''Välkommen till folkhemmet'' is the sixth studio (seventh overall)
album by the Swedish
pop
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Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and
rock artist Magnus Uggla. It was released in 1983 and is his first album to focus on what later became his signature sound,
pop rock with
satirical
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lyrics. The album was awarded a
Rockbjörnen award in the category "Swedish record of the year". The song "IQ" is a cover of
Bruce Woolley's "Blue Blue (Victoria)", with new unrelated lyrics in Swedish.
Track listing
All songs written by Magnus Uggla, except where noted.
Arrangements by:
Anders Henriksson, Per Lindvall and Peter Ljung.
;Side one
# "Overture / Dumskallarnas julafton" - 2:31
# "Tjena alena" - 4:47
# "
IQ" - 3:32 (Blue Blue (Victoria),
Bruce Woolley)
# "Krokodil rock" - 5:16
# "
Hand i hand" - 4:40
;Side two
# "Ge ge ge" - 4:49
# "Hem ljuva hem" - 4:09
# "Toffelhjältar" - 5:00
# "
Astrologen
"Astrologen" is a song written by Magnus Uggla, appearing on his 1983 album ''Välkommen till folkhemmet''. The characteristic string arrangement was, as usual, made by :sv:Anders_Henriksson_(musikproducent), Anders Henriksson.
Uggla wrote the so ...
" - 5:11
Charts
References
1983 albums
Magnus Uggla albums
Swedish-language albums
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