Benny Anderssons Orkester (ABBA) - Benny Anderssons Orkester (2001)

Year: 28 June 2001 (CD 2001)
Label: Mono Music (Sweden), MMCD 017
Style: Folk Pop, Classical, Jazz, Instrumental
Country: Stockholm, Sweden (16 December 1946)
Time: 47:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Charts: SWE #1; Time in weeks: 55; Gold (26 September 2001), Platinum (29 January 2002).
Benny Anderssons orkester, a folk music group founded in 2001 by former ABBA member Benny Andersson, follows the style of Andersson's two solo albums from the 1980s, Klinga mina klockor and November 1989. The album combines traditional Swedish folk music with classical, pop und jazz influences. Out of the 14 tracks on the album, 12 are instrumentals and two ("Var sista dans" and "Latt som en sommarfjaril") feature vocals by Helen Sjoholm, who played the role of Kristina in the musical Kristina fran Duvemala, written by Andersson and former ABBA colleague Bjorn Ulvaeus. Ulvaeus is credited on this album as well, writing the lyrics for the two aforementioned tracks. All music is composed by Benny Andersson, who also produced the album.
The album was recorded on two weekends in the spring of 2001 at Atlantis Studios in Stockholm. This studio, formerly known as Metronome Studio, was the location of many recording sessions for ABBA up until 1976. According to Andersson (the "Kapellmastaren", as he calls himself in the booklet), the recording of the album was "live", which means that all the instruments (including Helen Sjoholm's vocals) were recorded at the same time, in one session. Only slight changes were made afterwards, when the album was finally mixed at Andersson's Mono Music Studios.
Various recordings from this album have also been included on film soundtracks. The film Sanger fran andra vaningen by Roy Andersson includes "Sang fran andra vaningen", "Laureen" and "Tosabiten", and the film Nu ar pappa trott igen by Marie-Louise Ekman features "Cirkus finemang" and "P.S.".
The song "Briggens blaogda blonda kapten" is a tribute to Gorel Hanser (the "blue-eyed, blonde captain", as the title puts it), who has worked together with Andersson and ABBA since the 1970s. To this day, she is responsible for the business aspects of many of Andersson's productions. One of the largest, "Briggenteater Produktion", is responsible for Andersson and Ulvaeus's three musical theatre projects Kristina fran Duvemala, Chess and Mamma Mia!.
The album's opening track, "Hardangervidda", is named after the famous Hardangervidda mountain plateau in Norway. Both vocal tracks on the album were later re-recorded with English lyrics.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Anderssons_orkester_(album))

01. Hardangervidda (04:09)
02. Snedseglarn (02:46)
03. Cirkus Finemang (04:19)
04. Var Sista Dans (04:49)
05. Briggens Blaogda Blonda Kapten (03:52)
06. Knasluvan (01:56)
07. Anitas Polska (03:17)
08. Schottis I Tyrolen (02:56)
09. Sang Fran Andra Vaningen (03:46)
10. Lauren (04:28)
11. Tosabiten (03:08)
12. Nya Manvalsen (03:06)
13. Latt Som En Sommarfjaril (03:41)
14. P.S. (01:02)

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