Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg

Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg is the debut studio album from Swedish musician Håkan Hellström. It was released on 16 October 2000. The album has sold over 40,000 copies, which equals a platinum certification in Sweden.[2][3]

Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
Studio album by
Håkan Hellström
Released16 October 2000
Genre
Length38:23
Label
ProducerMattias Glavå, Håkan Hellström
Håkan Hellström chronology
Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
(2000)		 Det är så jag säger det
(2002)

Music and lyrics

Musically, the album has been described as a Swedish version of Born to Run-era Bruce Springsteen, with upbeat songs, ringy guitars, trumpet leads and vocal harmonies. Lyrically, Hellström drew inspiration from his musical and lyrical heroes such as Morrissey and Bob Dylan, and the topics are often bittersweet or melancholic reflections of unrequited love, decadent youth culture (including drug use) or the feeling of being an outsider. For example, the song "Atombomb" contains references to Morrissey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday" and The Smiths' "William, It Was Really Nothing", while "Uppsnärjd i det blå" refers to Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue" and "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James & the Shondells.[1][4]

Accolades

The album won the 2000 Rockbjörnen in the category "Swedish record of the year",[5] and was nominated for six Grammis the following year,[1] winning one.[6] Swedish music magazine Sonic named it the second best Swedish album ever in June 2013.[7]

Track listing

All songs written by H. Hellström except when otherwise stated

  1. "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg", Feel No Sorrow For Me, Gothenburg
  2. "En vän med en bil", A Friend with a Car
  3. "Ramlar", Falling
  4. "Nu kan du få mig så lätt", Now You Can Get Me So Easily
  5. "Vi två, 17 år", We Two, 17 Years
  6. "Uppsnärjd i det blå", Tangled Up in Blue (Hellström/Gilbert/Neckvall/Räisänen)
  7. "Jag var bara inte gjord för dessa dar", I Just Wasn't Made For These Days
  8. "Magiskt, men tragiskt", Magical, But Tragical (Hellström/Källman)
  9. "Atombomb", Nuclear Bomb
  10. "Dom dimmiga dagarna", The Foggy Days (Hellström/Theodor Jensen, Swedish version of "Foggy days", later released by The Plan)

Singles

The first four tracks were also issued as singles. "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" was Hellström's first single, issued on 8 May 2000. Its B-side was "Vi två, 17 år". "Ramlar" was released one week before the album with "Ge mig arsenik" (a demo version of "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg") as B-side. The second single, "En vän med en bil", was released on 19 February 2001 and appeared on the soundtrack for the Swedish movie Festival. The B-side, "Här kommer lyckan för hundar som oss", returned on the second album, Det är så jag säger det. The third and last single from the album was "Nu kan du få mig så lätt", released on 18 June 2001, while "Jag var bara inte gjord för dessa dar" was the B-side.

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2000-2001) Position Certifications
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2001) Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 14
Chart (2002) Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 90

References
  1. Anders Kaasen. "Känn Ingen Sorg för Mig Göteborg - Håkan Hellström | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. "Guld- och Platina". IFPI (in Swedish). IFPI. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. "Årslista Album, 2001" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. Engström, Håkan (18 April 2008). "Håkan Hellström bara helt okej". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. "TIDIGARE VINNARE I ROCKBJÖRNEN". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  6. "2001 - Grammisgalan". Grammis (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. Lindqvist, Johan (4 June 2013). "De bästa svenska albumen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. "Veckolista Album, vecka 13, 2001". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. "Årslista Album – År 2002" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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