''Per Gessle'' was released on 8 April 1983 and is the debut solo studio album from Swedish pop artist

Per Gessle Per Håkan Gessle (; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the Swedish pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was d ...

. The album peaked at number five on the

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. Before releasing this album, Gessle was already a famous lead vocalist of the Swedish pop band

Gyllene Tider Gyllene Tider (; "Golden Times") was a Swedish pop group fronted by Roxette singer, guitarist and songwriter Per Gessle. They were one of the best-selling Swedish bands ever and have had numerous hits in Scandinavia, starting with the break-th ...

. A re-release on CD, released on 1 September 1992, contained three bonus tracks.

Marie Fredriksson Gun-Marie Fredriksson (; 30 May 1958 – 9 December 2019) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist and painter, who was best known internationally as the lead vocalist of pop rock pop duo, duo Roxette, which she formed in 1986 with Per Gessle. ...

contributed

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for song 2 and lead vocals for (

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s) the songs 3, 11 and 12.

Track listings

LP/MC

* Side A #"På väg" #"Hjärtats trakt" #"Om du har lust" #"Timmar av iver" #"Regn" #"Indiansommar" (

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

) #"Historier vi kan" * Side B #"Ledmotiv från Indiansommar" (instrumental) #"Den öde stranden" #"Fiskarnas tecken" #"Rädd" #"Tända en sticka till" #"Syrenernas tid"

CD

#"På väg" #"Hjärtats trakt" #"Om du har lust" #"Timmar av iver" #"Regn" #"Indiansommar" (instrumental) #"Historier vi kan" #"Ledmotiv från Indiansommar" (instrumental) #"Den öde stranden" #"Fiskarnas tecken" #"Rädd" #"Tända en sticka till" #"Syrenernas tid" #"Överallt" (CD bonus track) #"Man varnade för halka" (CD bonus track) #"När morgonen kommer" (CD bonus track)

Charts

References

1983 debut albums Per Gessle albums Swedish-language albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub