Frida (album)

Frida
Studio album by Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Released 1971
Recorded January - July 1971[1][2]
Studio EMI Studios, Stockholm[1]
Genre Easy listening, Pop
Length 35:46
Label EMI, Columbia
Producer Benny Andersson[1]
Anni-Frid Lyngstad chronology
Frida
(1971)
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
(1972)
Reissue cover
1974 re-release EMI:s Stjärnserie Vol. 7

Frida is the debut album by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, consisting of Lyngstad's jazzy and classical cover versions of English and American songs. By the time of the album's release, Lyngstad had been signed to EMI/Columbia for four years. Frida, recorded between January and July 1971,[2] produced by her then-fiancé Benny Andersson, was to be her first full-length studio album for EMI.

The album received unanimously generous praise from the critics, who especially noted the precision and versatility of Frida as a vocalist. For example, Sweden's biggest morning paper "Dagens Nyheter" (Daily News) wrote: "Professional, sure and certain LP-debut...low key but self-sure personality with sprinkles of both temperament, humor and tenderness. And she sings in this way that you understand she´s got something between her ears - she sings with others words in a very intelligent way". The album was also re-released the following year as she had her first Svensktoppen number one, "Min Egen Stad" in 24 October 1971,[3] consequently adding this song as the opening track to side two. This version of the album was later given a third release in 1974, as a compilation under the name EMI:s Stjärnserie Vol. 7 (EMI Star Series).[4]

This album is included in the EMI compilation, Frida 1967-1972.

A cover version of The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" from the Frida sessions remained unreleased, until it was leaked by a YouTube channel, 'ABBAtalk' in December 2013.[5]

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Tre Kvart Från Nu" (Melody in F)Anton Rubinstein, Peter Himmelstrand 3:14
2. "Jag Blir Galen När Jag Tänker På Dej" (Goin' Out of My Head)Teddy Randazzo, Robert Weinstein, Stig Anderson 3:27
3. "Lycka"  Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anderson 2:59
4. "Sen Dess Har Jag Inte Sett 'En"  Traditional, arr. Claes Rosendahl, Lars Berghagen 2:08
5. "En Ton Av Tystnad" (The Sound of Silence)Paul Simon, Owe Junsjö 4:00
6. "Suzanne"  Leonard Cohen, Junsjö 3:07
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Allting Skall Bli Bra" (Everything's Alright) Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Junsjö 6:14
2. "Jag Är Beredd" (And I'll Be There)Paul Leka, Denise Gross, Anderson 2:38
3. "En Liten Sång Om Kärlek" (Five Pennies Saints)Sylvia Fine, Berghagen 2:25
4. "Telegram Till Fullmånen"  Cornelis Vreeswijk 1:59
5. "Barnen Sover"  Himmelstrand 3:35

Reissued edition

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Tre Kvart Från Nu" (Melody in F)Anton Rubinstein, Peter Himmelstrand 3:14
2. "Jag Blir Galen När Jag Tänker På Dej" (Going Out of My Head)Teddy Randazzo, Robert Weinstein, Stig Anderson 3:27
3. "Lycka"  Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anderson 2:59
4. "Sen Dess Har Jag Inte Sett 'En"  Traditional, arr. Claes Rosendahl, Lars Berghagen 2:08
5. "En Ton Av Tystnad" (The Sound of Silence)Paul Simon, Owe Junsjö 4:00
6. "Suzanne"  Leonard Cohen, Junsjö 3:07
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Min Egen Stad" (My Own Town)Andersson, Himmelstrand 3:00
2. "Allting Skall Bli Bra" (Everything's Alright)
  • "Vad Gör Jag Med Min Kärlek" (I Don't Know How To Love Him)"  
Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Junsjö 6:14
3. "Jag Är Beredd" (And I'll Be There)Paul Leka, Denise Gross, Anderson 2:38
4. "En Liten Sång Om Kärlek" (Five Pennies Saints)Sylvia Fine , Berghagen 2:25
5. "Telegram Till Fullmånen"  Cornelis Vreeswijk 1:59
6. "Barnen Sover"  Himmelstrand 3:35

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Anni-Frid Lyngstad". Discogs. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Frida: The Early Years". Rafael and Stefans'. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. "Svensktoppen: 1971". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Anni-Frid Lyngstad EMI:s Stjärnserie No. 7". Discogs. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. "ABBA Frida The Long And Winding Road unreleased Beatles cover #rare". YouTube. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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