''Ted'' is the second studio album from Swedish singer/songwriter

Ted Gärdestad Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. Ass ...

, released in 1973 through

Polar Music Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. Background The first act that Polar Music signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity pr ...

. It contains the hits "Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel", "Sol, Vind Och Vatten", "Come Give Me Love" as well as his 1973

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

entry " Oh Vilken Härlig Da'". The album was produced by

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 ...

Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, a member of the musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma Mia!'' He co-produced the films ...

and Ted, engineered by Michael B. Tretow and features backing vocals by

Agnetha Fältskog Agneta Åse Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 self-titled debut album. She later achieved internatio ...

and

Anni-Frid Lyngstad Princess Anni-Frid Synni Reuss, Countess of Plauen (born Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad on 15 November 1945), also known by her nickname "Frida", is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer, songwriter and environmentalist, who is best known as one of the foun ...

. The CD version of the album was released in 1991. An English-language version of the track "Jag Ska Fånga En Ängel" entitled "Gonna Make You My Angel" was released as a single in 1974. The album charted on the Swedish Albums Chart and peaked at number seven in week 26 of 2020. In 2021, it reached a new peak of number six.

Track listing

''All lyrics written by

Kenneth Gärdestad John Charles Kenneth Gärdestad (9 May 1948 – 3 March 2018) was a Swedes, Swedish songwriter, best known for writing lyrics for the songs of his brother, Ted Gärdestad. He participated at Melodifestivalen 1979 as a songwriter for the winning ...

, music by Ted Gärdestad'' Side A: #"Jag ska fånga en ängel" – 3:50 #"Sol, vind och vatten" – 3:10 #"Skolsång" – 3:02 #"Kaliforniens guld" – 2:37 #"Come Give Me Love" – 3:32 #"Ramanagaram" – 2:50 Side B: #" Oh, vilken härlig da'" – 3:21 #"Kom i min fantasi" – 2:34 #"Universum" – 3:52 #"Gitarren och jag" – 3:52 #"Stenansiktet" – 4:45 #* From the Jan Halldoff's movie by the same name

Personnel

Musicians

– lead vocals,

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, piano *

– piano, cembalo,

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

Moog synthesizer The Moog synthesizer is a modular synthesizer developed by the American engineer Robert Moog. Moog debuted it in 1964, and Moog's company R. A. Moog Co. (later known as Moog Music) produced numerous models from 1965 to 1981, and again from 20 ...

, backing vocals *

– acoustic guitar, banjo,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, backing vocals *

Janne Schaffer Jan Erik Tage "Janne" Schaffer (born 24 September 1945) is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and To ...

– electric guitar * Mike Watson – bass guitar *

Ola Brunkert Ola Brunkert (15 September 1946 – 16 March 2008) was a Swedish drummer who was one of the main session drummers for the pop group ABBA. Brunkert and bassist Rutger Gunnarsson are the only two side musicians to appear on every ABBA album, not cou ...

– drums * Roger Palm – drums * Rutger Gunnarsson – banjo *

– backing vocals *

– backing vocals * Lena Andersson – backing vocals * Luciano Mosetti – harmonica

Production

* Benny Andersson – producer * Björn Ulvaeus – producer * Ted Gärdestad – producer * Michael B. Tretow –

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

* Rune Persson – sound engineer * Åke Elmsäter – sound engineer * Sven-Olof Walldoff – string arrangements "Universum" and "Kaliforniens Guld" * Lasse Samuelsson – brass arrangement * Recorded at Metronome Studios, Stockholm * Originally released as Polar POLS 241, 1973

Charts

References

External links

Official home page, The Ted Gärdestad Society
{{Authority control 1973 albums Ted Gärdestad albums Swedish-language albums