''The Wannadies'' is the début album by the

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The Wannadies The Wannadies is an alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Skellefteå, northern Sweden. The band's initial line-up featured Pär Wiksten (vocals, guitars), Christina Bergmark (born 1 March 1969) ( keyboards, vocals), Stefan Schönfeldt (born 5 ...

. It was released in 1990 and reached number twenty-six on the

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. ''The Wannadies'' includes the singles "My Home Town", "Heaven" and a new recording of the lead song from their début release '' Smile EP''; "The Beast Cures the Lover". Receiving positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP and CD in August 1990. The album was re-released in 1993 on Snap Records with a pair of covers original performed by T. Rex and

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respectively as bonus tracks. The artwork was designed by Hank with photography by Patrick Degerman.

Track listing

Personnel

;The Wannadies are * Pär Wiksten * Stefan Schönfeldt * Fredrik Schönfeldt * Gunnar Karlsson * Christina Bergmark * Björn Segnestam-Malmqvist ;Additional musicians, technical and visual * Ingemar Karlsson - Additional Guitar * Curt-Åke, Nils - Percussion * Ingemar Karlsson - Producer * Johan Nilsson, The Wannadies - Producer ("Lee Remick") * Curt-Åke Stefan, Nils Löfstedt - Recording * Anders Lind, Michael Ilbert - Mixing * Hank - Sleeve * Patrick Degerman - Photography

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wannadies, The The Wannadies albums 1990 debut albums