Upptåg

Upptåg
Studio album by
Released1974
Recorded1974
StudioMetronome, Stockholm, Sweden
GenrePop
Length32:26
LabelPolar (original release)
Universal Music Group
ProducerBenny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Ted Gärdestad chronology
Ted
(1973)
Upptåg
(1974)
Franska Kort
(1976)
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Upptåg is the third studio 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.

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

Production

  • Benny Andersson – producer
  • Björn Ulvaeus – producer
  • Ted Gärdestad – producer
  • Michael B. Tretowsound 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.