Stormvarning was the sixth album from Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad

Ted Gärdestad

Ted Gärdestad , internationally known as Ted Gardestad, Ted Gaerdestad or just Ted was a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician.-Early career:...

, released on the Polar Music

Polar Music

Polar Music is a Swedish record company founded in 1963 by Stig Anderson and his friend Bengt Bernhag. The first act that it signed was the Hootenanny Singers featuring Björn Ulvaeus. Polar eventually gained prosperity producing Ulvæus' next group, international superstars ABBA...

 label in Sweden in early 1981. Stormvarning was an expanded and partly re-recorded version of the international album I'd Rather Write a Symphony

I'd Rather Write a Symphony

I'd Rather Write A Symphony was the sixth album and the second international release from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1980 on the Polydor label in West Germany and The Netherlands, promoted by the single "Don't Treat Me This Way" backed with "Mindblower"...

, released in West Germany and the Netherlands in 1980.


The album includes a solo version of the 1980 Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen

Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...

 entry "Låt Solen Värma Dig", originally a duet with Rock De Luxe vocalist Annica Boller, Gärdestad's girlfriend at the time. The duet version remains unreleased on CD.

The Stormvarning album also features the track that was to be Gärdestad's final hit single of the eighties, "Låt Kärleken Slå Rot", produced by Benny Andersson

Benny Andersson

Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...

 and featuring Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...

 on vocals.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kenneth Gärdestad, music by Ted Gärdestad

Side A:

1. "Låt Kärleken Slå Rot" - 4:48
2. "Stormvarning!" ("Mindblower") - 4:23
3. "Don't Treat Me This Way" - 3:27
4. "Slingan" - 1:51
5. "You Got Me Dancing" - 4:04
6. "The Reason" - 4:43

Side B:

1. "Ingen Annan Än Du" - 3:30
2. "Låt Solen Värma Dig" (Solo version) - 3:33
3. "How Do You Wanna Make Love" - 3:25
4. "It's You" - 5:21
5. "Down at the Zoo" (Alternate version) - 3:55
6. "Orättvisan" - 3:57

Personnel

• Ted Gärdestad
  Ted Gärdestad
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   - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
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  , piano
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  , keyboards
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  , cymbal
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  s, strata
• Benny Andersson
  Benny Andersson
  Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
  
   - synthesizer
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  s, piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards
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   ("Låt Kärleken Slå Rot")
• Janne Schaffer
  Janne Schaffer
  Jan Erik Tage Janne Schaffer is a Swedish songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his work as a session guitarist for ABBA but he has also recorded with artists such as Bob Marley, Johnny Nash, Art Farmer and Tony Williams...
  
   - guitar
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• Lasse Wellander - guitars
• Kjell Öhman - piano
• Björn J:son Lindh
  Björn J:son Lindh
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   - piano, string arrangements
• Per-Erik Hallin - piano
• Wlodek Gulgowski - piano
• Rutger Gunnarsson - bass guitar
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• Stefan Brolund - bass guitar
• Mike Watson - bass guitar
• Sam Bengtsson - bass guitar
• Åke Sundqvist - drums
• Per Lindvall - drums
• Ola Brunkert - drums
• Lennart Östlund - strata
• Ulf Andersson - saxophone
  Saxophone
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• Tomas Ledin
  Tomas Ledin
  Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken.Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when his first single, Då ska jag spela, was a big hit...
  
   - backing vocals
• Mikael Rickfors - backing vocals
• Annica Boller - backing vocals
• Diana Nunez - backing vocals
• Maritza Horn - backing vocals
• Liza Öhman - backing vocals
• Py Bäckman - backing vocals
• Agneta Olsson - backing vocals
• Lasse Westman - backing vocals
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad
  Anni-Frid Lyngstad
  Anni-Frid Prinzessin Reuss von Plauen , is a Norwegian-born Swedish pop singer...
  
   - backing vocals ("Låt Kärleken Slå Rot")
• Lennart Sjödin - backing vocals ("Låt Kärleken Slå Rot")

Production

• Ted Gärdestad - producer
  Record producer
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• Lennart Östlund - producer
• Benny Andersson - producer ("Låt Kärleken Slå Rot")
• Michael B. Tretow - producer ("Orättvisan")
• Leif Mases - sound engineer
• Lennart Östlund - sound engineer
• Recorded at Polar Studios
  Polar Studios
  Polar Studios is one of the most famous recording studios in Scandinavia. Originally located in a former movie theater from 1934 at Sankt Eriksgatan 58-60 on Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden, Polar Studios was founded by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA in 1977 and had its grand opening on...
  
  , Stockholm
• Originally released as Polar POLS 310, 1981

Sources and external links

• Official home page, The Ted Gärdestad Society
• Liner notes Stormvarning, Ted Gärdestad, Polar Music POLS 310, 1981.
• [ Allmusic.com entry, Stormvarning, Ted Gärdestad, 1981]