Mazarin - a short review
Written by tevensso on May 23, 2003 to Editorial.
STOCKHOLM - 
I put the advance-listening CD that TDR was provided in the player and out pours “Här kommer alla känslorna (på en och samma gång)”. I’m stunned, this song will absolutely kill all competition on every radio chart in Sweden this summer! A Swedish “country” song, if there ever was such a thing! And when I’ve heard it for the tenth time, I’m all smiles. I move on to “Om du bara vill”, a mid-tempo song in the “Chrissie, hur mår du?” genre, very lovely vocals.
“På promenad genom stan” features Marie Fredriksson on background vocals. The lyrics seem to be about when Per first met his wife, Åsa, and about them strolling through an empty Halmstad. Another mid-tempo number with a sha-la-la chorus that can very well be a hit. To me “Gungar” has a Kent-feeling, but people I’ve asked don’t hear that. A very simple mid-tempo song that grows and grows on you. A bit 70-ish sound. (Which really saturates the whole part of the album I’ve heard.)
“Idag är det är min födelsedag…” (“It’s my birthday today”) Per sings in “Födelsedag”, a rocker reminiscent of Roxette’s “She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” or Gyllene Tider’s “Faller ner på knä”, I like this song! I continue with “Tycker om när du tar på mej”, a ballad that reminds me of the songs on “The World According to…” with a cute flute (keyboard?) intro.
“Spegelboll” - what can I say? This is Kylie Minogue, Gyllene Tider, Per Gessle and Pet Shop Boys all combined. If this isn’t single #2 I will personally visit Capitol and have a talk with them. This is a power disco rocker complete with a glockenspiel, and all! A guaranteed hit!
What strikes me over and over again is how happy Per sounds, even if the lyrics are of the sadder kind, like in “Här kommer…”, he still sounds truly happy. I assume the recording sessions were fun. His voice is also wonderful on this album.
If the rest of the album is as good as these seven songs, there is no doubt in my mind that this album will sell more than a few copies… I understand the problems they had to pick a single.
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48 comments
mattias said on May 23, 2003 22:52:
i totally disagree! NO songs in english for this album please.
daniel_alv said on May 23, 2003 23:35:
i agree, u have to choose, swedish or english... i would like songs like som i en dröm and svarta glas as b-sides
Ferdan said on May 24, 2003 02:15:
no no, when per is “serious” it has to be in swedish
sleepingSingle said on May 24, 2003 07:07:
Of course it has to be in Swedish...this time!!!
Jackeill said on May 24, 2003 10:16:
so he has got the album. sb could upload it somewhere... i want it right now! :(((( please..... :(
mattias said on May 24, 2003 10:56:
for once, it would actually be quite nice to listen to the songs the first time when you actually have the album in your hands. patience is a virtue.
Kama said on May 24, 2003 11:17:
pleaseeee upload it!! :-)) I know what they say about patience but in this situation it’s not possible to be patient :))) When you don’t want to hear it earlier, you don’t have to download this :)))
NinaP said on May 24, 2003 11:23:
TWATG is my favorite album
it´s Per solo... and it´s in english;)
vemroe said on May 24, 2003 11:31:
Wow you guys are so impatient, considering that the album is due only next month, and you will certainly get your hands on it the first day it’s released. While me and other fans from ’remote countries’ won’t possibly get the chance to have the album with its bonus.
mattias said on May 24, 2003 11:37:
@Kama
Technically, you’re right. but i’m sure you do know how things work in practice.. ;)
coyboyusa said on May 24, 2003 11:43:
maybe its true per has been getting vocal lessons i thought he sounded alot better than usual when rs came out
colinvdbel (moderator) said on May 24, 2003 12:11:
@Jackeill the album isnt available yet. There only is a promo conatining 7 snippets of songs from the album..
mazarin said on May 24, 2003 13:06:
And if the album will be available for download soon, less people will buy it - so there will be less success. so please wait like all those fans who will buy it on the release day. i think one reason for roxette’s recent lower success (Romm Service, Pop Hits...) is that the new songs are available for download to soon. so people don’t buy cds anymore... just my thought :-Z
daniel_alv said on May 24, 2003 13:09:
i think it’s good of him not to upload.... because fio he do i think EMI wont give him more info to give to us... and accually it would be nice to hear the songs for the first time on the album this time...
Jackeill said on May 24, 2003 13:39:
but you know i won’t be able to buy album on its premiere, even some days after.... it would be so hard to get it here in poland just after its relase in sweden..... i will buy it anyway, somewhere in the net, but it will take a long time i think... so i want mp3’s ! ;)
Kama said on May 24, 2003 13:41:
@mattias
Yeah you’re right :)))
But not everybody will hear this album in a month.
It’s easy to say for Swedes. And we people from other countries will hear it much later! I’ve just ordered the cd from Fanclub. But first opportunity for me to hear Mazarin will be probably in the end of august so I’d ike to hear some part of it now!
But I think it’s impossible :((
Kama said on May 24, 2003 13:44:
Jackeil!!!!! I agreee with you so much!!! I want mp3 now!! :)))) Ja te¿ nie bêdê mia³a tak prêdko w rêkach tej p³ytki! Te¿ chcê mp3!!!!
daniel_alv said on May 24, 2003 14:44:
but when we swedes has it in less then a month maybe someone uploads it
DaminehGessle said on May 24, 2003 15:26:
vemroe: Buy the album through fanclub. You will get the CD + DVD + something else! I ordered it yesterday. Although the cost is high, who cares?
Anyways yeah I cant wait to get a hand on the mp3s. I have pre-ordered mine anyways so doens’t matter if I get the mp3s or not, I have bought it.
Also, HAND was online before it came out. I bought it. So some fans would buy the album no matter what!
Junkie said on May 24, 2003 18:03:
Nice review, Thomas, thanx a lot. But where have you got the CD from? ;)
daniel_alv said on May 24, 2003 18:17:
i belive he got it from his friends at EMI....
Fernandinha said on May 25, 2003 02:22:
I’m really sad because it never will be release here in Brazil and I’ll have to wait a lot to listen the other songs :(
Fernanda - Brazil
Zaccharine said on May 25, 2003 10:06:
please be social and make AT LEAST some snippets!!!
camillarox said on May 25, 2003 10:09:
if he can’t, he can’t, and that’s all about it. Why don’t you mail our great friend Bjurman and ask him for the mp3s instead of nagging Tevensso?! ;)
daniel_alv said on May 25, 2003 13:35:
camillarox >>> Well said!
Wait until the 16th, then I’m sure someone will mp3 the whole album....
Stormkeeper said on May 23, 2003 22:46:
He should put even 1 song in English as a b-side.
Disco feeling? I like what I hear.
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