Wilmer X "13 Våningar upp" (2005)

13 Våningar upp
released: Jan. 26, 2005
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,66]
producer: Chips K. (aka Chips Kiesbye)
label: Amigo - nationality: Sweden

Track highlights: 1. "Blind Mans Bluff" - 2. "Fem ett fem" - 3. "Han måste ut ur mitt liv" - 4. "Dämma upp alla floder" - 5. "Stackars Valentin" - 7. "God god lust" - 9. "Tror du udda är jämt" - 10. "Tuff puck att svälja" - 13. "Bara muskelminnet kvar"

A very strong and up-tempo studio album by Wilmer X in their classic and characteristic blues rock rock & roll combo. Unfortunately, this was only issued in digital format. This is one of their better albums.

Wilmer X "Pontiac till himmelen" (1993)

Pontiac till himmelen
released: 1993
format: cd
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,96]
producer: Michael Ilbert
label: EMI - nationality: Sweden

Track highlights: 2. "Slaget om en flickas hjärta" - 3. "Söt sak" - 5. "Ah du, hur fan ser du ut?" - 6. "Teddys rum" - 7. "Ett och ett är två men blir tre när vi blir ett" (4 / 5) - 8. "Fanny i fönstret" - 9. "Min egen metod" (4 / 5) - 10. "Pontiac till himmelen" - 12. "Hoppas på regn" - 14. "Radio W.X." - 15. "Håll flamman levande"

11th studio album by Wilmer X is just so... 'jävla grrreat – ja, bara grym'. I had this album on cassette for about 10 years, and for some other reason I was unable to listen to my old cassettes for some time and then I finally got hold of a cd-version. And as I enjoyed it then, I simply love it again. It’s a bit untraditional in the way the tracks are listed on the album because I think the first two songs are perhaps a little below the rest, or that’s just how it seems at the moment ‘cause another thing that shows its greatness is the way it grows on you. Songs suddenly open and let you in, or: they drag you in, while others remain more unnoticed, lurking for their turn to throw themselves over your defenceless mind, which leads to another wonderful thing about the album: the quality of so many songs on an ordinary studio release is a rare thing. I remember back when I discovered this treasure that I had ambiguous feelings about Nisse Hellberg's vocal – it is soooo 'skånsk' => [‘skaδunsg], ‘scanian’, for those around the world who knows where that is :-) Now I only enjoy it – there’s a humorous touch in the way the dialect is emphasised and used to produce rhymes. Without being to technical, I simply find it highly enjoyable – it is extremely positive music and then you listen to some guys who really know blues rock and rock & roll in a traditional sense, which I’m not really that much for, and perhaps it’s that Swedish twist that makes me love it. Get it, get it, get it, even though you don’t understand the lyrics 'cause it’s a truly fine piece of art.

Wilmer X "Mambo feber" (1991)

Mambo feber
released: 1991
format: 2 lp vinyl / 2 cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,68]
producer: Dan Sundquist
label: Hi Fidelity / EMI Svenska - nationality: Sweden

Track highlights: A) 2. "Möt mej i din djungel" - 3. "Blå Kongo" - 5. "En modig man" - 6. "Hon tar till vapen" - 7. "Vem får nu se alla tårar?" - - B) 1. "Mambo feber" - 3. "En kvinna i livet" - 6. "Älska mej gick inte alls" - 7. "Jag är ingen Romeo" - - C) 2. "Perssons gård" - 8. "En tusende gång" - - D) 1. "Sex kvinnor på ett tåg" - 2. "Har du sett min ängel?"

A fine double album by Wilmer X in their usual style of blues rock and rock & roll. This is like Bruce Springsteen in genuine Swedish.

Wilmer X "Klubb Bongo" (1989)

Klubb Bongo
release date: 1989
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,56]
producer: Magnus Frykberg & Nisse Hellberg
label: EMI Svenska AB - nationality: Sweden

9th studio album by Wilmer X. The album is not more than what you would expect from this band, but still they do just that so well. Nisse Hellberg on vocals and guitar writes music for the band and he IS almost Wilmer X much like Springsteen is expected to lead the E Street Band. My Swedish is not as good as my English. but the significance of narrating entirely in Swedish is really priceless for this particular band. They play so well and tight, but playing a traditional American blues rock would have been a disadvantage if not with the Swedish lyrics.