Agnetha Fältskog - Wrap Your Arms Around Me (1983) (vinyl Lp) - €10,00

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Wrap Your Arms Around Me is the seventh studio album, and first English-language album, by Swedish singer and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, first released on 30 May 1983 in the Netherlands, followed by an international release a day later, by Polar Music Records, and 8 August in North America, by Polydor Records. 

Following the break-up of ABBA in late 1982, she met with record producer Mike Chapman in London, known for his work with Blondie. 

He began collaborating with Fältskog to take role by coming up with the album title and produced it thereafter. As with post-1979 ABBA releases, recording for Wrap Your Arms Around Me took place at Polar Music Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, where Fältskog collaborated with songwriters and ABBA studio musicians to complete the album. 

The recording lasted for a span of three months during that time.

The album marked a significant step in Fältskog's solo career, resulting in a shift in musical style from the pop-oriented sound of ABBA to a more adult contemporary and soft rock aesthetic that established Fältskog's conventional sound following her later solo albums until I Stand Alone. 

The stripped-back approach accesses theme implications of ballad-tempo driven by an energetic, introspective sensibility, following as a pre-cursor to album-oriented rock, while retaining elements similar to Europop. 

This eventually helped secure Fältskog's reputation as a solo artist, growing more independent from the ABBA clout. Despite limited international chart-topping success compared to ABBA, the album remains an important part of Fältskog's musical catalogue, marking a new chapter in her career.

"The Heat Is On" was a cover originally recorded by Noosha Fox, then was re-arranged for Manfred Mann's Earth Band's version titled as "On the Run". 

The song was chosen as the lead single for Wrap Your Arms Around Me. "Can't Shake Loose" was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote "I Know There's Something Going On", the only US hit by Fältskog's fellow ABBA member, Frida. Ballard also has writing contributions to "I Wish Tonight Could Last Forever". 

Other composers have contributed to this extent of the album: "Shame" and "Stay" (David Clark Allen), "Once Burned, Twice Shy" (Dan Tyler and Richard "Spady" Brannan), "Mr. Persuasion" (Susan Lynch and Larry Whitman), "To Love" (Jill Brandt and Randy Goodrum) and "Stand by My Side" (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis. 

David Cowles). The song title was penned by Chapman and American famed songwriter, Holly Knight. "Man" was the only song on the album written by Fältskog herself, in contrast to her pre-ABBA 1960s recordings in Swedish, which were mostly self-written. 

The album's strings were provided by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Side one

1.  The Heat Is On - 3:50

2.  Can’t Shake Loose - 4:20

3.  Shame - 3:40

4.  Stay - 3:20

5.  Once Burned, Twice Shy - 3:40

6.  Mr. Persuasion - 2:45

Side two

1.  Wrap Your Arms Around Me - 5:15

2.  To Love - 3:49

3.  I Wish Tonight Could Last Forever - 4:12

4.  Man - 3:31

5.  Take Good Care Of Your Children - 3:42

6.  Stand By My Side - 4:16

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polar Music International AB
• Copyright © – Polar Music International AB
• Marketed By – Polydor B.V.
• Published By – Pendulum Music Group
• Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
• Published By – Russell Ballard Music Ltd.
• Published By – Island Music Ltd.
• Published By – Bocu Music Ltd.
• Published By – DebDave Music
• Published By – Cottonpatch Music
• Published By – Mallvin Music
• Published By – Motor Court Music
• Published By – Careers Music, Inc.
• Published By – Chinnichap Publishing Ltd.
• Published By – Makiki Publishing Co. Ltd.
• Published By – Legendsong
• Published By – Sweden Music
• Published By – Bocu Music
• Published By – CBS Songs
• Published By – Sweden Music AB
• Published By – TryMy Music AB
• Published By – Magister Music
• Recorded At – Polar Studios
• Mixed At – Polar Studios

Credits

• Accordion, Saxophone – Kajtek Wojciechowski
• Arranged By [Strings] – Rutger Gunnarsson
• Artwork [Makeup Artist] – Lolo Murray
• Backing Vocals – Berit Andersson, Diana Nunez, Maritza Horn, Smokie
• Backing Vocals [Smokie] – Alan Silson, Chris Norman, Terry Uttley
• Bass – Rutger Gunnarsson
• Design [Album Design] – David Costa
• Drums – Per Lindvall
• Engineer – Michael B. Tretow
• Guitar – Lasse Wellander
• Harmonica – Mats Ronander
• Harp – Ingegerd Fredlund
• Percussion – Åke Sundqvist
• Photography By – Gered Mankowitz
• Piano, Organ, Synthesizer – Peter Ljung
• Producer – Mike Chapman

Recorded and mixed at Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, January-March 1983.

Notes

Released:  1983

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:  Netherlands

Genre:  Pop, Synth-pop

Label:  Polydor ‎ 

Catalog#  813 242-1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00