Little Angel

For the song of the same name by Quiet Riot, see Terrified.

Little Angel
Studio album by Ana Johnsson
Released	October 18, 2006
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	Pop rock Post-grunge
Length	42:35
Label	Bonnier (Sweden) Avex Trax (Japan)
Producer	Leif Larson (executive), Tomi Malm, Kasper Lindgren, Kalle Engström, Pontus Frisk
Ana Johnsson chronology
The Way I Am (2004) Little Angel (2006)
Music sample
Catch Me If You Can

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Melodic	[1]

Little Angel is Ana Johnsson's second album, released on October 18, 2006 in Sweden. It was later released in Japan on February 14, 2007. The album has sold over 20,500 copies in Japan as of April 13, 2007.

Album information

The album was recorded half in Sweden and half in Finland.^[2] Two singles debuted on the swedish singles charts, Days of Summer #7 and Exception #10. The album was released in Japan on February 14, 2007, containing two bonus tracks. The first one is "Falling to Pieces," the B-side of the "Days of Summer" single. The second is a completely new track "If I'm Not Dreaming." A completely new Japanese website from Avex Trax has been released for the forthcoming release of Little Angel in Japan. In a message on the official website, Ana states that she will be doing some promotion in Japan in the last days of January. The Japanese release became a CD/DVD release, with the CD containing the basic album track listing featuring two bonus tracks and the DVD will feature the video for "Exception" and more.

Ana said about the album:

“

I wanted a more organic feeling this time, less of computer programming. To reach that we for instance use a lot of odd, old instruments. Some inspiration obviously comes from vintage American rock/grunge. But we still wanted to keep the Swedish "flavour." We really wanted an overall album feeling this time. In the dynamics, in the song sequencing, in the cover graphics, etc. I really think we’ve fulfilled these ambitions. This is really extraordinary since I spent all my life working the slopes. I was a semi-professional snowboarder in the Rocky Mountains in the late 90's and it was excellent that some of my promotion tours around "We Are" could be combined with skiing.

”

"Catch Me If You Can" is the official theme of the 2007 Alpine World Ski Championships. Johnsson has also performed in Åre on February 2 and 3, the first taw days of the Championships. Skiing was also prominently shown throughout the music video for this song. It also received lots of downloads on the official World Ski Championships site.

Track listings

Standard album

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Little Angel"	Ana Johnsson, Leif Larson	Leif Larson	2:50
2.	"Break Through Time"	Ana Johnsson, Leif Larson	Ikaros Productions	3:01
3.	"Exception"	Ana Johnsson, Dilba	Pontus Frisk	3:12
4.	"Catch Me If You Can"	Ana Johnsson, Patrik Appelgren, Micky Jonasson, Johan Larsson	Ikaros Productions	2:45
5.	"What If"	Ana Johnsson, Leif Larson	Tomi Malm; Mikko Raita	4:02
6.	"Playing God"	Ana Johnsson, Leif Larson	Tomi Malm	4:04
7.	"Burn"	Ana Johnsson, Leif Larson	Leif Larson	3:50
8.	"Days of Summer"	Ana Johnsson, Kalle Engström; Kasper Lindgren; Leif Larson	Ikaros Productions	3:11
9.	"The Harder We Fall"	Ana Johnsson, Kalle Engström; Didrik Thott	Ikaros Productions	3:46
10.	"Still"	Ana Johnsson, Leif Larson	Tomi Malm	3:50
11.	"Spit It Out"	Ana Johnsson, Ulf Lindström, Johan Ekhé	Tomi Malm	3:12
12.	"Coming Out Strong"	Ana Johnsson, Tomi Malm; Caleb	Tomi Malm	4:52

Japanese CD/DVD release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Falling To Pieces"	Ana Johnsson, Kalle Engström; Didrik Thott	Ikaros Productions	3:25
14.	"If I'm Not Dreaming"	Ana Johnsson, Kalle Engström; Didrik Thott	Ikaros Productions	3:10

DVD

• "Exception" [Music Video] – 3:10

1. Directed by: Peter Lindmark

• A Day In The Life [Video]

Singles

Days of Summer

• Released: July 12, 2006
• Format: CD
• Label: Bonnier Amigo Music
• Writer: Ana Johnsson, Kasper Lindgren, Kalle Engström, Leif Larson
• Producer: Ikaros Productions
• Chart position: #7 (Sweden)
• Tracks: CD single

1. "Days of Summer" – 3:10
2. "Falling to Pieces" – 3:25

Exception

• Released: October 11, 2006
• Format: CD
• Label: Bonnier Amigo
• Writer: Ana Johnsson, Dilba
• Producer: Pontus Frisk
• Chart position: #10 (Sweden)
• Tracks: CD single

1. "Exception" [radio edit] – 3:12
2. "Exception" [remix] – 3:16

Catch Me If You Can

• Released: January 17, 2007
• Format: CD
• Label: Bonnier Amigo
• Writer: Ana Johnsson, Patrik Appelgren, Micke Jonasson, Johan Larsson
• Producer: Ikaros Productions
• Tracks: CD single

1. "Catch Me if You Can" – 2:44

Break Through Time (promo single)

• Released: March 2007
• Format: CD
• Label: Bonnier Amigo
• Writer: Ana Johnsson, Leif Larsson
• Producer: Ikaros Productions
• Tracks:

1. "Break Through Time" – 3:01
2. "Fate" – 3:25

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak	Sales
Japanese Oricon Overall Albums Chart	28[3]	21,085
Japanese Oricon English Albums Chart	9[3]

Credits

Production Vocals, Backing vocals – Ana Johnsson Executive Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Instruments – Leif Larson Producer, backing Vocals, Keyboards – Tomi Malm Producer, Mixer, Guitars – Mikko Raita Producer, Drums – Kasper Lindgren Producer, Guitars – Kalle Engström Producer, Instruments – Pontus Frisk Mixer – Lasse Martén Mixer – Ulf Kruckenberg Mastered by– Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios Additional musicians Guitars – Samuli Relander, Jaakko Murros, Timo Kämäräinen Bass – Lauri Porra Drums – Mikko Kaakkuriniemi Chello – Eva Maria Hux Violin – Kreetta Hannula Cello – Tuukka Helminen Backing vocals (on track 3) – Dilba Backing vocals (on track 5) – Caleb Drum Tech – Mikko Jr (Junior) Pietinen

Artwork Photography – Morgan Norman Additional photos – Christine Appleby, Gabor Palla Record sleeve and artwork – Katarina Di Leva at Yogini

Curious

The album is dedicated to Ana Johnsson's brother, as it says on the first page of the cd jacket in a black background and white letters: "For my Brother".

Release history

Country	Release date
Sweden	October 18, 2006
Japan	February 14, 2007

References

1. ^ Melodic review
2. ^ Ana Johnsson found the rock she was looking for in Finland - st.nu (in swedish)
3. ^ ^{a b} Japanese Albums Chart

External links

• Avex Trax official website