Tid för tystnad - Marie Fredrikssons ballader (Time for silence - Marie Fredriksson's ballads) is the second compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Swedish

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...

, made of personal favourites among her previously recorded ballads. Features two newly-recorded songs: "Ordet är farväl

Ordet är farväl

"Ordet är farväl" is the lead, promo-for-radio-only, single outtaken from Marie Fredriksson's compilation album of ballads Tid för tystnad - Marie Fredrikssons ballader.-Versions:...

" and "Ett bord i solen" (Swedish

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 version of "A Table In The Sun" from the album The Change

The Change (Marie Fredriksson album)

The Change is the sixth album by Swedish pop singer and songwriter Marie Fredriksson, and her solo debut in English. Written and recorded during two years of medication and darkness after the removal of a brain tumour in September 2002...

.

Despite of the lack of promotion, the album managed to join the Swedish Albums Chart

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, and peaked at #32 in its third week of release.

All of a sudden, it was released in Argentina a few months later. It makes it the first Swedish album by Marie to be available out of Sweden since the Japanese edition of The Change in 2004. It's the first Marie (or Per Gessle

Per Gessle

Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson...

) solo album ever printed and released in this South American country. It reached the #16 spot in the CAPIF's Weekly Chart (best-selling albums).

Formats and track listings

Swedish CD

(50999 5165292 0; 28 November 2007)

Argentinian CD

(50999 5165292 0; 8 July 2008)

1. "Ordet är farval
   Ordet är farväl
   "Ordet är farväl" is the lead, promo-for-radio-only, single outtaken from Marie Fredriksson's compilation album of ballads Tid för tystnad - Marie Fredrikssons ballader.-Versions:...
   
   " (The word is goodbye) - 3:55
2. "Ännu doftar kärlek" (Still smells of love) - 3:44
3. "Den bästa dagen" (The best day) - 4:18
4. "Mot okända hav" (Toward unknown seas) - 3:52
5. "Aldrig som främlingar" (Never like strangers) - 4:37
6. "Även vargar måste välja" (Even wolves must choose) - 2:48
7. "Jag brände din bild" (I burned your picture) - 4:22
8. "Tid för tystnad" (Time for silence) - 3:55
9. "Ett bord i solen" (A table in the sun) - 3:23
10. "Den ständiga resan" (The eternal journey) - 4:04
11. "Medan tiden är inne" (While there is still time) - 3:44
12. "Min trognaste vän" (My most faithful friend) - 4:08
13. "Vinterängel" (Winter angel) - 4:33
14. "Sparvöga
    Sparvöga
    Sparvöga is a 1989 single by Swedish artist Marie Fredriksson, known internationally from the duo Roxette. The single was not originally part of an album, but was written for the TV-series Sparvöga, which in turn was based on Ann-Charlotte Alverfors's book by the same name. The single was released...
    
    " (Sparrow eyes) - 4:08
15. "Den sjunde vågen" (The sevent wave) - 6:22
16. "Ett hus vid havet" (A house by the sea) - 1:29
17. "Så skimrande var aldrig havet" (The sea never was so sparkling) - 3:53
18. "Berusa mig" (Intoxicate me) - 5:08
19. "Tro" (Hope) - 4:59

Album credits

(Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson except where noted)

• "Ordet är farval
  Ordet är farväl
  "Ordet är farväl" is the lead, promo-for-radio-only, single outtaken from Marie Fredriksson's compilation album of ballads Tid för tystnad - Marie Fredrikssons ballader.-Versions:...
  
  " (Music: Mikael Bolyos. Lyrics: Py Bäckman) Recorded in 2007 for Tid för tystnad.
• "Ännu doftar kärlek" (Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson & Lasse Lindbom) From Het vind
  Het vind
  Het vind is the debut album from Swedish pop singer Marie Fredriksson, released on .-Track listing:LP/MC*Side one#"Het vind" – 5:34#"Jag går min väg" – 3:52...
  
