release date: Oct. 28, 2002
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,60]
Track highlights: 1. "Mitt Gullbergs Kaj Paradis" - 2. "Förhoppningar och regnbågar" - 3. "Den fulaste flickan i världen" (4 / 5) - 4. "Kom igen Lena!" (4 / 5) - 5. "Här kommer lyckan för hundar som oss"
2nd studio album by Håkan Hellström, and I think this one betters his debut. The music is more pop soul and party-minded with less focus on the jangle pop style, and I think this suits him better. The album starts out with the fine party-song "Mitt Gullbergs Kaj Paradis", and as many of the other songs it has a calypso feel with samba rhythm and percussion as well as lots of horns and a broader, more complex production. Beside the aforementioned track, the best tracks are the single releases, the ballad "Den fulaste flickan i världen" and the pop soul party track "Kom igen Lena!", which is somewhat copied from The Jam's "A Town Called Malice" (1982) and "Come on Eileen" (1982) by Dexys Midnight Runners. "Kom igen, Lena!" was the first song I ever heard with Håkan Hellström, and is therefore the song that made me look into his music.
