''Story of a Heart'' is a compilation album by Swedish group Benny Andersson Band, released in July 2009.

Album Information

Benny Anderssons Orkester is the current band of former

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Benny Andersson Göran Bror Benny Andersson (; born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, singer, composer and producer best known as a member of the musical group ABBA and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', ''Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma M ...

. As ''"Story of a Heart"'' was the group's first album to be released outside of Sweden, the band is referred to as "Benny Andersson Band".

International release

English lyrics were written by

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fame) for four of the most successful songs of the band's back catalogue. In addition, a new song was recorded and sung by

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, who was and is responsible for the female vocals of Benny Anderssons Orkester. The new song, ''"Story of a Heart"'', also became the title track of the album and was subsequently released on single. A Swedish version, ''"Sommaren du fick"'', was included on the Swedish version of the album and was also released on single in this country. The album also includes nine instrumental tunes, all of which being old recordings from the band's previous albums as well as Benny's 1987 solo album Klinga mina klockor. To fit into the album concept, also the titles of those tracks were (directly) translated into the English language. ''"Story of a Heart"'' was released in the UK on July 9, 2009. Five days earlier, on July 4, Benny Anderssons Orkester played a huge concert on London's Hampstead Heath. The concert was intended as a trigger for the band's promotion of their first UK album, and received good reviews in the press. Eventually, the song received a lot of airplay and the album managed to enter the

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and peaked at No. 29.

Swedish release

In Sweden, where versions of most of the tracks from ''"Story of a Heart"'' had already been released, the album was promoted as a greatest hits collection. Upon its release in the end of June 2009, the album entered the Swedish Albums Chart the next week at its peak position, No. 5. At the same time, the English single release climbed to number 17 on the

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, while its Swedish version ''"Sommaren du fick"'' reached number 4 on the

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 ...

radio chart. As almost every year, Benny Anderssons Orkester also played some concerts in Sweden as part of their summer-tour.

Track listing

The international version of the track listing omits the last track, ''"Sommaren du fick"'', thus reducing the total length of the remaining 14 tracks to 48:07.

Personnel

The songs on the album are performed by the following members of the "Benny Andersson Band":Story of a Heart, booklet *

: accordion, piano, synclavier *Göran Arnberg: keyboards *Janne Bengtsson: flute, piccola, baryton saxophone,

crumhorn The crumhorn is a double reed instrument of the woodwind family, most commonly used during the Renaissance period. In modern times, particularly since the 1960s, there has been a revival of interest in early music, and crumhorns are being pla ...

*Pär Grebacken: saxophone, clarinet *Leif Göras: violin, mandolin *(Nils-Erik) Nicke Göthe: violin, mandolin *(Jan-Erik) Jogga Ernlund: doublebass, electric bass *Calle Jacobsson: tuba, trombone, contrabass trumpet *Tommy Körberg: vocals *Leif Lindvall: trumpet, cornet * Kalle Moraeus: violin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin,

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

*Olle Moraeus: violin, viola, mandolin *(Pererik) Perra Moraeus: violin, alto-saxophone, mandolin, clarinet *Lars Rudolfsson: accordion *

Album Information

International release

Swedish release

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References