Min bäste vän
Encyclopedia
Min bäste vän is the seventh solo album by Swedish
pop singer
and songwriter Marie Fredriksson
, her sixth album in Swedish
. On the album, Marie Fredriksson gives her own, personal interpretation of the music she grew up with during the 1960s and 1970s.
"The idea of making a record, where I could sing songs of old favourite like John Holm, Pugh Rogefeldt
and Hoola Bandoola Band
started to grow slowly. Everything had really been improvised a lot. Freedom. Especially when it concerns the song and the arrangement. It is not so polished anymore. This is what songs just need."
(0946 3668872 5; June 14, 2006)
Music of Sweden
Sweden shares the tradition of Nordic folk dance music with its neighboring countries including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka. The accordion, clarinet, fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish folk instruments. This instrumental genre is the biggest one in Swedish...
pop singer
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and songwriter Marie Fredriksson
Marie Fredriksson
is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist, best known for forming one half of the pop duo Roxette, which she created together with Per Gessle in 1986...
, her sixth album in Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
. On the album, Marie Fredriksson gives her own, personal interpretation of the music she grew up with during the 1960s and 1970s.
Fredriksson's comments on the album
"These songs here have been my best friends during the important years of my life. When I took my old, scratched long playing records to listen them again, I noticed how great they are. Still great. I began sing songs by myself and I discovered that I longed to sing in Swedish again.""The idea of making a record, where I could sing songs of old favourite like John Holm, Pugh Rogefeldt
Pugh Rogefeldt
Pugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt , is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.-Biography:...
and Hoola Bandoola Band
Hoola Bandoola Band
Hoola Bandoola Band was a Swedish progg group from the 1970s with leftist political texts. Leading members were Mikael Wiehe and Björn Afzelius.-History:Hoola Bandoola Band was, together with Nationalteatern, the biggest band of the Swedish progg movement...
started to grow slowly. Everything had really been improvised a lot. Freedom. Especially when it concerns the song and the arrangement. It is not so polished anymore. This is what songs just need."
Formats and track listing
Swedish CD(0946 3668872 5; June 14, 2006)
- "Din bäste vän" (Your best friend) - 4:07
- "SommarängSommaräng"Sommaräng" is a song written by Swedish singer and composer John Holm, that was the first single released from Marie Fredriksson's 2006 cover album Min bäste vän. It was the only commercial single released off the album....
" (Summer meadow) - 3:20 - "Om jag vore arbetslös" (If I was unemployed) - 3:32
- "Guldgruva" (Goldmine) - 2:52
- "Ingen kommer undan politikenIngen kommer undan politiken"Ingen kommer undan politiken" is a song originally written by Philippe Tatartcheff & Anna McGarrigle as "Complainte pour Ste. Catherine". It is the second single released from Marie Fredriksson's cover album Min bäste vän, in digital format only. A promotional single was also released...
" (No-one escapes politics) 3:46 - "Jag ger dig min morgon" (I give you my morning) - 5:06
- "Aftonfalken" (The evening falcon) - 3:55
- "Man måste veta vad man önskar sig" (You have to know what you're wishing for) - 3:31
- "Vem kan man lita på?" (Who can you trust?) - 4:13
- "Den öde stranden" (The deserted beach) - 3:17
- "Här kommer natten" (Here comes the night) - 3:51
B-sides
- "Små lätta moln" (Small light clouds) - 1:42
B-side to "Sommaräng"
Album credits
- Din bäste vän - Music & lyrics: John Holm.
- Sommaräng - Music & lyrics: John Holm.
- Om jag vore arbetslös ('If I Were A Carpenter') - Music & original lyrics: Tim HardinTim HardinJames Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...
. Swedish lyrics: Cornelis VreeswijkCornelis VreeswijkCornelis Vreeswijk , was a singer-songwriter, poet and actor born in IJmuiden in the Netherlands.He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to become a journalist, but became increasingly involved in music, performing at...
. - Guldgruva - Music & lyrics: Pugh RogefeldtPugh RogefeldtPugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt , is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.-Biography:...
. - Ingen kommer undan politiken ('Complainte pour Ste. Catherine') - Music & original lyrics: Philippe TatartcheffPhilippe TatartcheffPhilippe Tatartcheff is a Canadian poet and songwriter who grew up in Timmins, Ontario. His father, Dr. Michael Tatartcheff, was a physician and surgeon in Timmins, and his grandfather, Dr. Assen Tatartcheff, was a member of the Macedonian Liberation Front IMRE...
& Anna McGarrigleKate and Anna McGarrigleKate and Anna McGarrigle, were a pair of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec, who performed as a duo until Kate McGarrigle's death on January 18, 2010.-Profile:...
. Swedish lyrics: Ola Magnell. - Jag ger dig min morgon ('I Give You The Morning') - Music & original lyrics: Tom PaxtonTom PaxtonThomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has been writing, performing and recording music for over forty years...
. Swedish lyrics: Fred ÅkerströmFred ÅkerströmFred Åkerström was a Swedish folk guitarist and singer particularly noted for his interpretations of Bellman's music, and his own work of the typically Swedish song segment named visa. These songs, visor, are traditionally very narrative and the performance is "acted" to some degree. The singer is...
. - Aftonfalken - Music & lyrics: Pugh Rogefeldt.
- Man måste veta vad man önskar sig - Music & lyrics: Mikael WieheMikael WieheMikael Christian Wiehe is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the proggmovement.-Career:...
. - Vem kan man lita på? - Music & lyrics: Mikael Wiehe.
- Den öde stranden - Music & lyrics: John Holm.
- Här kommer natten - Music & lyrics: Pugh Rogefeldt.
- Små lätta moln - Music & lyrics: Pugh Rogefeldt.
- Produced and arranged by Mikael Bolyos.
- Executive producer: Kjell Andersson.
- Mastered by Thomas Eberger & Björn Engelmann, Cutting Room.
- Photo: Mathias Edwall. Thanks to: Mats Fridehäll.
- Artwork: Kjell Andersson & Pär Wickholm.
- Make-up: Petra Cabbe.
Singles
| # | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sommaräng Sommaräng "Sommaräng" is a song written by Swedish singer and composer John Holm, that was the first single released from Marie Fredriksson's 2006 cover album Min bäste vän. It was the only commercial single released off the album.... " |
17 May 2006 |
| 2. | "Ingen kommer undan politiken Ingen kommer undan politiken "Ingen kommer undan politiken" is a song originally written by Philippe Tatartcheff & Anna McGarrigle as "Complainte pour Ste. Catherine". It is the second single released from Marie Fredriksson's cover album Min bäste vän, in digital format only. A promotional single was also released... " (promo-only) |
25 July 2006 |