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''Röd'' ( Swedish for ''Red'') is the eighth
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by Swedish
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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 "Töntarna" is a song by the Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released as the lead single from their eighth studio album, ''Röd'', on 5 October 2009. Two additional remixes by Punks Jump Up and Familjen were released on Kent's digital ...
", 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" records 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) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Kent. Biography Berg was born and grew up in Eskilstuna. He moved to Stockholm in 1993 after the fou ...
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 ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...
, who also produced the band's previous studio album. Eight out of 11 songs were recorded in the concert hall
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in
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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.


Critical reception

Anders Nunstedt of ''
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'' wrote: "The fact that the album was recorded in Berlin, in the Hansa Tonstudio where U2, Depeche Mode and David Bowie reinvented themselves, also says a lot. The band's eighth studio album captures the sound of a European metropolis at night, while sounding unmistakably Kent. Jocke Berg sings about highways and jet planes as well as small-town road crossings and giving someone a ride home on a bicycle. ..''Röd'' is certainly no ''Vapen & ammunition'' - it will be hard to find more than two working radio singles here - but the sound is world class and the quality shines through in every track." Markus Larsson of ''
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'' wrote: "The grandiose synth symphonies contain everything from acoustic guitars, techno beats and arena rock drums. Often in one and the same six-minute long song. It might have been unbearable to listen to if Kent didn't constantly anchor the music in fantastic melodies. Those who grow forth and illuminate the darkness in, for example, 'Vals för Satan (din vän pessimisten)', 'Sjukhus' and 'Idioter' are among the strongest songs the group have written. ''Röd'' is, above all, proof that the best pop music is always a mixture of anger, resistance and despair."


Track listing


Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Röd''.


Kent

*
Joakim Berg Herbert Joakim "Jocke" Berg (born 16 March 1970) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Kent. Biography Berg was born and grew up in Eskilstuna. He moved to Stockholm in 1993 after the fou ...
– music, lyrics, vocals, guitar *
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. ...
– music, bass, keyboards *
Sami Sirviö Sami Sirviö (born 28 May 1970) is a Sweden Finnish musician and former lead guitarist of the now discontinued Swedish rock band Kent. Biography Sirviö formed Kent in 1990 along with vocalist Joakim Berg, bassist Martin Sköld, drummer Markus ...
– guitar, keyboards *
Markus Mustonen Markus Mikael Randolph Mustonen (born 20 January 1973) is a Sweden Finnish musician who played drums, keyboards and piano in the Swedish alternative rock band Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East En ...
– drums, backing vocals, keyboards, piano


Additional musicians

*Yngve Sköld – leader of the "Tonalerna" choir on track 1 *
Johan T Karlsson Johan Tommy Karlsson (born April 10, 1976 in Hässleholm) is a Swedish techno/electropop artist who uses the alias Familjen (, "The Family"). Biography Karlsson grew up in Hässleholm, Skåne (the same town as fellow electronica producers Andreas ...
– choir on track 3, 9 *
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. R ...
– choir on track 6


Technical

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Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
producer *
Joshua Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...
– producer,
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, mixing on track 2, 3, 10 *Stefan Boman – mixing on track 1, 5, 6, 9 *Simon Nordberg – mixing on track 4, 7, 8, 11 *Martin Brengesjö – instrument technician *Sebastian Meyer – assistant *Henrik Jonsson – mastering


Artwork

*Annika Aschberg – photography *Makode Linde – photography *Thomas Ökvist – design, photography *Helen Svensson – design *Dora Kovács – girl on the coverKent FAQ
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Charts and certifications


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


References


External links

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