release date: Mar. 1981
format: vinyl (MLR-17) / digital
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,86]
producer: Stefan Glaumann
label: Mistlur - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "800°C" (4 / 5) - 2. "Mamma pappa barn" (4 / 5) - 3. "Stockholms pärlor" - 4. "Alla visa män" (4 / 5) (live) - 6. "Mental istid" - 9. "Slicka uppåt, sparka neråt" - 10. "Mord i mina tankar"
2nd studio album by Ebba Grön is recorded by the same cast of people as the debut - i.e. band members and producer Glaumann, but the sound has changed considerably to a more layered form.
The album really put the band on everyone's lips in Scandinavia back in the early 1980s. The music is no longer highly inspired by former American proto-punk artists but more securely reflects the band's very own original blend somewhere in between punk rock and new wave. The production sound is perhaps the most noticeable change compared to the debut from 1979, but also the lyrics by Joakim Thåström reflect a stronger social awareness.
All in all, this album is one of the true classics of the original Scandinavian punk rock scene. Kärlek och uppror was awarded the Swedish "Årets svenska album" ['Swedish album of the year'] prize Rockbjörnen in 1981.
Later in '81 the band became a quartet as keyboardist Stry Terrarie (aka Anders Sjöholm) was included and they began playing stronger blues rock-inspired material - they also released the single "Scheisse", which would be included on the band's third and final album in '82. Bassist Lennart 'Fjodor' Eriksson (apparently) found life on the road more than a tiresome affair, and still in '81, the band's front figure, lyricist, guitarist and vocalist Joakim 'Pimme' Thåström, drummer Gunnar 'Gurra' Ljungstedt and new band member keyboardist Stry Terrarie formed the side-project Rumdimperiet.
Highly recommendable.
