''Pretty Scary Silver Fairy'' is the second studio album by Norwegian recording artist

Margaret Berger Margaret Berger (born 11 October 1985) is a Norway, Norwegian singer, songwriter, music director, and DJ. She made her debut on Sony BMG after she placed second on the Idol (Norway)#Season 2, second season of ''Idol (Norway), Norwegian Idol'' in ...

. It was released in Norway on 2 October 2006 by

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. Its title comes from Berger's wish for the album to be "sweet but mean at the same time". The lyrics were written by Berger and inspired by her

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Track listing

;Notes * "Silver Fairy" contains elements of "Holiday in Harlem" written by Nathaniel Reed and

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. * "Naive (16)" contains elements of "

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" written by

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Pretty Scary Silver Fairy''. * Margaret Berger – lead vocals (all tracks); backing vocals (1–4, 6–10) * Joakim Bachmann – live drums (6) * Liah Cheston – mastering *

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– backing vocals (5) *

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– engineering, mixing, production (3–6, 8, 10); backing vocals (5) * Krzysztof – additional strings arrangement * Pete "Boxsta" Martin – drum programming, engineering, keyboard programming, mixing, production (1, 2, 7, 9) * Henry Parsley – additional

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editing (1) * Patric Sarin – additional vocals (8) * Hans Jørgen Støp – lead synth (10)

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References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Margaret Berger albums RCA Records albums