I Stand Alone (Agnetha Fältskog album)

Infobox Album | Name = I Stand Alone
Type = Album
Artist = Agnetha Fältskog


Released = Late 1987-early 1988
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Pop
Length = 42:05
Label = WEA, Atlantic (US)
Producer = Peter Cetera
Reviews =
Last album = "Kom följ med i vår karusell"
(1987)"
This album = "I Stand Alone"
(1987)
Next album = "My Love, My Life"
(1996) |

"I Stand Alone" was the third and last of Agnetha Fältskog's 1980s post-ABBA solo albums, released in November 1987. Fältskog would not have another major studio release for 17 years, until her successful comeback in 2004 with "My Colouring Book".

"I Stand Alone" was produced by Peter Cetera, the former singer and bass guitar player with American rock band Chicago. He duetted with Fältskog on the track "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)", (No.93 Billboard Hot 100 and No.19 Adult Contemporary in the U.S.) The co-producer of the album was Bruce Gaitsch, with whom Fältskog was in a relationship with at the time.

The musical style of the album was very different from the European sounds of Faltskog's previous two albums, and reflected the West Coast American influences of the producers. The album became Sweden's best-selling LP of 1988, where it remained at No.1 for eight weeks. It also reached the Top 20 in Norway and Belgium, and No.22 in the Netherlands, but fared less well on charts elsewhere, only reaching No.47 in West Germany, No.72 in the United Kingdom, No.93 in Japan and No.96 in Australia.

Fältskog also made several promo videos for singles from the album, including The Last Time and Let It Shine. When the third single, I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye), appeared on the U.S. Billboard Chart in April 1988, Warner Music asked her to make another video immediately. Although it was a duet with Peter Cetera, he did not appear in the video.

For the cover of the album and promotional interviews, Fältskog appeared with a "new" spiky blonde hair look.

Fältskog made a very rare trip on an airplane to Los Angeles to record the album. After it was completed, she never flew again due to her much-publicised fear of flying. She did, however, admit that the flight was worth it.

Track listing

#"The Last Time" – 4:12 (R.Randall, J.Randall, J.Law)
#"Little White Secrets" – 4:04 (E.Schwartz, R.Bruno, S.Pomerantz)
#"I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" – 4:10 (Mark Mueller, Aaron Zigman)
#"Love In A World Gone Mad" – 4:08 (B.Livesy, Pete Sinfield)
#"Maybe It Was Magic" – 4:07 (P.Brown, P.Hurley)
#"Let It Shine" – 3:58 (A.Roberts, B.LaBounty, B.Foster)
#"We Got A Way" – 3:50 (J.Robinson, F.Golde, M.Walsh)
#"I Stand Alone" – 4:48 (Peter Cetera, B.Gaitsch)
#"Are You Gonna Throw It All Away" – 4:52 (Diane Warren, A.Hammond)
#"If You Need Somebody Tonight" – 3:32 (Diane Warren, A.Hammond)

External links

* [http://www.agnetha.net/ALBUMS/ISA.html I Stand Alone] Agnetha Fältskog official website entry