  (1984).
• "Den bästa dagen" (Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson, Lasse Lindbom & Niklas Strömstedt) From Den sjunde vågen
  Den sjunde vågen
  Den sjunde vågen is the second studio album from Swedish pop singer Marie Fredriksson.-Formats and track listings:LP/MC*Side A#"Värdighet"#"För dom som älskar"#"Silver i din hand"#"När du såg på mej"#"Mot okända hav"*Side B...
  
  (1985).
• "Mot okända hav" (Lyrics & music: Ulf Schagerström) From Den sjunde vågen (1985).
• "Aldrig som främlingar" (Lyrics & music: Ulf Schagerström) From Efter stormen
  Efter stormen
  Efter stormen is the third studio album from Swedish pop singer Marie Fredriksson.-Formats and track listings:LP/MC*Side A#"Längtan" #"Om du såg mej nu"#"Efter stormen"#"Kärlekens skuld"#"Aldrig som främlingar"#"Bara för en dag"...
  
  (1987).
• "Även vargar måste välja" (Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson & Lasse Lindbom) From Efter stormen (1987).
• "Jag brände din bild" (Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson & Lasse Lindbom) From Efter stormen (1987).
• "Tid för tystnad" From Den ständiga resan
  Den ständiga resan
  Den ständiga resan is the fourth studio album from Swedish pop singer Marie Fredriksson. The title track was covered by Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth and featured on their special edition issue of Watershed in 2008....
  
  (1992).
• "Ett bord i solen" New mix and vocals recorded in 2007 for Tid för tystnad.
• "Den ständiga resan" From Den ständiga resan (1992).
• "Medan tiden är inne" From Den ständiga resan (1992).
• "Min trognaste vän" From I en tid som vår
  I en tid som vår
  I en tid som vår is the fifth album from Swedish pop singer and songwriter Marie Fredriksson. Recorded by and co-produced with her husband Mikael Bolyos at their home studio in Djursholm, Sweden. Some bonus tracks were added to the album when it was remastered and re-released...
  
  (1996).
• "Vinterängel" From I en tid som vår (1996).
• "Sparvöga" Single/Theme for the TV-serie Sparvöga (1989).
• "Den sjunde vågen" (Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson & Lasse Lindbom) From Den sjunde vågen
  Den sjunde vågen
  Den sjunde vågen is the second studio album from Swedish pop singer Marie Fredriksson.-Formats and track listings:LP/MC*Side A#"Värdighet"#"För dom som älskar"#"Silver i din hand"#"När du såg på mej"#"Mot okända hav"*Side B...
  
  (1985).
• "Ett hus vid havet" (Lyrics & music: Marie Fredriksson & Lasse Lindbom) From Den sjunde vågen (1985).
• "Så skimrande var aldrig havet" (Lyrics & music: Evert Taube) From the compilartion album Taube (1990).
• "Berusa mig" From I en tid som vår
  I en tid som vår
  I en tid som vår is the fifth album from Swedish pop singer and songwriter Marie Fredriksson. Recorded by and co-produced with her husband Mikael Bolyos at their home studio in Djursholm, Sweden. Some bonus tracks were added to the album when it was remastered and re-released...
  
  (1996).
• "Tro" From I en tid som vår (1996).

• Compiled and selected by Marie Fredriksson, Mikael Bolyos & Kjell Andersson.
• Mastered by Björn Engelmann, 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...
  
  .
• Photo by Pär Wickholm.
• Make-up by Lisa Derkert.
• Artwork by Kjell Andersson & Pär Wickholm.
• Management: D&D Management.

Singles

#	Title	Date
1.	"Ordet är farväl Ordet är farväl "Ordet är farväl" is the lead, promo-for-radio-only, single outtaken from Marie Fredriksson's compilation album of ballads Tid för tystnad - Marie Fredrikssons ballader.-Versions:... " (promo-only)	18 November 2007