Frida (album)

Frida
Studio album by
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
ReleasedMarch 1971
Recorded8 September 1970 – 15 January 1971
StudioEMI Studios, Stockholm
GenreEasy listening, pop, jazz, folk rock
Length35:46
Label
ProducerBenny Andersson
Anni-Frid Lyngstad chronology
Frida
(1971) 		Anni-Frid Lyngstad
(1972)
Reissue cover
1974 re-release EMI:s Stjärnserie Vol. 7
Singles from Frida
  1. "En Liten Sång Om Kärlek"
    Released: January 1971
  2. "Min Egen Stad"
    Released: August 1971
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Frida is the debut studio album by Swedish singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad, released in March 1971[1] by EMI Columbia. Recorded between September 1970 and January 1971,[2] Frida was produced by her then-fiancé, Benny Andersson. Frida was her only album recorded for EMI during her contract, not counting her eponymous compilation album from 1972, before being signed to Polar and forming the pop group ABBA, a year later.

The album received positive receptions from critics, both retrospectively and at the time of the album's release, but did not chart, with the exception of her non-album single from the same year, Min Egen Stad, until Frida charted in Sweden, in April 2017 with a limited edition reissue, reaching No. 28 on Sverigetopplistan's album charts.[3] Frida has since been reissued several times by EMI and Parlophone since the original issue of the album.

Background

Recording session

The recording session of Frida took place at EMI Studios, Stockholm,[4] now known as X-Level Studios,[5] on 8 September 1970[2] and was completed on 15 January 1971.[2] Claes Rosendahl and Bengt Palmers both directed the conduction of the orchestra for the respective tracks for Frida. Min Egen Stad was recorded on 12 July 1971 with Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus[6] and Agnetha Fältskog[6] on uncredited backing vocals, and was completed 11 days later.[1][2] Lyngstad's cover version of The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" from the recording session of Frida remained unreleased, but was shared on YouTube in 2013.[7]

Aftermath

By the time of the album's release, Lyngstad had been signed to EMI, for four years, since she won a song contest titled 'New Faces' and appeared on a Swedish television show, Hylands Hörna (Hyland's Corner), in September 1967.[6] Not long after the release of the album, in 1972, Lyngstad did not renew her contract with EMI,[8] and was signed to Polar Music to record her first single for the independent Swedish record label,[8] and eventually team up with Andersson, Ulvaeus, and Fältskog to form ABBA.[8] As a result, it is the only album Lyngstad has recorded, under her contract with EMI, as she has made non-album singles between 1967 and 1972.

"Min Egen Stad"
18 second excerpt from 'Min Egen Stad', sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad. This song was her first number one hit in Svensktoppen on 24 October 1971.
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Reception and re-release

Upon its original release, Frida, as an album, did not chart, but the album received unanimously generous praise from the critics, who noted the precision and versatility of Lyngstad, as a vocalist. For example, Sweden's biggest morning paper Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) wrote: "Professional, sure and certain LP-debut... low key but self-sure personality with sprinkles of both temperament, humor and tenderness. And she sings in this way that you understand she's got something between her ears - she sings with others words in a very intelligent way". The album was also re-released the following year as she had her first No. 1 non-album single, "Min Egen Stad", in the Swedish weekly record chart, Svensktoppen on 24 October 1971,[9] consequently adding this song as the opening track of side two of Frida.

The Svensktoppen version of Frida, was given a second release in 1974 as a compilation under the name EMI:s Stjärnserie Vol. 7 (EMI's Star Series).[10] Frida was out of print until EMI released a compilation album, Frida 1967–1972 in 1997, which includes all tracks from this album. As the reissue were met with positive receptions again, Critic Bruce Eder of AllMusic has described Lyngstad's vocals as "a distinctly expressive and pure instrument" with "Andersson's lean yet creative accompaniments", while noting that "one can begin to hear the attributes that would emerge on the early ABBA recordings."[11] Frida was reissued as a limited edition 180-gram vinyl, pressed between 1500[12] and 3000[13] copies on 22 April 2017, under the label, Parlophone,[12] who currently holds the rights to Lyngstad's recordings with EMI, coinciding the tenth anniversary of Record Store Day. Frida reached No. 28 on Sverigetopplistan's album charts, a few days after the reissue of this album.[3]

