nothing like the love i have for you is egil olsen's second album. an album about love. an album about peace. egil olsen sings about wanting to write a thousand songs for someone tonight. about forgiveness and getting a fresh start by flushing himself down the toilet. about being home alone and realizing that maybe it's time to be a man and propose. about falling in love with a lot of the girls he sees out on the street. about knowing that there's a heart in all bad boys. about takin it easy, saying no and postponing till tomorrow (feat. thom hell). about tossing and turning and crawling under the sheets, unable to fall a sleep. about the results of the combination of hard work and fate (feat. the ever enchanting jenny hval). about learning to not care, in a good way. about taking the car for a drive, lay back the seats and go crazy. about growing older, smarter without giving the world the cold shoulder. about wanting to be happy. about how it could be that he ended up with most beautiful dot in the whole universe.
the album was recorded at egil olsen's own studio in oslo, a boat house at the beautiful island giske and at audiofarm in ørsta. the very last thing recorded on the album, the sad boo hoo trumpet on i just don't care (in a good way) anymore, was recorded on a farm during the preparations to egil olsen's wedding.
while recording nothing like the love i have for you, egil olsen was on NRK radio P3 once a week to co-host the show pia and present a weekly cover of a hip hop classic. songs like rapper's delight, ice ice baby and boombastic were represented.