Righteous Boy is the solo project of Magnus Sveningsson

Magnus Sveningsson

Magnus Sveningsson is best known as the bassist in the Swedish rock band, The Cardigans, and has also recorded under a solo project entitled Righteous Boy....

, bassist

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 from Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 rock group The Cardigans

The Cardigans

The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in the town of Jönköping in October 1992.Their debut album Emmerdale gave them a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some success abroad, especially in Japan. It was not until their second album Life that an international reputation was secured...

. Sveningsson began the project during the long hiatus between the Cardigans' Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo (album)

Gran Turismo is the fourth studio album by the Swedish band The Cardigans, released internationally on October 1, 1998 and in November 1998 in the U.S.. It features a darker and more moody type of music, mixing with more electronic sounds...

and Long Gone Before Daylight

Long Gone Before Daylight

Long Gone Before Daylight is the fifth studio album by The Cardigans. After a long hiatus from their last album in 1998 , it was finally released in Japan on March 19, 2003 and in Europe on March 24, 2003...

albums. To date, Righteous Boy's single album release is I Sing Because of You (2003), which contained the single "Loved Among Friends."

I Sing Because of You

I Sing Because of You was recorded at Tambourine Studios

Tambourine Studios

Tambourine Studios is a recording studio in the centre of Malmö, Sweden. It was set up by members of the Swedish band Eggstone and has been running for 10 years. The studio is best known for The Cardigans albums, which were almost all recorded there. Other bands to have recorded there are Bob Hund,...

 (Malmö, Sweden) and mastered by Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios

Cutting Room Studios

Cutting Room Studios is an audio mastering studio located in Stockholm, Sweden since 1980. Cutting Room was founded in the 1970s by Peter Strindberg and is currently owned by Björn Engelmann. Sitting in a five studio location they have dedicated three of them to audio mastering...

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Tracklisting

1. "Loved Among Friends" (3:45)
2. "View from a Satellite" (4:25)
3. "No More Love" (3:57)
4. "Righteous Boy / Righteous Girl" (4:04)
5. "I Made It Hard for You to Love Me" (3:34)
6. "All My Evils" (4:11)
7. "I'm Not Shielded" (1:10)
8. "Elephant Man" (4:35)
9. "I Feel Apart" (4:00)
10. "Lone Among Friends" (4:13)
11. "Straight Song" (4:06)
12. "You Better Do Good" (4:49)

Personnel

• Magnus Sveningsson
  Magnus Sveningsson
  Magnus Sveningsson is best known as the bassist in the Swedish rock band, The Cardigans, and has also recorded under a solo project entitled Righteous Boy....
  
  , of The Cardigans
  The Cardigans
  The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in the town of Jönköping in October 1992.Their debut album Emmerdale gave them a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some success abroad, especially in Japan. It was not until their second album Life that an international reputation was secured...
  
  : co-producer, writer, vocals, bass (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), organ (8, 9, 10, 12), vibraphone (6, 9, 10, 11), melodica (9, 10), keyboards (2, 6) and drums (3, 4)
• Henrik Andersson
  Henrik Andersson
  Henrik Andersson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s. He won two bronze medals at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, earning them in the K-2 200 m and K-4 500 m events.-References:**...
  
  : producer, mastering, co-writer (1, 3, 4), bass (1), guitar (1, 3, 4, 6), backing vocals (1, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 9), piano (3, 5), violin (3)
• Sebastian "Batti" Borg, of stockfinster: co-producer, guitar (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), syntheziser (8, 11, 12), organ (9), mandolin (2).
• Michael Ilbert: mixing (tracks 1,2 and 5 to 12), horn arrangements (12)
• Marco Manieri: mixing (3, 4)
• Jens Jansson, of Brainpool
  Brainpool
  Brainpool may refer to:* Brainpool , a German television production company located in Cologne* Brainpool , a Swedish pop group...
  
  : drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), horns (12)
• Patrik Barstosch, of Eggstone
  Eggstone
  Eggstone is a Swedish Indie Pop band, formed in 1986. The three members - Per Sunding , Patrik Bartosch and Maurits Carlsson - were raised in the small coastal town of Lomma, outside Malmö...
  
  : piano (1, 2, 10) , syntheziser (3), organ (11)
• Nathan Larson: programming (3, 4), backing vocals (5, 9)
• Stefan Kvarnström: programming (8, 9)
• Petter Lindgård, of Gula Studion and The Mopeds: trumpet (2), horns (12)
• Per Sunding, of Eggstone
  Eggstone
  Eggstone is a Swedish Indie Pop band, formed in 1986. The three members - Per Sunding , Patrik Bartosch and Maurits Carlsson - were raised in the small coastal town of Lomma, outside Malmö...
  
  : recording of additional vocals (2, 6), bass (11)
• Filip Runeson: cello and violin (5)
• Helena Josefsson
  Helena Josefsson
  Helena Marianne Josefsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer in the band Sandy Mouche and has been singing in Per Gessle's projects since 2003. In February 2007 she released her first solo album, Dynamo.-Biography:...
  
  , of Sandy Mouche
  Sandy Mouche
  Sandy Mouche is a Swedish band from Lund, Skåne County, southern Sweden. It consists of songwriter- and singer couple Martinique and Helena Josefsson, and the brothers Per and Ola Blomgren. On live shows they bring a bassist and a pianist. They sing in English and French.-Sandy Mouche was born...
  
  : backing vocals (2, 4, 11, 12)
• Lina Johansson: backing vocals (3)
• Claes Persson: co-writer (track 2)
• Juanjo Passo: voice (8)
• Åbäke: graphic design