Track listing

Standard edition

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tre Kvart Från Nu ("Three Quarters from Now")" (Melodi för Piano Op. 3:1 F-Dur)Anton Rubinstein, Peter Himmelstrand3:14
2."Jag Blir Galen När Jag Tänker På Dej ("I Get Crazy When I Think of You")" ("Goin' Out of My Head")Teddy Randazzo, Robert Weinstein, Stig Anderson3:27
3."Lycka" ("Happiness" / "Luck")Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anderson2:59
4."Sen Dess Har Jag Inte Sett'en"Traditional; arranged by Claes Rosendahl and Lars Berghagen2:08
5."En Ton Av Tystnad" ("The Sound of Silence")Paul Simon, Owe Junsjö4:00
6."Suzanne"Leonard Cohen, Junsjö3:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Allting Skall Bli Bra" ("Everything Will Be Good"/"Everything's Alright") Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Junsjö6:14
2."Jag Är Beredd ("I'm Ready")" ("And I'll Be There")Paul Leka, Denise Gross, Anderson2:38
3."En Liten Sång Om Kärlek ("A Little Song About Love")" ("Five Pennies Saints")Sylvia Fine, Berghagen2:25
4."Telegram För Fullmånen" ("Telegraph for Full Moon")Cornelis Vreeswijk1:59
5."Barnen Sover" ("The Children Sleeping")Himmelstrand3:35

Svensktoppen reissue edition

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tre Kvart Från Nu" (Melodi för Piano Op. 3:1 F-Dur)Anton Rubinstein, Peter Himmelstrand3:14
2."Jag Blir Galen När Jag Tänker På Dej" ("Going Out of My Head")Teddy Randazzo, Robert Weinstein, Stig Anderson3:27
3."Lycka"Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Anderson2:59
4."Sen Dess Har Jag Inte Sett 'En"Traditional; arranged by Claes Rosendahl and Lars Berghagen2:08
5."En Ton Av Tystnad" ("The Sound of Silence")Paul Simon, Owe Junsjö4:00
6."Suzanne"Leonard Cohen, Junsjö3:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Min Egen Stad" ("My Own Town")Andersson, Himmelstrand3:00
2."Allting Skall Bli Bra" ("Everything's Alright")
  • "Vad Gör Jag Med Min Kärlek" ("I Don't Know How to Love Him")"
Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Junsjö6:14
3."Jag Är Beredd" ("And I'll Be There")Paul Leka, Denise Gross, Anderson2:38
4."En Liten Sång Om Kärlek" ("Five Pennies Saints")Sylvia Fine, Berghagen2:25
5."Telegram För Fullmånen"Cornelis Vreeswijk1:59
6."Barnen Sover"Himmelstrand3:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 28

Notes

  1. ^ While Carl Magnus Palm's source indicates that all ABBA members contributed to vocals, the original EMI Columbia issue of the album, Frida, does not indicate the credits of the ABBA members (with the exception of Benny, who, according to the credits, contributed only in playing the piano, and producing the album.) on vocals.

References

  1. ^ a b "Frida: The Early Years". Rafael and Stefans'. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d "Frida 1967 - 1972". Discogs. 1997. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 April 2017. Search 'ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD', find the album, and click 'visa'.
  4. ^ a b c "Anni-Frid Lyngstad - Frida". Discogs. 1971. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. ^ "X-Level Studios: History". X-Level Studios. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Frida 1967 - 1972 Liner Notes, English translation". Carl Magnus Palm. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  7. ^ "ABBA Frida The Long And Winding Road unreleased Beatles cover #rare". YouTube. 21 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "The Frida Solo Albums". Polar Music International AB. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Svensktoppen: 1971". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. ^ a b "Anni-Frid Lyngstad EMI:s Stjärnserie No. 7". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  11. ^ Bruce Eder. "FRIDA Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Anni-Frid Lyngstad - Frida". Record Store Day. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  13. ^ "RHINO ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE VINYL OFFERINGS FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2017". Rhino Entertainment. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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