# The Savage Rose

The Savage Rose is a Danish psychedelic rock group, formed in 1967.

## Career

The band was founded in 1967 by Thomas Koppel, Anders Koppel, Alex Riel, Jens Rugsted, Flemming Ostermann, and singer Annisette Koppel. Ilse Marie Koppel was also participating. Nils Tuxen replaced Flemming Ostermann from their second album.
Since the mid-1970s, the group was an acoustic trio consisting of Thomas Koppel, Annisette Koppel (then Hansen) and John Ravn as a core. From the beginning of the 1990s, the group returned to electric instrumentation. Thomas Koppel died on February 25, 2006.
After the release of Love and Freedom in 2012, Savage Rose went on tour, but in Christmas 2013 they were back in the studio recording new songs and re-recording old songs. The album titled Roots of the Wasteland was released in April 2014; after 47 years and 21 studio albums, they are still going strong. The first single "Mr. World" was released April 12, 2014 and the new album was released May 19.
In 1996 The Savage Rose received a Danish Music Award for the album Black Angel, which was recorded in the US. The band's debut album, The Savage Rose, was chosen as part of the Danish Culture Canon in 2006.
On February 10, 2017, it was announced on their Facebook page that The Savage Rose will be releasing a new studio album as they tour to celebrate their 50-year anniversary.
On August 10, 2017, a new single "Woman" was released and the date for their new studio album Homeless was September 15, 2017.

## Reception

In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote of the Savage Rose's 1970 LP Your Daily Gift: "This band has a knack for combining funky riffs with persistent melodies (borrowed from where, this ignorant American wonders). But though Annisette's multi-octave Lolita voice is certainly distinctive, I find her about as sexy as Yma Sumac, and as long as she sings Anders Koppel's lyrics she won't be any font of wisdom either." He appreciated the "fast tempos, soul piano," and production of their Jimmy Miller-produced Refugee (1971) more, saying they "do wonders for Anisette's come-on, and the lyrics prove that getting laid is a universal language. Death, too."

## Discography
### Albums
#### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | DEN | NOR |
| The Savage Rose | Released: July 1968 Label: Polydor Formats: LP | — | 12 |
| In the Plain | Released: December 1968 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | — | — |
| Travelin' | Released: November 1969 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 3 | 6 |
| Your Daily Gift | Released: November 1970 Label: Polydor, RCA Formats: LP, MC, 8-track | 10 | 18 |
| Refugee | Released: September 1971 Label: Polydor, RCA Formats: LP, MC | — | — |
| Dødens triumf | Released: May 1972 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC Meaning: Triumph of Death | 2 | — |
| Babylon | Released: January 1973 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | 9 | — |
| Wild Child | Released: 1973 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | — | — |
| Solen var også din | Released: 1978 Label: Sonet Formats: LP, MC Meaning: The Sun Was Yours Too | — | — |
| En vugge af stål | Released: 1982 Label: Nexø Forlag Formats: LP Meaning: Cradle of Steel | — | — |
| Vi kæmper for at sejre | Released: 1984 Label: Nexø Forlag Formats: LP, MC Meaning: We Struggle for Victory | — | — |
| Kejserens nye klæder | Released: 1986 Label: Rosen Formats: LP Meaning: The Emperor's New Clothes | — | — |
| Sangen for livet | Released: February 1988 Label: Nexø Forlag Formats: CD, LP, MC Meaning: The Song for Life | — | — |
| Ild og Frihed | Released: 1989 Label: Nexø Forlag Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MC Meaning: Fire and Freedom | — | — |
| Gadens dronning | Released: 1990 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, MC Meaning: Queen of the Streets | — | — |
| Månebarn | Released: 1992 Label: EMI Formats: CD, LP, MC Meaning: Moonchild | — | — |
| Black Angel | Released: 1995 Label: Mega Formats: CD, MC | — | 9 |
| Tameless | Released: 29 October 1998 Label: Mega Formats: CD | 14 | 19 |
| For Your Love | Released: 26 October 2001 Label: Mega Formats: CD | 10 | — |
| Universal Daughter | Released: 19 November 2007 Label: Columbia/Sony BMG Formats: CD | 13 | 34 |
| Love and Freedom | Released: 10 September 2012 Label: Nordic Music Society Formats: CD, LP | 8 | — |
| Roots of the Wasteland | Released: 19 May 2014 Label: Target Formats: CD, LP | 3 | — |
| Homeless | Released: 15 September 2017 Label: Target Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 5 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

#### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | DEN |
| Are You Ready – The Savage Rose Live | Released: 24 May 2004 Label: Street Ballerina Music Formats: CD | 18 |

#### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | DEN |
| Pop History Vol. 15 | Released: 1971 Label: Polydor Formats: 2xLP | — |
| I'm Satisfied | Released: 1971 Label: Karussell Formats: LP | — |
| Pop Giants Vol. 12 | Released: 1973 Label: Brunswick Formats: LP | — |
| The Best of the Savage Rose | Released: 1977 Label: Polydor Formats: LP, MC | — |
| The Best of Yesteryear Vol. 12 | Released: 1990 Label: Dark Blue Formats: CD | — |
| 25 | Released: 1993 Label: Mega Formats: 2xCD | — |
| 1968–1973 | Released: 2001 Label: Universal Formats: 8xCD | — |
| 1978–1992 | Released: 2001 Label: Mega Formats: 8xCD | — |
| The Anthology | Released: 4 November 2002 Label: Universal/Mega Formats: 2xCD | 22 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | DEN | Album |
| "A Girl I Knew" | 1968 | 8 | The Savage Rose |
| "Evening's Child" | 1968 | 8 | In the Plain |
| "Long Before I Was Born" | 1968 | 5 | In the Plain |
| Birthday Day"/"The Schoolteacher Said So" | 1969 | 4 | Non-album single |
| "Travelin'" | 1969 | 10 | Travelin' |
| "My Family Was Gay" (US-only release) | 1969 | — | Travelin' |
| "Sunday Morning" | 1971 | 19 | Your Daily Gift |
| "Walking in the Line" | 1971 | — | Refugee |
| "Revival Day" | 1971 | — | Refugee |
| "The Messenger Speaks" | 1972 | — | Babylon |
| "Der sejler et skib (Sangen til Mia)" | 1989 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Stjerneskud (Når lysene tændes i parken)" | 1989 | 12 | Non-album singles |
| "Solen var også din" | 1990 | — | Gadens dronning |
| "Den største af alt er kærlighed" | 1991 | — | Non-album single |
| "Fri som en sommervind" | 1992 | — | Månebarn |
| "Run Rose" | 1996 | — | Black Angel |
| "Pigestemmer" | 2001 | — | Non-album single |
| "A World Aflame (Not in Your Name)" | 2002 | — | The Anthology |
| "I Hear Them Coming" | 2007 | — | Universal Daughter |
| "Woman" | 2017 | — | Homeless |
| "Harassing" | 2018 | — | Homeless |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||

## Guest appearances

* 1969 Newport Jazz Festival
* 1974 Ragnarock'73 (The shoeshine boy is dead) "Ragnarock was a Rockfestival in Norway '73, '74 and '75 and released one LP"
* 1976 Christiania (De vilde blomster gror)
* 1976 Christiania (I kan ikke slå os ihjel) "Recorded by Bifrost with Annisette, Poul Dissing and Sebastian on Vocals"
* 2004 Bevar Christiania (Junglebarn)