Benny Anderssons orkester (album)
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| Studio album by Benny Anderssons orkester | ||||
| Released | June 28, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 2001 | |||
| Studio | Atlantis Studio, | |||
| Genre | Instrumental, folk | |||
| Length | 47:28 | |||
| Label | Mono Music (MMCD 017) | |||
| Producer | Benny Andersson | |||
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Benny Anderssons orkester is the first album by Benny Anderssons orkester, released in June 2001.
Benny Anderssons Orkester, a folk music group founded in 2001 by former ABBA member Benny Andersson, follows the style of Benny'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 ("Vår sista dans" and "Lätt som en sommarfjäril") feature vocals by Helen Sjöholm, who played the role of Kristina in the musical Kristina från Duvemåla, written by Benny and former ABBA colleague Björn Ulvaeus. Björn is credited on this album as well, writing the lyrics for the two tracks mentioned above. All music is composed by Benny Andersson, who also produced the album himself.
The album was recorded on two weekends in the spring of 2001 at Atlantis Studio in . This studio, formerly known as Metronome Studio, was the location of many recording sessions for ABBA up until 1976. According to Benny (the "Kapellmästaren", as he calls himself in the booklet), the recording of the album was "live", which means that all the instruments (including Helen Sjöholm's vocals) were recorded at the same time, in one session. Only slight changes were made afterwards, when the album was finally mixed at Benny's Mono Music Studios.
Various recordings from this album have also been included on movie soundtracks. The movie Sånger från andra våningen by Roy Andersson includes "Sång från andra våningen", "Laureen" and "Tösabiten", and the movie Nu är pappa trött igen by Marie-Louise Ekman features "Cirkus finemang" and "P.S.".
The song "Briggens blåögda blonda kapten" is a tribute to Görel Hanser (the "blue-eyed, blonde captain", as the title puts it), who has worked together with Benny and ABBA since the 1970s. Until today she is responsible for the business aspects of a lot of Benny's productions. One of the biggest ones is the "Briggen Teaterproduktion", which is responsible for the three musical prodjects of Benny and Björn: Kristina från Duvemåla, Chess and Mamma Mia!.
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