Den döende dandyn is a 1986 album

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 from Swedish

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 pop

Pop music

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 and rock

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 artist Magnus Uggla

Magnus Uggla

Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host known for his satirical lyrics. He is a member of the Swedish nobility and a descendant of several European rulers, among which John III of Sweden and Gustav Vasa...

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Den döende dandyn is also the name of a notable painting by Nils Dardel, which in 1984 famously had been bought by financier Fredrik Roos for what was then a record price for a Swedish painting.

The song "Joey Killer" mocks the hair metal subculture, which gained much popularity during the middle to late 1980s.

Track listing

1. Staffans matematik 4:53
2. Joey Killer 4:29
3. Rumpnissar 5:02
4. Varje gång jag ser dig 4:58
5. Fula gubbar 4:17
6. Herr servitör (Worlds Collide) 4:50
7. Mattläggar-Oves hjulsång 4:16
8. Passionsfrukt 3:49
9. Den döende dandyn 4:07

Contributing musicians

• Song
  Song
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  : Magnus Uggla
  Magnus Uggla
  Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host known for his satirical lyrics. He is a member of the Swedish nobility and a descendant of several European rulers, among which John III of Sweden and Gustav Vasa...
  
  
• drums
  Drum kit
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   and drum programming: Per Lindwall
• Bass
  Bass guitar
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   och keyboard
  Electronic keyboard
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  : Peter Ljung
• Guitar
  Guitar
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  : Henrik Jansson
• Choir
  Choir
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  : Staffan Birkenfalk, Benna Sörman, Nysse Nyström
• Bows
  Bow (music)
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   from RSO
  RSO
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• Recorded digitally on Polar Studios AB
• Technician: Kaj Erixon
• All songs by Magnus Uggla, expect "Herr Servitör", which was written by Gilder/McCulloch and Magnus Uggla. The refrain of the song "Fula Gubbar" is inspired by a choral worksfrom Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann
  Georg Philipp Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually...
  
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• Produced and arranged by: Peter Ljung och Anders Henriksson