release date: Mar. 1991
format: cd (2011 remaster)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,38]
producer: Joakim Thåström & Sankan Sandqvist
label: MNW - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "Radio Thåström" - 2. "Ich liebe dich" - 4. "Elvis Presley för en dag" - 6. "Miss Huddinge -72"
2nd solo studio album by Thåström originally released on Mistlur Records has the former lead vocalist of Imperiet in his so far most experimental outing. Musically, Thåström continues his fascination for industrial rock in what nearly has become extreme. The album is full of industrial elements, drum machines and distorted guitars and on top of that, Thåström often sings with heavy distortion. Fjodor (Lennart Eriksson - former Ebba Grön bassist) features on vocals, but apart from his presence the album is made with several new guest artists. The album was recorded in Amsterdam to where Thåström would relocate in 1992.
The album comes out out as fairly aggressive, and it may have frightened some of his old fans as it's clearly marks a strong change of style. Some songs are in the shape of more traditional hard rock songs (e.g. "Miss Huddinge -72"), others are more harmony-based (e.g. "Elvis Presley för en dag" and "Xplodera mig") as a more distinct and familiar Thåström quality, but the overall focus is quite evidently on industrial rock, which in a way embodies this release.
I simply rejected the album in '91 as too experimental, too hard rock-alike and without much recognition; however, in hindsight, it's no near a bad or mediocre release, it just never caught my attention until after I came accross the remastered edition. It's still not a favourite, but it's definitely worth looking up.
After releasing this, Thåström left Sweden and relocated himself in Amsterdam where he continued his musical journey in the project-band Peace, Love & Pitbulls, formed in 1992. He should not release another solo album for the next 8½ years, which were spent entirely on music with his new band.
