus tracks:

1. "The Light" (live)

1. "In Tangerine" (live)

1. "Choices" (live)

1. "Cmon talk" (live)

## Charts

Chart (2011) Peak position Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[2] 29 French Albums (SNEP)[3] 64 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] 1

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Gaffa.dk: Bernhoft Solidarity Breaks - Fan-fucking-tastic](http://gaffa.dk/anmeldelse/50022) (in Danish)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Denmark_Bern/Hoft_2-0)** "[Danishcharts.dk – Bern/Hoft – Solidarity Breaks](https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Bern/Hoft&titel=Solidarity+Breaks&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_France_Bern/Hoft_3-0)** "[Lescharts.com – Bern/Hoft – Solidarity Breaks](https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bern/Hoft&titel=Solidarity+Breaks&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Norway_Bern/Hoft_4-0)** "[Norwegiancharts.com – Bern/Hoft – Solidarity Breaks](https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bern/Hoft&titel=Solidarity+Breaks&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 2, 2014.

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