Righteous Boy is the solo project of

Magnus Sveningsson Magnus Sveningsson (born Johan Magnus Sveningsson on 4 April 1972 in Falköping) is best known as the bassist in the Swedish rock band, The Cardigans, and has also recorded under a solo project entitled Righteous Boy. In 2006, he restarted The ...

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. Sveningsson began the project during the long hiatus between the Cardigans' '' Gran Turismo'' and ''

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'' albums. To date, Righteous Boy's single album release is ''I Sing Because of You'' (2003), which contained the single " Loved Among Friends."

I Sing Because of You

''I Sing Because of You'' was recorded at Tambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden) and mastered by Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios.

Track listing

#" Loved Among Friends" (3:45) #"View from a Satellite" (4:25) #"No More Love" (3:57) #"Righteous Boy / Righteous Girl" (4:04) #"I Made It Hard for You to Love Me" (3:34) #"All My Evils" (4:11) #"I'm Not Shielded" (1:10) #"Elephant Man" (4:35) #"I Feel Apart" (4:00) #"Lone Among Friends" (4:13) #"Straight Song" (4:06) #"You Better Do Good" (4:49)

Personnel

: co-producer, writer, vocals, bass (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), organ (8, 9, 10, 12), vibraphone (6, 9, 10, 11), melodica (9, 10), keyboards (2, 6) and drums (3, 4) *Henrik Andersson: producer, mastering, co-writer (1, 3, 4), bass (1), guitar (1, 3, 4, 6), backing vocals (1, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 9), piano (3, 5), violin (3) * Sebastian "Batti" Borg, of stockfinster: co-producer, guitar (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), synthesizer (8, 11, 12), organ (9), mandolin (2). * Michael Ilbert: mixing (tracks 1,2 and 5 to 12), horn arrangements (12) * Marco Manieri: mixing (3, 4) * Jens Jansson, of Brainpool: drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), horns (12) * Patrik Barstosch, of Eggstone: piano (1, 2, 10), synthesizer (3), organ (11) * Nathan Larson: programming (3, 4), backing vocals (5, 9) * Stefan Kvarnström: programming (8, 9) * Petter Lindgård, of Gula Studion and The Mopeds: trumpet (2), horns (12) * Per Sunding, of Eggstone: recording of additional vocals (2, 6), bass (11) * Filip Runeson: cello and violin (5) *

Helena Josefsson Helena Marianne Josefsson (born 23 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist in the band Sandy Mouche and has collaborated with Per Gessle, Roxette, Arash Labaf, The Ark and various other Swedish musical project ...

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: backing vocals (2, 4, 11, 12) * Lina Johansson: backing vocals (3) * Claes Persson: co-writer (track 2) * Juanjo Passo: voice (8) * Åbäke: graphic design Swedish rock music groups