Tusen eldar

Description

Tusen eldar is the third album by Swedish pop band Freda’, released on the Swedish gospel label Cantio Records in October 1988, in co-operation with The Record Station. The album was recorded by Bo Reimer at Royal Studio in Gothenburg and by Bernard Löhr at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden; with Dan Sundquist and the band producing. Mastered by Peter Dahl at Polar Mastering Service. All songs co-written by Freda’ members Uno Svenningsson and Arne Johansson except track A1 co-written by Arne Johansson, Mats Johansson, and Uno Svenningsson.

The album peaked at No. 3 on the Swedish Album Chart and sold 130,000 copies. It received two Swedish Grammis; Årets religiöst (Gospel Album of the Year 1988) and Årets producent (Producer of the Year 1988; Dan Sundquist).

Freda is Uno Svenningsson on vocals and guitar, Sam Johansson on keyboards, Arne Johansson on guitar, and Mats Johansson on drums and percussion. Bass on the album provided by various session musicians: Jerry Grimaldi (track A1), Lars “Lasse” Danielsson (tracks A2 and B1, as well as double bass on track A4), Matts Alsberg (tracks A3 and B4), and Mats Ronnerstam (track A5).

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LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Jag vill se dig lycklig” – 3:55
A2. “I en annan del av världen” – 4:31
A3. “Nu är stormen över” – 4:24
A4. “Dansar i natten” – 4:10
A5. “Tusen eldar” – 4:22

Side Two
B1. “Jag kan se dig” – 3:39
B2. “Det måste gå” – 4:23
B3. “Månen i min spegel” – 3:58
B4. “Bara ett barn” – 3:52
B5. “Alltid där” – 4:22

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette, 12-inch vinyl LP, and CD by The Record Station, with the CD version featuring two bonus tracks: “Skrattet mitt i gråten” (4:12) and “Glädjetåg” (3:58).