Frida (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Frida
Type = studio
Artist = Anni-Frid Lyngstad


Released = 1971
Recorded = 1970 - 1971
Genre = Easy Listening, Pop
Length = 36:46
Label = EMI
Producer = Benny Andersson
Bengt Palmers
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Frida" (1971)
Next album = "Anni-Frid Lyngstad" (1972)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = 1972 re-release "EMI:s Stjärnserie Vol. 7"

"Frida" is the 1971 debut album by Anni-Frid Lyngstad, consisting of Frida's very personal and "jazzy" cover versions of English or American songs. By the time of the album's release Lyngstad had been signed to EMI/Columbia for four years. "Frida", recorded in late 1970/early 1971, produced by her then fiancé Benny Andersson and Bengt Palmers (Blue Swede, Harpo), was to be her first full-length studio album for EMI. The album received unanimously generous praise from the critics, who especially noted the precision and versatility of Frida as a vocalist. The album was also re-released the following year as she had her first Svensktoppen number one, "Min Egen Stad", adding this song as track 1 side B. This version of the album was later given a third release, then as a compilation under the name "EMI:s Stjärnserie Vol. 7" (EMI Star Series).This album is included in the EMI compalation Frida 1967-1972. A cover version of The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" from the "Frida" sessions remains unreleased.

Track listing

Side A
#"Tre Kvart Från Nu" (Arthur Rubinstein, Peter Himmelstrand) - 3:14
#"Jag Blir Galen När Jag Tänker På Dej" ("Goin' Out of My Head") (Teddy Randazzo, Robert Weinstein, Stikkan Anderson) - 3:27
#"Lycka" (Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Stikkan Andersson) - 2:59
#"Sen Dess Har Jag Inte Sett 'En" (Trad. arr. Claes Rosendahl, Lars Berghagen) - 2:10
#"En Ton Av Tystnad" ("The Sound of Silence") (Paul Simon, Owe Junsjö) - 3:58
#"Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen, Owe Junsjö) - 4:07

Side B
#"Allting Skall Bli Bra" / "Vad Gör Jag Med Min Kärlek?" ("Everything's Alright"/"I Don't Know How to Love Him" from "Jesus Christ Superstar") (Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Owe Junsjö) - 6:14
#"Jag Är Beredd" ("And I'll Be There") (Paul Leka, Denise Gross, Stikkan Anderson) - 2:38
#"En Liten Sång Om Kärlek" ("Five Pennies Saints") (Sylvia Fine, Lars Berghagen) - 2:25
#"Telegram Till Fullmånen" (Cornelis Vreeswijk, Georg Riedel) - 1:59
#"Barnen Sover" (Peter Himmelstrand) - 3:35