My Colouring Book

My Colouring Book is the eleventh studio album released by Swedish singer-songwriter Agnetha Fältskog. It is her fourth album recorded in English and was her first album release for 17 years, and was well received by ABBA fans, as well as the general music press, with renditions of songs which she had listened to during her teen years in the 1960s.

This article is about the Agnetha Fältskog album. For the American popular song, see My Coloring Book.
My Colouring Book
Studio album by
Agnetha Fältskog
Released19 April 2004
RecordedFebruary 2003 – January 2004
StudioAtlantis Studio, Unit 7 and Hammarby Studio, Stockholm
Genre
Length42:07
LabelWEA
Producer
  • Agnetha Fältskog
  • Anders Neglin
  • Dan Strömkvist
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
That's Me
(1998)		 My Colouring Book
(2004)		 Agnetha Fältskog De Första Åren
(2004)

The singles from the album were "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (#11 in the UK) and "When You Walk in the Room" (UK #34), though "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" was issued in Sweden as a promo-only single. The album reached #12 in the UK, her highest-charting album there until May 2013, when she reached #6 with her album "A".[1]

Reception

It was announced that around 500,000 copies of the album were sold worldwide.[2] During 2004, the album went silver in the UK for sales of over 60,000,[3] while in Fältskog's home country of Sweden, during its first week of release, a high 64,000 copies were sold. My Colouring Book also reached #6 in Germany in May 2004.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
The Guardian link

Track listing
  1. "My Colouring Book" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) – 3:27
  2. "When You Walk in the Room" (Jackie DeShannon) – 3:36
  3. "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (John Cameron) – 3:15
  4. "Sealed with a Kiss" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) – 2:34
  5. "Love Me with All Your Heart" (Rafael Gaston Perez, Carlos Albert Martinoli) – 3:11
  6. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:49
  7. "Past, Present and Future" (Arthur Butler, Jerry Leiber, George Francis Morton) – 3:12
  8. "A Fool Am I" (Flavio Carraresi, Alberto Testa, Peter Callander) (originally Dimmelo parlami by Fabrizio Ferretti)[4] – 3:32
  9. "I Can't Reach Your Heart" (Ted Murry, Benny Davis) – 2:39
  10. "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" (Mike Batt) – 3:15
  11. "The End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee) – 2:35
  12. "Remember Me" (Chris Andrews) – 3:05
  13. "What Now My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 4:49

Personnel

According to the European CD issue.[5]

Musicians

  • Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13), vocal arrangements (3, 4, 5)
  • Anders Neglin – Rhodes piano (1, 6, 9, 12), harmonium (1, 4), orchestra bells (1, 2, 5, 9, 11), string arrangements and conductor (1-10, 13), grand piano (2-13), Hammond B3 organ (2, 4, 12, 13), horn arrangements (2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13), keyboards (3, 5, 8, 13), castanets (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (5, 11, 12), violin arrangements (7), Farfisa organ (11)
  • Magnus Bengtsson – guitars (1, 2, 5, 12, 13), acoustic guitar (6), mandolin (12)
  • Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar (1, 6, 8, 9, 12), guitars (3, 5, 7, 13), electric guitar (8)
  • Johan Lindström – pedal steel guitar (1, 5, 6, 13), guitars (4, 7, 11, 13), Omnichord (7), electric guitar (8), Vox Jaguar organ (11)
  • Johan Granström – acoustic bass (1, 6-9), bass guitar (2-5, 11, 12, 13)
  • Dan Strömkvist – drums (1-9, 11, 12, 13), percussion (1-9, 12, 13), vocal arrangements (1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12), BGV arrangements (2), additional keyboards (4, 8, 9), horn arrangements (11)
  • Jörgen Stenberg – bass drum (6), additional orchestra percussion (8)
  • Wojtek Goral – tenor saxophone (2, 11, 12), bass clarinet (2), baritone saxophone (11, 12)
  • Anders Wiborg – bass trombone (2, 8, 12)
  • Per Larsson – trombone (2, 8, 12)
  • Urban Wiborg – trombone (2, 8, 12)
  • Joakim Agnas – trumpet (2, 8, 12)
  • Leif Lindvall – trumpet (2, 8, 12)
  • Jesper Harryson – oboe (3)
  • Johan Ahlin – French horn (3, 7, 8, 13)
  • Magnus Franzén – French horn (3, 7, 8, 13)
  • Christian Bergqvist – violin solo (7)
  • Svea Strings – strings (1-10, 13)
  • Andreas Hansson – string conductor (1-10, 13)
  • Christina Wirdegren-Alin – string contractor (1-10, 13)
  • Karl-Johan Ankarblom – music copyist (1-10, 13)
  • Johanna Nyström – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8)
  • Patrik Lundström – backing vocals (2, 4, 8)
  • Sofia Tretow – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
  • Linda Ulvaeus – backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
  • Sarah Dawn Finer – backing vocals (4, 5, 8, 12)
  • Britta Bergström – backing vocals (5, 8)
  • Carl-Magnus Carlsson – backing vocals (12)

Production

  • Agnetha Fältskog – producer, arrangements, concept, liner notes
  • Anders Neglin – producer, arrangements
  • Dan Strömkvist – producer, arrangements, engineer
  • Janne Hansson – engineer
  • Alar Suurna – mixing
  • Christofer Stannow – mastering
  • Jimmy Backius – photography
  • Destrito – design

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[21] Gold 15,899[21]
Sweden (GLF)[22] Platinum 60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Silver 60,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 500,000[2]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Official Charts Company - UK Chart discography
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