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Length
  
34:25

Artist
  
Taken by Trees

Label
  
Rough Trade Records

Open Field (2007)
  
East of Eden (2009)

Release date
  
18 June 2007

Genre
  
Indie pop

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Released
  
June 18, 2007 (UK) September 11, 2007 (USA)

Producers
  
Björn Yttling, Victoria Bergsman

Open field taken by trees


Open Field is the debut album by the Swedish solo act Taken By Trees. It is the first studio album to be released by Victoria Bergsman after shedding her duties as the lead singer of The Concretes. It was released on June 18, 2007 on Rough Trade Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Victoria Bergsman except where noted.

  1. "Tell Me" – 3:38
  2. "Julia" – 4:00
  3. "The Legend" – 3:54
  4. "Sunshine Lady" – 2:29
  5. "Lost & Found" (Tracyanne Campbell) – 2:57
  6. "Open Field" (Bergsman and Björn Yttling) – 3:17
  7. "Hours Pass Like Centuries" – 1:51
  8. "Too Young" – 4:30
  9. "Only Yesterday" – 2:38
  10. "Cedar Trees" – 5:11

Performance

  • Victoria Bergsman – Vocals & various instruments
  • Björn Yttling – Bass, piano & guitar
  • John Eriksson – Drums, vibraphone, marimba, percussion & synth
  • Andreas Söderstrom – Guitar, mandolin & harmonium
  • Verity Susman – Piano & backing vocals
  • Nils Berg – Flute & synth
  • Elle-Kari Larsson – Backing vocals
  • Lykke Zachrisson – Backing vocals
  • Linda Portnoff – Backing vocals
  • Sofia Hogman – Backing vocals
  • Rebecka Hjukstrom – Backing vocals
  • Louise Holmer – Backing vocals
  • Eric Berglund – Zither
  • Mikael Andersson – Euphonium
  • Per Johansson – Various flutes
  • August Berg – Cymbals
  • Andreas Forsman – Violin
  • Erik Arvinder – Violin
  • Erik Holm – Viola
  • Anna Dager – Cello

    • Production

    Björn Yttling and Victoria Bergsman

    Recording

    Janne Hansson at Atlantis Studio

    Lasse Mârtén at Decibel Studios

    Björn Yttling at Högalid Studio

    Mixing

    Lasse Mârtén and Björn Yitling at Decibel Studios

    String Arrangements

    Björn Yttling

    Mastering

    Henrik Jonsson and Björn Yttling at Masters of Audio

    Paintings

    Victoria Bergsman

    Graphic Design

    Olov Sundstrom

    Songs

    1Tell Me3:38
    2Julia4:00
    3The Legend3:54

    References

    Open Field Wikipedia
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