In Full Regalia
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In Full Regalia is the fifth and final studio album by Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 band The Ark
The Ark (band)
The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...

. It has been released in a new unique format: it has been released as a magazine with 100 pages containing a history of the band's 20 year career as well as the actual album. In its first week it reached #2 in the Swedish music charts and was certified Gold in Sweden.
The lead single "Superstar" was released on March 29, 2010. The second single was announced to be "Stay With Me" and was released digitally on June 7.

Track listing

All songs written by Ola Salo
Ola Salo
Ola Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...

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  1. "Take a Shine to Me" - 3:02
  2. "Superstar" - 4:38
  3. "Stay with Me" - 4:57
  4. "Singing 'Bout the City" - 5:10
  5. "Have You Ever Heard a Song" - 4:37
  6. "Publicity Seeking Rockers" - 3:20
  7. "I'll Have My Way with You, Frankie" - 4:14
  8. "All Those Days" - 4:13
  9. "Hygiene Squad" - 2:28
  10. "The Red Cap" - 4:13

Personnel

  • Ola Salo
    Ola Salo
    Ola Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...

     - vocals, guitar
  • Leari
    Lars Ljungberg
    Lars "Leari" Ljungberg, is a Swedish musician and bass player of the alternative rock/glam rock band The Ark.He started out as a studio and touring musician for artists such as soul singer Titiyo...

     - bass guitar
  • Jepson - guitar
  • Martin Axén
    Martin Axén
    Karl Martin Axén is a guitarist in the Glam-rock band The Ark.Axén lived with his family in Kenya from the age of four to seven. As an eight year old he began taking guitar lessons but did not continue with them until he began playing again as a teenager. In 1997 he became a member of The Ark...

     - guitar and vocals
  • Sylvester Schlegel - drums, percussion and vocals


This is the first album in which Salo has been credited as playing guitar whereas previously he was credited as either vocals and keyboards (We Are The Ark
We Are The Ark
We Are the Ark was released on 25 September 2000 and is the debut album from Swedish glam rock group The Ark. The album was both a critical and commercial success spawning four singles...

, In Lust We Trust
In Lust We Trust (album)
In Lust We Trust was released on 26 August 2002 and was the second album from Swedish glam rock band The Ark. The album was well-received by both fans and critics, and proved a worthy follow-up to their 2000 debut We Are The Ark...

, State of The Ark
State of The Ark
State of The Ark was released on 27 December 2004 and is the third studio album from the Swedish rock band The Ark, and their final as a quintet. In it, the band's sound became more synthesizer-flavoured and keyboard-oriented, a departure from the more organic glam rock sound of the first two albums...

) or just vocals (Prayer for the Weekend
Prayer for the Weekend
Prayer for the Weekend was released on April 11, 2007 and is the fourth album of the Swedish rock band The Ark. It is their first album with the sixth member, keyboard player Jens Andersson....

). However it is apparent that Salo played guitar at live performances in the 1990s it is unclear what he contributed to The Ark EP (Racing With the Rabbits) (other than vocals and lyrics) as there is no personnel list available.
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