The Last Resort | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Trentemøller |
Cover: | The Last Resort cover.jpg |
Released: | 9 October 2006 |
Recorded: | 2005–2006 |
Genre: | Electronic, downtempo, minimal |
Length: | 77:34 (Standard Edition) 153:51 (Limited Edition) |
Label: | Poker Flat Recordings |
Producer: | Trentemøller |
Next Title: | The Trentemøller Chronicles |
Next Year: | 2007 |
The Last Resort is the debut album by Danish electronic musician Trentemøller. It was released on 9 October 2006. The album debuted at No. 5 on the Danish Albums Chart.[1] In Denmark, The Last Resort was certified platinum in October 2009 for sales over 30,000 copies, a rare feat for an electronic music album.[2] It is also available in a Limited Edition which includes a bonus disc with some of Trentemøller's previous 12-inch singles.
Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork compared the album to Thom Yorke's The Eraser. Resident Advisor—an online magazine with a focus on electronic music—named The Last Resort as the fifth best album of 2006.[3] They also named it the 28th best album of the decade.[4] The Danish newspaper Politiken gave the album 5 out of 6 stars, and named it the second best Danish album of 2006, dubbing him "the hero of techno".[5]
Chart (2006) | Peak position | |
---|---|---|
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[6] | 62 | |
Danish Albums Chart | 5 | |
French Albums Chart[7] | 148 |
In 2011, it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe.[8]