Agnetha Fältskog (album)

Agnetha Fältskog is the debut studio album by Swedish pop singer and future ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog. It was released in Sweden in early 1968 through Cupol Records.

Agnetha Fältskog
Studio album by
Agnetha Fältskog
ReleasedDecember 1968
RecordedOctober 1967 – 1968
StudioPhilips Studio, Stockholm
GenreSchlager
Length33:29
LabelCupol (CLP 64)
ProducerKarl Gerhard Lundkvist
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
Agnetha Fältskog
(1968)		 Agnetha Fältskog Vol. 2
(1969)
Singles from Agnetha Fältskog
  1. "Följ med mej / Jag var så kär"
    Released: November 1967
  2. "Slutet gott, allting gott / Utan dej"
    Released: March 1968
  3. "En sommar med dig / Försonade"
    Released: 1968
  4. "Den jag väntat på / Allting har förändrat sig"
    Released: August 1968
  5. "Svövit och de sju dvärgarna / Min farbror Jonathan"
    Released: 1968

Album information

Fältskog had been singing with the local Swedish "dansband" Bengt Engharts in Jönköping for quite a while when the group decided to send a tape of demos to Cupol Records in autumn of 1967. Singer, producer and A & R man Little Gerhard (né Karl-Gerhard Lundqvist) listened to the tape which included Fältskog's song "Jag var så kär". Lundqvist was so impressed with the song and Fältskog's voice that he called her at the car firm where she was working at the time and offered her a recording contract, only as a solo singer, without the band.

Eventually, Fältskog's first recording session took place on 16 October 1967, at Philips Studio in Stockholm. This recording session produced four songs, which would all end up on her first album: "Jag var så kär" and "Utan dej mitt liv går vidare" (both composed by Agnetha herself) as well as "Följ med mig" and "Slutet gott, allting gott". "Jag var så kär" and "Följ med mig" were eventually be released as Fältskog's debut single (CUPOL CS 45-211) in November 1967, the latter up-tempo track being its A-side. But it was Fältskog's self-penned tear-jerker "Jag var så kär" which became her first entry and also number three on the all-important radio chart Svensktoppen in January 1968. After this success and with selling more than 80,000 copies, the single topped Sweden's official sales chart at that time, Kvällstoppen. After the following success of the tracks "Utan dej mitt liv går vidare", "Allting har förändrat sig", "Den jag väntat på" and "Snövit och de sju dvärgarna", most of them composed by Fältskog herself, Cupol released her debut album in the spring of 1968, containing all tracks previously issued on these singles as well as a few new recordings.

She wrote "Försonade" and submitted it to Melodifestivalen (Swedish Eurovision heat) for singer Gunnar Wiklund, but it was rejected. The song could also recently be heard in the film Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In) in the scene where Eli plays it on a tape recorder for Oskar.

The album has since been re-issued both on CD and iTunes.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicTitle (English translation)Length
1."Jag var så kär"Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogI Was So in Love3:19
2."Jag har förlorat dej"Agnetha FältskogDieter ZimmermannI Have Lost You3:25
3."Utan dej mitt liv går vidare"Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogMy Life Goes on Without You2:49
4."Allting har förändrat sej"Karl Gerhard LundkvistKarl Gerhard LundkvistEverything Has Changed3:09
5."Försonade"Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogReconciled2:56
6."Slutet gott, allting gott" (Swedish version of "Honey Stuff")Stig AndersonBen Wilson, Judy Lynn, Lynn WilsonAll's Well That Ends Well1:43
Total length:17:25
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicTitle (English translation)Length
1."Tack Sverige"Agnetha FältskogDieter ZimmermannThank You, Sweden3:00
2."En sommar med dej"Ingvar FältskogIngvar FältskogA Summer with You3:20
3."Snövit och de sju dvärgarna"Agnetha FältskogDieter ZimmermannSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs3:07
4."Min farbror Jonathan"Agnetha FältskogDieter ZimmermannMy Uncle Jonathan2:31
5."Följ med mig" (Swedish version of "Hello Love")Agnetha FältskogMark AnthonyFollow Me1:35
6."Den jag väntat på" (Swedish version of "Your Love Is Everywhere")Agnetha FältskogTony Hatch, Jackie TrentThe One I Waited For2:24
Total length:16:02
Bonus tracks (Royal Records release (1999))
No.TitleLyricsMusicTitle (English translation)Length
13."Sjung denna sång" (med Jörgen Edman; Swedish version of "Sing C'est La Vie")Agnetha FältskogSonny Bono, Charles Greene, Brian StoneSing This Song2:40
14."Någonting händer med mig" (med Jörgen Edman; Swedish version of "Something Happened to Me")Bo-Göran EdlingAlan MoorehouseSomething's Happening with Me2:35
15."Borsta tandrollen bort"Agnetha FältskogAgnetha FältskogBrush the Tooth-Trolls Away1:52

Singles

Out of the 12 tracks recorded for Agnetha Fältskog's debut studio album, a total of ten songs were released as either single a-side or b-side in 1967 and 1968. Only two of them charted on the official Swedish sales chart at that time, Kvällstoppen. Also included in the following list is Agnetha's duet single with Jörgen Edman, which was released in 1968 but did not appear on the original album.

Agnetha Fältskog's debut single "Följ med mig"/"Jag var så kär"
Release dateA-sideB-sideLabel numberSwedish charts peak
November 1967Följ med mig (Follow me)Jag var så kär (I was so in love)CS 211
1
March 1968Slutet gott, allting gott (Well that ends well)Utan dej mitt liv går vidare (Without you my life goes on)CS 217
-
1968En sommar med dig (A summer with you)Försonade (Reconciled)CS 233
-
August 1968Den jag väntat på (The I waited for)Allting har förändrat sig (Everything has changed)CS 236
7
1968Sjung denna sång (Sing This Song) (with Jörgen Edman)Nånting händer med mig (Something happens to me) (with Jörgen Edman)CS 239
-
1968Snövit och de sju dvärgarna (Snow white and the seven dwarfs)Min farbror Jonathan (My uncle Jonathan)CS 244
-

Svensktoppen

Throughout her pre-ABBA solo career, Fältskog's success was mostly visible by looking at her entries in the famous Swedish Svensktoppen chart. This chart is not based on sales figures but compiled by a jury instead. A total of five songs of hers made that hitlist in 1968. It is interesting to mention that mostly her B-sides eventually made the Svensktoppen top 10.[1]

Chart entryTitlePeak positionTime in (weeks)
28 January 1968Jag var så kär (I was so in love)
3
7
31 March 1968Utan dej mitt liv går vidare (Without you my life goes on)
8
2
15 September 1968Den jag väntat på (The one I waited for)
9
1
22 September 1968Allting har förändrat sig (Everything has changed)
2
7
1 December 1968Nånting händer med mig (Something happens to me) (with Jörgen Edman)
9
1

Sources

References
  1. Svensktoppen archiv. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2023&artikel=454888. Retrieved on 19 May 2011.
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