Anni-Frid Lyngstad was a compilation album released by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 in 1972, after Lyngstad had had her first Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen is a record chart at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. Svensktoppen airs once a week...

 number one, "Min Egen Stad", a Swedish language version of the Hep Stars

Hep Stars

The Hep Stars was a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963. During 1965-1966 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop groups performing in English language...

 track "It's Nice To Be Back Again". The album opens with "Min Egen Stad" and "En Gång Är Ingen Gång", the A- and B-side of Lyngstad's last but one single for the EMI label before signing with Polar Music

Polar Music

Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. The first act that it signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity producing Ulvæus' next group, international superstars ABBA...

, both produced by Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson

Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...

 and with backing vocals by all four future ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

 members.
All the songs on this album are included in the EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

 compilation album Frida 1967-1972.

Track listing

Side A:

1. "Min Egen Stad" (my home city)(Benny Andersson
   Benny Andersson
   Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
   
   , Peter Himmelstrand) - 3:00
2. "En Gång Är Ingen Gång" ("There Goes My Everything
   There Goes My Everything (song)
   "There Goes My Everything" is a popular song by Dallas Frazier, published in 1965. The song is best known in a 1966 version by Jack Greene whose version spent seven weeks at the top and a total of twenty-one weeks on the chart. The song also won several awards, including Single of the Year and...
   
   ") (Dallas Frazier, Stikkan Anderson
   Stig Anderson
   Stig 'Stikkan' Erik Leopold Anderson was born in Hova, Sweden, and is best known as the manager of the pop group ABBA.- Polar Music:Anderson was the founder of the Polar Music record label in 1963...
   
   ) - 2:46
3. "Försök Och Sov På Saken" ("Surround Yourself With Sorrow") (Bill Martin, Phil Coulter, Bo-Göran Edling) - 2:40
4. "Peter Pan" (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
   Björn Ulvaeus
   Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
   
   ) - 2:09
5. "Räkna De Lyckliga Stunderna Blott (only counts the happy moments)(Jules Sylvain, Karl-Ewert) - 2:38
6. "Där Du Går Lämnar Kärleken Spår" ("Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
   Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
   "Love Grows " is a popular song by "one-hit wonder" Edison Lighthouse. The single hit the number one spot on the UK singles chart on the week ending on 31 January 1970, where it remained for a total of five weeks.- Song profile :...
   
   ") (Barry Mason, Tony Macaulay, Olle Bergman) - 2:43

Side B:

1. "Härlig Är Vår Jord" (what a wonderful day)(Ivan Renliden) - 2:42
2. "Peter Kom Tillbaka" ("Junge, Komm Bald Wieder") (Lotar Olias, Olle Bergman) - 3:07
3. "Simsalabim" (abracadabra)(Gunnar Sandevärn) - 2:30
4. "En Ledig Dag" (a day off)("Weekend in Portofino") (Matteo Chiosso, Bruno Defilippi, Bengt Sten) - 2:55
5. "Du Är Så Underbart Rar" ("Can't Take My Eyes Off You
   Can't Take My Eyes off You
   "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is a 1967 single by Frankie Valli. The song was among Valli's biggest hits, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning a gold record. It was Valli's biggest "solo" hit until he hit #1 in 1975 with "My Eyes Adored You"...
   
   ") (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio, B.S. Bimen) - 3:17
6. "Så Synd Du Måste Gå" ("Comment te dire adieu?"/"It Hurts To Say Goodbye") (Jack Gold, Arnold Golan, Stikkan Anderson) - 2:24

Sources

• Carl Magnus Palm: ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions, Century 22 Limited UK, 1994. ISBN 0-907938-10-8
• Liner notes CD compilation Frida 1967-1972, EMI Music Sweden 1997.