Prayer for the Weekend was released on April 11, 2007 and is the fourth album of the Swedish rock band The Ark

The Ark (band)

The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...

. It is their first album with the sixth member, keyboard player Jens Andersson.

The album contains, along with the lead single "Absolutely No Decorum", the song "The Worrying Kind", with which The Ark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

, where the song finished 18th.

Singles released from the album are; "Absolutely No Decorum", "The Worrying Kind", "Prayer For The Weekend" and "Little Dysfunk You".

Track listing

All songs written by Ola Salo.

1. "Prayer for the Weekend" - 4:24
2. "The Worrying Kind
   The Worrying Kind
   "The Worrying Kind" is a rock song performed by The Ark, written and composed by Ola Salo. It was released as the second single of their fourth album, Prayer for the Weekend. On March 10, 2007 the song won Melodifestivalen 2007 and therefore became Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry...
   
   " - 2:56
3. "Absolutely No Decorum" - 3:47
4. "Little Dysfunk You" - 4:09
5. "New Pollution" - 4:31
6. "Thorazine Corazon" - 3:44
7. "I Pathologize" - 2:54
8. "Death to the Martyrs" - 3:54
9. "All I Want is You" - 2:58
10. "Gimme Love to Give" - 3:59
11. "Uriel" - 5:42
12. "Any Operator Will Do" - 3:37 (Bonus Track, digital album only)

Personnel

The Ark

The Ark (band)

The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...

 are:

• Ola Salo
  Ola Salo
  Ola Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...
  
   - Lead vocals and songwriting
• Martin Axén
  Martin Axén
  Karl Martin Axén is a guitarist in the Glam-rock band The Ark.Axén lived with his family in Kenya from the age of four to seven. As an eight year old he began taking guitar lessons but did not continue with them until he began playing again as a teenager. In 1997 he became a member of The Ark...
  
   - Guitar
  Guitar
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   and backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Jepson - Guitar
  Guitar
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   and backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Leari
  Lars Ljungberg
  Lars "Leari" Ljungberg, is a Swedish musician and bass player of the alternative rock/glam rock band The Ark.He started out as a studio and touring musician for artists such as soul singer Titiyo...
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
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   and backing vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Sylvester Schlegel - drums
  Drum kit
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  , electronic drums and programming
• Jens Andersson - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , additional percussion and sound engineering

Additional personnel

• Jens Lindgård - Trombone
  Trombone
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• Petter Lindgård - Trumpet
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• Sven Andersson
  Sven Andersson
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   - Saxophone
  Saxophone
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   and clarinet
  Clarinet
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• Filip Runesson - Strings
  String instrument
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• Måns Block - percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Mauricio Canivilo - percussion
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• Christopher Dominique - Piano
  Piano
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• Elisabeth Fornander, Oskar Humlebo, Maria Lilja, Simon Koudriavstev and Kristian Pehrsson - Additional background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Jonas Nydessjö & Ola Salo
  Ola Salo
  Ola Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...
  
   - String arrangements
• Marco Manieri - Producer
  Record producer
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  , engineering
  Engineering
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   and mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• Thomas Berger
  Thomas Berger
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   and Björn Lindgård - Mastering
• Oskar Humlebo - Additional production