This is the
first English language album to be released by the Benny Anderssons Orkester who are retitled Benny Andersson Band for the
purposes of international release. This CD is mostly a compilation of previously recorded songs ranging back as far
as 1987. Nine of the fourteen songs are instrumentals. Four of the songs- “Fait Accompli”,“Our Last Dance”,
“You Are My Man”, “ The Stars” feature never before released English language vocal tracks. The album
features one totally new song “Story of a Heart”, which is a Andersson-Ulvaeus song that is more
ABBAesque than the usual BAO stuff. I think "Story of a Heart" is good recording if not a great song,and not necessarily
a good vehicle for Helen's voice.
The English
lyrics to "Our Last Dance" and "You Are My man" come off as kind of cliche. It is often to do literal translations of songs
to another language. "The Stars" works well, and is my favorite of the new recordings on this CD.
The album was
released a couple of days after the band's first appearance in in Hampstead, Britain on July 4, 2009.
Track listing with songwriter(s),
tracktime, year of original release, and lead singer if any…
1. Glasgow Boogie (Andersson)
3.35 2004
2. Trolska [Trolskan] (Andersson)
2.07 1989
3. Story Of A Heart (Andersson-Ulvaeus)
5.08 2009 Lead Vocals-Helen Sjoholm
4. Bed Of Roses [En dans
på rosor] (Andersson) 3.04 2004
5. You Are My Man [Du är
min man] (Andersson-Ulvaeus) 3.36 2004 Lead Vocals-Helen Sjoholm
6. Circus Finemang (Andersson)
4.18 2001
7. Fait Accompli (Andersson-Ulvaeus)
3.57 2007 Lead Vocals-Tommy Korberg
8. Song From The
Second Floor [Sång från andra våningen] (Andersson) 3.46 2001
9. Birthday Waltz For Mona
[Födelsedagsvals till Mona] (Andersson-Ulvaeus) 2.23 1987
10. [If This Is] Our Last
Dance [Vår sista dans] Andersson) (Andersson-Ulvaeus) 4.46 2001 Lead Vocals-Helen Sjoholm
11. Jehu (Andersson) 3.44
2004
12. Tirolan Schottis [Schottis
i Tyrolen] (Andersson) 2.51 2001
13. The Stars [För dig]
(Andersson-Ulvaeus) 3.48 2007 Lead Vocals-Helen Sjoholm, Tommy Korberg
14. P.S. (Andersson) 1.01
2001
Bonus track (Sweden only):
15. Sommaren du fick (Swedish vers.-
Story Of A Heart] (Andersson-Ulvaeus) 4.27 2009 Lead Vocals-Helen Sjoholm
