The World According to Gessle

Infobox Album |
Name = The World According to Gessle
Type = Studio album
Artist = Per Gessle


Released = 2 May 1997
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Fundamental
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Hjärtats trakt"
(1993)
This album = "The World According to Gessle"
(1997)
Next album = "Hjärtats trakt - en samling"
(1997)

"The World According To Gessle" is a solo album by Per Gessle, released on 2 May 1997. It was his first solo album in English. The title is of course a paraphrase of "The World According to Garp" - the novel by John Irving.

"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?", "Kix" and "I Want You To Know" were released as singles. At the end of the "Lay Down Your Arms" track, there is another version of "Kix" (Cha-cha-cha version), sung like Elvis Presley. The Japanese release of this album features the ballad "Love doesn't live here", a song previously recorded by Belinda Carlisle.

Only three videos were made for this album. All of them were directed by the famous Swedish director Jonas Akerlund.

The album sold 400.000 copies worldwide.

The album was re-released in 2003 as a low budget edition in a cardboard sleeve to fight piracy.

"The World According to Gessle" was again re-released in May 2008 as an anniversary edition. This time it was a double CD, with 26 bonus tracks. CD2 is called "The Demos According to Gessle."

Original track listing

# Stupid
# Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
# Saturday
# Kix
# I Want You to Know
# Reporter
# B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B
# Wish You The Best
# Elvis in Germany (Let's Celebrate!)
# T-T-T-Take It!
# I'll Be Alright
# There is My Baby
# Lay Down Your Arms (incl. ghost track "Kix-cha-cha")

2008 track listing

# Stupid
# Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
# Saturday
# Kix
# I Want You to Know
# Reporter
# B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B
# Wish You The Best
# Elvis in Germany (Let's Celebrate!)
# T-T-T-Take It!
# I'll Be Alright
# There is My Baby
# Lay Down Your Arms
# Kix-cha-cha
# Love Doesn't Live Here
# Always Breaking My Heart
# I Wanna Be With You
# Blue Umbrella
# Jupiter Calling
# Let's Party

CD2

# There Is My Baby (June 27, 1994)
# I'll Be Alright (July 16, 1994)
# June Afternoon (July 17, 1994)
# Writer (July 17, 1994)
# T-T-T-Take It! (Sep 12, 1994)
# Elvis in Germany (Nov 2, 1994)
# Every Day Outside My Window (Dec 28, 1995)
# Love Doesn't Live Here (Feb 25, 1996)
# Detective Jones (Feb 29, 1996)
# Beautiful Things, Terrible Things (Apr 7, 1996)
# Elvis in Deutschland (Apr 26, 1996)
# Makin' Love to You (acoustic version) (June 9, 1996)
# Lay Down Your Arms (June 23, 1996)
# Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (Aug 12, 1996)
# B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B (Oct 24, 1996)
# Stupid (Oct 28, 1996)
# Saturday (Nov 2, 1996)
# Drum (Nov 2, 1996)
# I Want You to Know (Dec 28, 1996)
# Kix (Jan 2, 1997)

Credits

Words & Music by Per Gessle

Marie Fredriksson sings on "I'll Be Alright".

External links

* [http://www.gyllenetider.com/ges4.html Per interviewing himself about the album]