release date: 1995
format: cd (STAT 52)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,86]
producer: Eva Dahlgren, Anders Hillborg
label: The Record Station / BMG - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 2. "Stenmannen" - 3. "När en vild röd ros slår ut doftar hela skogen" - 8. "Innan kärleken kom" - 9. "Vild i min mun"
9th studio album by Eva Dahlgren is more of a collaboration work with classical composer and conductor (Per) Anders Hillborg. The album consists of 9 compositions all co-written by Dahlgren and Hillborg - with Dahlgren primarily contributing with lyrics and vocal for music composed by Hillborg. The music is performed by Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester ['Symphony Orchestre of the Swedish National Radio'], thus making this a rather different album by Dahlgren. Stylistically, it's not entirely chamber pop, which one might expect. There's simply too little traditional pop / rock elements present. It's more in a the genre of classical crossover, resembling the music by Sarah Brightman, and with clear links to modern musical, I think. The album gave her the Grammis prize 'Årets artist' ['Best artist of the year'] in 1995 for the album. It's interesting, however; I don't find it among her better albums.
One year after this release, Dahlgren officially spoke about her homosexuality, and she registered in full partnership with the Swedish designer and former model, Efva Attling, and in 2009 the two married.
