The Wannadies (1990 album)
The Wannadies is the début album by the Swedish alternative rock band The Wannadies. It was released in 1990 and reached number twenty-six on the Swedish Albums Chart.[1] The Wannadies includes the singles "My Home Town", "Heaven" and a new recording of the lead song from their début release Smile EP; "The Beast Cures the Lover".
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Released | August 1990 | |||
Recorded | November 1989 | |||
Studio | MNW Studio, Vaxholm, Sweden | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 37:24 | |||
Label | MNW Records | |||
Producer | Ingemar Karlsson | |||
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Singles from The Wannadies | ||||
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Receiving positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP and CD in August 1990. The album was re-released in 1993 on Snap Records with a pair of covers original performed by T. Rex and The Go-Betweens respectively as bonus tracks. The artwork was designed by Hank with photography by Patrick Degerman.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Wiksten, S. Schönfeldt, F. Schönfeldt, Karlsson, Bergmark, Malmquist unless otherwise stated
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Together" | 2:59 |
2. | "Heaven" | 3:16 |
3. | "My Home Town" | 3:23 |
4. | "Things that You Love" | 4:35 |
5. | "How Beautiful Is the Moon" | 3:46 |
No. | Title | Length |
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6. | "Innocent Me" | 2:56 |
7. | "So Many Lies" | 3:06 |
8. | "Smile" | 3:08 |
9. | "Anything" | 3:19 |
10. | "Black Waters" | 3:09 |
11. | "The Beast Cures the Lover" | 3:41 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Children of the Revolution" | Marc Bolan | 3:17 |
13. | "Lee Remick" | McLennan, Forster | 2:54 |
Personnel
- The Wannadies are
- Pär Wiksten
- Stefan Schönfeldt
- Fredrik Schönfeldt
- Gunnar Karlsson
- Christina Bergmark
- Björn Segnestam-Malmqvist
- Additional musicians, technical and visual
- Ingemar Karlsson - Additional Guitar
- Curt-Åke, Nils - Percussion
- Ingemar Karlsson - Producer
- Johan Nilsson, The Wannadies - Producer ("Lee Remick")
- Curt-Åke Stefan, Nils Löfstedt - Recording
- Anders Lind, Michael Ilbert - Mixing
- Hank - Sleeve
- Patrick Degerman - Photography
References
- "Discography The Wannadies". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- "Official Wannadies website". Archived from the original on 11 December 2005. Retrieved 12 December 2005.