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".

The Wannadies
Studio album by
The Wannadies
ReleasedAugust 1990
RecordedNovember 1989
StudioMNW Studio, Vaxholm, Sweden
GenreAlternative rock
Length37:24
LabelMNW Records
ProducerIngemar Karlsson
The Wannadies chronology
Smile EP
(1989)		 The Wannadies
(1990)		 Aquanautic
(1992)
Singles from The Wannadies
  1. "Smile"
    Released: February 1989
  2. "My Home Town" b/w "Black Waters"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Heaven" b/w "Children of the Revolution"
    Released: 1990

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
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
Side two
No.TitleLength
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
1993 re-release CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Children of the Revolution"Marc Bolan3:17
13."Lee Remick"McLennan, Forster2:54

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
  1. "Discography The Wannadies". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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