''När en vacker tanke blir en sång'' ("When a Beautiful Thought Becomes a Song") is the fourth Swedish solo

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pop singer and

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member

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, which was released in the end of 1971.

Album information

After producing a large part of her previous album "

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", Agnetha's fiancé

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this time produced the entire album. They got married on the 6 July 1971. The recording of the album took place on various occasions during 1971, beginning in May, continuing through July and October and ending on 4 November. As with her previous albums, the recording was assisted by

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and features Sven-Olof Walldoff and his choir and orchestra. Contrary to its predecessor "

", which mainly included cover versions and only two new Agnetha compositions, Agnetha's fourth studio album consists almost entirely of her own work. The last track, ''"Dröm är dröm, och saga saga"'', was the only exception, being a cover version of Anna Identici's hit ''Era bello il mio ragazzo''. Considering the fact that she also wrote some of the lyrics herself or together with producer

, ''"När en vacker tanke blir en sång"'' (the title coming from the first line of the lyrics of ''"Då finns du hos mig"'') can be seen as the most personal and self-written album of her career (its successor "

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" includes ten Agnetha compositions, yet no lyrics by her). The above-mentioned ''"Dröm är dröm, och saga saga"'' marks also one of the first occasions that all four of the future

members can be heard on the same recording. Additionally, both

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and

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also contributed to some other tracks on the album: *

plays piano on: ''"Många gånger än"'', ''"Nya ord"'',''"Jag skall inte fälla några tårar"'' and ''"Då finns du hos mig"'' *

and

sing background on: ''"Kanske var min kind lite het"'', ''"Sången föder dig tillbaka"'', ''"Tågen kan gå igen"'' and ''"Dröm är dröm, och saga saga"'' Three years after its original release, the album was re-released in 1974 by Swedish label ''Embassy'' (EMB 31094) with a new cover and the simple title ''"Agnetha"''. Finally, ''"När en vacker tanke blir en sång"'' was released on CD for the first time in 2004 as part of the box-set " De första åren".

Track listing

Singles

Altogether three singles (one of which being just a promo-single for radio) were released off Agnetha's fourth studio album. None of them charted on the official Swedish sales chart Kvällstoppen.

Svensktoppen

Three tracks from ''"När en vacker tanke blir en sång"'' appeared on the important Swedish radio chart

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

. The album's only cover version, ''"Dröm är dröm, och saga saga"'', which was a radio-only single in the end of 1971, was the most successful and eventually reached the top 3 in the end of December, while Agnetha's own composition ''"Många gånger än"'' reached the top 5 some months earlier. The beginning of 1972 marked the rare occasion of a none-single track showing up on Svensktoppen, namely "Sången föder dig tillbaka", which cracked the top 10 for one week in February.Svensktoppen archiv. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2023&artikel=454888. Retrieved on 20 May 2011.

References

* booklet, Agnetha Fältskog: '' Agnetha Fältskog De Första Åren'' * Bright Lights Dark Shadows – The Real Story Of ABBA by

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