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Released
  
1974

Length
  
32:26

Artist
  
Ted Gärdestad

Label
  
Polar Music

Recorded
  
1974

Upptåg (1974)
  
Franska Kort (1976)

Release date
  
1974

Genre
  
Pop music

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Producers
  
Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Similar
  
Ted Gärdestad albums, Pop music albums

Upptåg was the third album from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1974 on the Polar Music label. It contains the hits "Fantomen", "Silver", "Eiffeltornet" and "Viking". The album was produced by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Ted, engineered by Michael B. Tretow and features vocals by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

Contents

A non-album single followed in early 1975, the Melodifestivalen entry "Rockin 'n' Reelin'" (#7), backed with an English-language version of the track "Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel" from 1973 album Ted, entitled "Gonna Make You My Angel". Both the English-language version of "Rockin 'n' Reelin'" and "Gonna Make You My Angel" remain unreleased on CD.

Track listing

Music by Ted Gärdestad, lyrics by Kenneth Gärdestad

Side A:

  1. "Silver" – 3:33
  2. "Öppna din himmel" – 2:43
  3. "Viking" – 3:37
  4. "Buffalo Bill" – 3:53
  5. "Love Comes" – 3:18

Side B:

  1. "Eiffeltornet" – 3:04
  2. "Goliat från gat" – 3:54
  3. "Can't Stop The Train" – 3:18
  4. "Fantomen" – 3:02
  5. "Regnbågen" – 2:04

Personnel

  • Ted Gärdestad – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Benny Andersson – honky-tonk piano, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron
  • Björn J:son Lindh – piano, flute
  • Janne Schaffer – electric guitar
  • Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar
  • Mike Watson – bass guitar
  • Johnny Gustafsson – bass
  • Ola Brunkert – drums
  • Bengt Belfrage – horn "Regnbågen"
  • Kenneth Arnström – soprano saxophone "Eiffeltornet", alto saxophone "Silver"
  • Christer Eklund – tenor saxophone "Buffalo Bill"
  • Jan Kling – tenor saxophone "Buffalo Bill"
  • Malando Gassama – congas
  • Agnetha Fältskog – backing vocals
  • Anni-Frid Lyngstad – backing vocals
  • Lena Karlsson-Ericsson – backing vocals
  • Liza Öhman – backing vocals
  • Kai Kjäll – backing vocals

    • Production

  • Benny Andersson – producer
  • Björn Ulvaeus – producer
  • Ted Gärdestad – producer
  • Michael B. Tretow – sound engineer
  • Rune Persson – sound engineer
  • Åke Elmsäter – sound engineer
  • Björn J:son Lindh – strings and brass arrangements
  • Recorded at Metronome Studios, Stockholm
  • Originally released as Polar POLS 253, 1974.

    • Songs

    1Silver3:44
    2Öppna din himmel2:54
    3Viking3:49

    References

    Upptåg Wikipedia
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