Nådens år is the third studio album

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 by the Swedish rock artist Ulf Lundell

Ulf Lundell

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. It was released in April 1978 on EMI

EMI

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 and Parlophone

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 . It was recorded in EMI Studio, Stockholm and produced by Kjell Andersson & Ulf Lundell. It includes "Snön faller och vi med den" ("The snow is falling and we with it"), one of his more famous songs. Remarkably, Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Fältskog

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 are involved in the song, this during ABBA

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's absolute greatness. The cover illustration on the disc where Ulf Lundell sitting on a rock next to a dog is taken in Åre 1977. Nådens år has sold gold.

Conflict with Viveka Heyman and Dådens år

The album became indented because Ulf Lundell had not received the rights to the Swedish translation of "Den lille landstrykaren" made by Viveka Heyman (original text by William Blake). So Nådens år was withdrawn and it was released a censored version called Dådens år. The cover is the same, though Ulf Lundell has scribbled over including the title ("Nådens" was changed to "Dådens") and his own face. "Den lille landstrykaren" is replaced with "Ack Blake, käre Blace" which is the same melody, but the text is instead about how Heyman did not allow Lundell use her text. Song title is a hint that they even spelled wrong on Heymans first name, with C instead of K (ie Viveca). This was something Heyman was upset with that she also described the song as "noise terror."

Track listing

All songs by Ulf Lundell, except where noted:
Side one

1. "Nådens år" - 2:47
2. "Snön faller och vi med den" - 4:33
3. "Höga hästar" - 5:08
4. "Natten har sitt sätt" - 2:53
5. "Den lille landstrykaren" (Music: Lundell, Swedish text: Viveka Heyman, Original text: William Blake) - 3:02
6. "Kärlekens hundar" - 2:47

Side two

1. "Warum All This Black Stuff?" - 4:38
2. "Prärien igen" - 6:51
3. "Sonjas vals" - 3:10
4. "Kitsch" - 5:12
5. "Vit flagg" - 5:24

Personnel

• Ulf Lundell - vocals, piano, bells, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine
• Rolf Alex - drums, tambourine
• Mike Watson - bass
• Totte Bergström - acoustic guitar
• Hasse Breitholtz - Piano, synth, orgel, trumpet
• Carol Mognaski - mandolin
• Agnetha Fältskog - Sång, kör
• Lasse Hoflund - bass
• Slim Notini - piano
• Janne Andersson - electric guitar
• Lasse Wellander - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Mats Ronander - electric guitar, backup vocals, percussion
• Rutger Gunnarsson - bass
• Rolf Färdigh - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Basse Wickman - acoustic guitar
• Kjell Öhman - accordion, Polymoog synthesizer
• Janne King - recorder
• John Holm - vocals, backup vocals