Bagsy Me
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Bagsy Me
- Artist: The Wannadies
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- Release Date: 1997
- Total Time: 52:01
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
From its puzzling name (which it shares with a popular Swedish children's play written by Thomas Tidholm) to the unsettling cover art, unexplained shots of beautiful young women playing dead, the Wannadies' fourth album has a distinctly odd vibe. This continues in Pär Wiksten's lyrics; even the most sugary pop songs here barely mask undercurrents of anger, spite, resignation, and obsession. "Friends" is one of the most vengeful kiss-offs to an ex this side of early Elvis Costello, and the vaguely tropical "Oh Yes (It's a Mess)" bemoans the fact that sleeping with someone you actually like is less fun than the alternatives. The songs are uniformly excellent, with the hyperactive "Damn It I Said" featuring both the album's best chorus and coolest guitar sound and the glorious "Someone Somewhere" the most singable melody. The nearly nine-minute closer, "That's All," might tax some listeners' patience, but the hypnotic coda doesn't actually overstay its welcome. Like early albums by the Cardigans and other Swedish pop bands, the U.S. release of Bagsy Me was needlessly rejiggered, with a handful of songs replaced by tunes from the previous release, 1995's Be a Girl, and released as The Wannadies on RCA in late 1997. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi| Bags' Opus (1959 Album by Milt Jackson) | |
| Bagsy Me [Bonus Track] (1997 Album by The Wannadies) |
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| Studio album by The Wannadies | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | ?? | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 49:29 | |||
| Label | Sony/BMG Records | |||
| Producer | Nille Perned, Per Sunding, Kjell Nästén | |||
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Bagsy Me is the fourth album by Swedish band The Wannadies, released in 1997.
It includes the hit singles "Someone Somewhere", "Shorty", "Friends", "Hit" and "You and Me Song", the last being originally available on previous album Be A Girl. The song was not re-recorded and is present to capitalise on the bands growing fame following the tracks appearance on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film Romeo + Juliet. The album was released in revised form in the US as The Wannadies.
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Track listing
All songs written and composed by Wiksten, S. Schönfeldt, F. Schönfeldt, Karlsson, Bergmark.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Because" | 2:17 |
| 2. | "Friends" | 2:55 |
| 3. | "Someone Somewhere" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Oh Yes (It's A Mess)" | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Shorty" | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Damn It I Said" | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Silent People" | 3:12 |
| 8. | "What You Want" | 2:44 |
| 9. | "Hit" | 2:22 |
| 10. | "Bumble Bee Boy" | 2:56 |
| 11. | "Combat Honey" | 2:26 |
| 12. | "That's All" | 8:38 |
Personnel
- Christina Bergmark: Keyboards, Vocals
- Gunnar Karlsson: Drums
- Nille Perned: Recorder, Producer
- Fredrik Schonfeldt: Bass
- Per Sunding: Producer
- Pär Wiksten: Guitar, Vocals
References
- ^ Mason, Stewart. The Wannadies: Bagsy Me > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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