{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox album | name = The Brothel | type = studio | artist = Susanne Sundfør | cover = The Brothel.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2010|03|15|df=yes}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = Pooka Studio | genre = {{hlist|Art-folk<ref name="P4K">{{cite web |last=St. Asaph |first=Katherine |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14304-susanne-sundfr-white-foxes |title="White Foxes" by Susanne Sundfør Review |work=Pitchfork |date=25 September 2012 |accessdate=7 September 2017}}</ref>|electropop<ref>{{cite web |last=Wehner |first=Cyclone |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/album/review-susanne-sundfor-ten-love-songs/ |title=Review: Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs |work=Music Feeds |date=14 April 2015 |accessdate=8 September 2017}}</ref>}} | length = 44:52 | label = {{hlist|EMI Norway|Grönland}} | producer = Lars Horntveth | prev_title = Take One | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = A Night at Salle Pleyel | next_year = 2011 | misc = {{Singles | name = Susanne Sundfør | type = studio | single1 = The Brothel | single1date = 29 January 2010 | single2 = It's All Gone Tomorrow | single2date = 4 June 2010 | single3 = Turkish Delight | single3date = 12 August 2011 }} }}
'''''The Brothel''''' is the second studio album by Norwegian musician Susanne Sundfør, released on 15 March 2010 in Norway, through EMI Music Norway and Grönland Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/the-brothel/id726199399 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216121615/https://itunes.apple.com/no/album/the-brothel/id726199399 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 February 2015 |title=The Brothel by Susanne Sundfør on Apple Music |work=iTunes (Norway) |date=15 March 2010 |accessdate=7 September 2017}}</ref> The album sees a shift from the piano driven pop from previous releases towards a more ambitious and electronic sound.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/susannesundfor/sets/the-brothel |title=The Brothel by Susanne Sundfør |website=SoundCloud |date=22 November 2012 |accessdate=7 September 2017}}</ref>
''The Brothel'' was a critical and commercial success in Norway, spending 30 weeks in the Norwegian album charts and becoming platinum certified and the best-selling album in Norway in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicnorway.no/artist/susanne-sundfor/ |title=Susanne Sundfør |work=Music Norway |accessdate=7 September 2017 |archive-date=27 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127214556/http://musicnorway.no/artist/susanne-sundfor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gillette |first=Courtney |url=http://www.afterellen.com/more/83179-robyn-susanne-sundfr-and-other-female-musicians-up-for-first-ever-nordic-music-prize |title=Robyn, Susanne Sundfør and other female musicians up for first ever Nordic Music Prize |work=AfterEllen |date=6 January 2011 |accessdate=7 September 2017}}</ref> It also won Sundfør a Norwegian Grammy award for "best composer" as well as a nomination for "best lyrics".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.groenland.com/en/2011/03/susanne-sundf%C3%B8r-wins-spellemann-prize |title=Susanne Sundfør Wins Spellemann Prize! |work=Grönland |accessdate=7 September 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | all_writing = Susanne Sundfør, except where noted | total_length = 44:52 | title1 = The Brothel | length1 = 6:15 | title2 = Lilith | length2 = 3:35 | title3 = Black Widow | length3 = 3:16 | title4 = It's All Gone Tomorrow | length4 = 6:07 | title5 = Knight of Noir | length5 = 5:02 | title6 = Turkish Delight | length6 = 4:48 | title7 = As I Walked out One Evening | length7 = 3:18 | note7 = writers: Sundfør, Lars Horntveth | title8 = O Master | length8 = 4:21 | title9 = Lullaby | length9 = 4:48 | title10 = Father Father | length10 = 3:22 }}
==Credits and personnel== Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''The Brothel''.<ref name="Booklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=The Brothel |type=CD liner notes |others=Susanne Sundfør |publisher=Grönland Records |year=2010}}</ref>
===Locations=== * Recorded at Pooka Studio * Vocals recorded at Tomba Emmanuelle * Drums and strings recorded at Malabar Studios * Mixed at Duper Studio * Mastered at Cutting Room Studios
===Personnel=== {{Div col}} * Susanne Sundfør – vocals, arrangements, piano, Fender Rhodes synthesizers, vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba, sansula, drum programming, string arrangements, tambourine * Lars Horntveth – production, arrangements, lap steel guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, baritone guitar, synth bass, bass clarinet, vibraphone, marimba, synthesizers, marxophone, percussion, kokle, water harp, piano, drum programming, strings arrangements, recording * Morten Qvenild – synthesizer * Gard Nilssen – drums * Frode Larsen – violin * Øyvind Fossheim – violin * Nora Taksdal – viola * Emery Cardas – cello * Hans Petter Bang – contrabass * Erik Johannessen – trombone, tuba * Heming Valebjørg – snare drum, timpani * Martin Horntveth – additional drum programming, orchestral bass drum, cymbals * Jørgen Træen – additional drum programming and editing, mixing * Helge Sten – vocal recording {{small|(tracks 1–3, 8–10)}} * Alex Kloster-Jensen – drums and strings recording * Björn Engelmann – mastering * Kristin Austreid – artwork {{Div col end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|artist=Susanne Sundfør|title=The Brothel|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2010|certyear=2020|accessdate=21 November 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
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