Story of a Heart is a compilation album by Swedish group Benny Andersson Band, released in July 2009.Mono Music, official homepage. http://www.monomusic.se/story-of-a-heart.aspx
Album Information
Benny Anderssons Orkester is the current band of former ABBA member Benny Andersson. As "Story of a Heart" was the group's first album to be released outside of Sweden, the band is referred to as "Benny Andersson Band".
International release
English lyrics were written by Björn Ulvaeus (also of ABBA fame) for four of the most successful songs of the band's back catalogue. In addition, a new song was recorded and sung by Helen Sjöholm, who was and is responsible for the female vocals of Benny Anderssons Orkester. The new song, "Story of a Heart", also became the title track of the album and was subsequently released on single.Benny Andersson's new onslaught on the charts Times Online, 21 June 2009 A Swedish version, "Sommaren du fick", was included on the Swedish version of the album and was also released on single in this country.
The album also includes nine instrumental tunes, all of which being old recordings from the band's previous albums as well as Benny's 1987 solo album Klinga mina klockor. To fit into the album concept, also the titles of those tracks were (directly) translated into the English language.
"Story of a Heart" was released in the UK on July 9, 2009. Five days earlier, on July 4, Benny Anderssons Orkester played a huge concert on London's Hampstead Heath.The Official International ABBA Fan Club, Magazine No. 100, September 2009. The concert was intended as a trigger for the band's promotion of their first UK album, and received good reviews in the press.
Eventually, the song received a lot of airplay and the album managed to enter the UK Albums Chart and peaked at No. 29.Official UK charts. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/.
Swedish release
In Sweden, where versions of most of the tracks from "Story of a Heart" had already been released, the album was promoted as a greatest hits collection. Upon its release in the end of June 2009, the album entered the Swedish Albums Chart the next week at its peak position, No. 5.Hitlistan, official Swedish charts.http://www.hitlistan.se/. Retrieved on 8 June 2011.
At the same time, the English single release climbed to number 17 on the Swedish Singles Chart, while its Swedish version "Sommaren du fick" reached number 4 on the Svensktoppen radio chart.Svensktoppen, Archiv. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2023&artikel=454888. Retrieved on 8 June 2011.
As almost every year, Benny Anderssons Orkester also played some concerts in Sweden as part of their summer-tour.
Track listing
The international version of the track listing omits the last track, "Sommaren du fick", thus reducing the total length of the remaining 14 tracks to 48:07.
Personnel The songs on the album are performed by the following members of the "Benny Andersson Band":Story of a Heart, booklet
Benny Andersson: accordion, piano, synclavier Göran Arnberg: keyboards Janne Bengtsson: flute, piccola, baryton saxophone, crumhorn Pär Grebacken: saxophone, clarinet Leif Göras: violin, mandolin (Nils-Erik) Nicke Göthe: violin, mandolin (Jan-Erik) Jogga Ernlund: doublebass, electric bass Calle Jacobsson: tuba, trombone, contrabass trumpet Tommy Körberg: vocals Leif Lindvall: trumpet, cornet Kalle Moraeus: violin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki Olle Moraeus: violin, viola, mandolin (Pererik) Perra Moraeus: violin, alto-saxophone, mandolin, clarinet Lars Rudolfsson: accordion Helen Sjöholm: vocals Jörgen Stenberg: drums, percussion
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2009) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 99
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