release date: Sep. 20, 2006
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,55]
producer: Bo Kaspers Orkester
label: Sony / Columbia - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "Hund" - 2. "En man du tyckte om" (4 / 5) - 3. "I samma bil" (live) - 5. "Leende med kniv" - 6. "En dag att bli kär på" (4 / 5) - 7. "Som du - som jag" - 11. "Den enda som ser"
7th studio album release by the Bo Kasper Orkester marks a change of sound after the wonderful Vilka tror vi att vi är (2003), which I consider the band's best album ever. The sound is not only the sophisticated jazz pop but it's also a more raw and clean pop / rock release with some blues rock or rhythm and blues elements. The best tracks, however, still has a more subtle and soft folk pop and jazz pop style, which really suits this band the best. The track "I samma bil" is a funny and happy-go-lucky pop track, which was released as a rather successful single, but the best track is "En dag att bli kär på". The album contains some great tracks but the overall impression is an album that points in so many directions that it's not very homogeneous and may require many attempts listening to it as a whole. I like it - it's good. Hund is probably the second best selling album in the Nordic countries as it was ranked 11 on the Danish album charts, 6 on both the Finnish and Norwegian lists, and it reached #1 in Sweden, just like the 2003 album release.
