Per Gessle (album)
Encyclopedia
Per Gessle was released on 8 April, 1983 and is the first solo album
of Swedish
pop
artist Per Gessle
. The album peaked at #5 on the Swedish albums chart. Before releasing this album, Gessle got famous as singer of the Swedish band Gyllene Tider
. A re-release on CD, released on September 1, 1994 had three bonus tracks.
Solo album
A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...
of 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....
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
artist Per Gessle
Per Gessle
Per Håkan Gessle is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson...
. The album peaked at #5 on the Swedish albums chart. Before releasing this album, Gessle got famous as singer of the Swedish band Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider
Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop group. The name Gyllene Tider translates as "Golden ages" or "Golden times". Few Scandinavians would not recognize the band's most famous song "Sommartider", often played on the radio during late spring and early summer...
. A re-release on CD, released on September 1, 1994 had three bonus tracks.
LP/MC
- Side A
- "På väg"
- "Hjärtats trakt"
- "Om du har lust"
- "Timmar av iver"
- "Regn"
- "Indiansommar" (instrumentalInstrumentalAn instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
) - "Historier vi kan"
- Side B
- "Ledmotiv från Indiansommar" (instrumental)
- "Den öde stranden"
- "Fiskarnas tecken"
- "Rädd"
- "Tända en sticka till"
- "Syrenernas tid"
CD
- "På väg"
- "Hjärtats trakt"
- "Om du har lust"
- "Timmar av iver"
- "Regn"
- "Indiansommar" (instrumental)
- "Historier vi kan"
- "Ledmotiv från Indiansommar" (instrumental)
- "Den öde stranden"
- "Fiskarnas tecken"
- "Rädd"
- "Tända en sticka till"
- "Syrenernas tid"
- "Överallt" (CD bonus track)
- "Man varnade för halka" (CD bonus track)
- "När morgonen kommer" (CD bonus track)