''Röd'' (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

for ''Red'') is the eighth studio album by

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band

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. It was released as digital download exclusively through the band's website on 5 November 2009 and physically on 6 November 2009. The first single from the album, " Töntarna", was released as digital download on 5 October 2009. The song "Svarta linjer" was performed on the television talk show

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on 30 October. ''Röd'' is available in a standard edition and a deluxe edition box. The deluxe edition box version features the 11-track CD, a

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with high quality

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files as well as

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files, three 10"

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which between them contain the whole album, and a 118-page book containing lyrics, abstract pictures and photographs. Due to distribution difficulties the deluxe edition was delayed until 11 November 2009.

Background

Lead singer

Joakim Berg Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg (born 16 March 1970 in Eskilstuna, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer of Swedish Rock/Pop band Kent. Berg rarely gives interviews, saying in one: less is more. Berg ...

announced on Kent's forum on 21 April 2009, that the band had started writing songs for the album in 2008 until the beginning of April 2009 and subsequently the band had begun the recording of the album. The album is produced by Kent and

Joshua Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

, who also produced the band's previous studio album.KENT = TÖNTARNA OCH RÖD! — Kent.nu
''Kent.nu'', 4 October 2009 Eight out of 11 songs were recorded in the concert hall

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. It was originally part of the legendary

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from the 1970s until 1991, but has since been used as a location for events. Kent had to set up their own recording studio, with the recording costs being around 3 million SEK according to Joakim Berg.

Track listing

All lyrics written by

. All music written by Joakim Berg and

Martin Sköld Martin Sköld (born 2 October 1970 in Sparreholm, Södermanland) is a Swedish musician who played bass and keyboards in the Swedish alternative rock band Kent. Alongside lead singer Joakim Berg he was responsible for writing the band's music. S ...

Personnel

*Produced by Kent &

*Recorded in

; Psykbunkern/Park Studio, Stockholm; The Bowery Hotel,

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; Hyltinge Church, Sparreholm and different living rooms *Track 4, 7, 8, 11: Mixed by Simon Nordberg *Track 1, 5, 6, 9: Mixed by Stefan Boman *Track 2, 3, 10: Mixed by Joshua *All songs are mixed in Psykbunkern/Park Studio except "Det finns inga ord" which is mixed in Traxton *Mastered by Henrik Jonsson, Masters of Audio *Instrument technician: Martin Brengesjö *Assistant: Sebastian Meyer *Track 6: Choir by

Johan Renck Bo Johan Renck (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film. He was originally a singer-songwriter from 1991 to 2001, using the moniker Stakka Bo, and had an international hit with his single " Here We Go" in 1993. Re ...

*Track 3, 9: Choir by Johan T Karlsson *Track 1: The "Tonalerna" choir led by Yngve Sköld *Track 1: Organ by Martin Sköld *Design: Helen Svensson & Thomas Ökvist *Cover photo: Annika Aschberg *Colour photo: Makode Linde *Black, red, grey photo: Thomas Ökvist *Management: Martin Roos

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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