release date: Mar. 13, 2009
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,77]
producer: Ulf Ivarsson
label: Sonet / Universal - nationality: Sweden
Track highlights: 1. "Kort biografi med litet testamente" - 4. "Som tåg av längtan" - 5. "Den druckne matrosens sång" - 7. "Kärlek är för dom" (feat. Anna Ternheim) - 8. "Över sundet"
6th solo album by Thåström released 3½ years since his most recent solo album, the acclaimed Skebokvarnsv. 209. The album is made with a handful of usual collaborators including Niklas Hellberg and Pelle Ossler with whom he forms the band Sällskapet, and also Per Hägglund, who played with Thåström in the band Imperiet. The album also feature Swedish artist Anna Ternheim on additional vocals, and it contains an old classic, "Den druckne matrosens sång" by Swedish songwriter Dan Andersson (1888-1920) and the Bob Dylan song "Men bara om min älskade väntar" (#10) translated by Ulf Dageby.
Kärlek är for dom follows closely in the footsteps of his 2005 album by being primarily a singer / songwriter and alt. rock release with focus on narratives. It also topped the Swedish albums chart list as his now third solo album, and the title song issued as the first single release reached number #8 on the singles chart list. A few times on the album, I think there's a distinct inspiration from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - most evidently on #2 "Långtbort", which was the second single release from the album and here the song is credited Thåström and Hellberg, but to me it sounds much like paraphrasing "Foi Na Cruz" by Nick Cave.
Although, the album doesn't quite reach the same high level as "Skebokvarnsv. 209", it's easily his so far second best studio album.
The album is the only solo album by Thåström not feature himself on the front cover.
