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 THE TRACKLIST

FRIDA
4XCD 1XDVD
 
FRIDA ENSAM
1. Fernando
2. Jag är mig själv nu (Young Girl)
3. Som en sparv
4. Vill du låna en man (The Most Beautiful Girl)
5. Liv på mars? (Life On Mars)
6. Syrtaki (Siko Chorepse Syrtaki)
7. Aldrig mej (Vado Via)
8. Guld och gröna ängar (Wall Street Shuffle)
9. Ett liv i solen (Anima Mia)
10. Skulle de' va' skönt (Wouldn't It Be Nice)
11. Var är min clown (Send In The Clowns)
BONUS TRACKS:
12. Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan (Chi Salta Il Fosso)
13. Ska man skratta eller gråta (Principessa)
 
SHINE
1. Shine
2. One Little Lie
3. The Face
4. Twist In The Dark
5. Slowly
6. Heart Of The Country
7. Come To Me (I Am Woman)
8. Chemistry Tonight
9. Don't Do It
10. Comfort Me
BONUS TRACKS:
11. That's Tough
12. Shine (Extended Mix)
 
SOMETHING'S GOING ON
1. Tell Me It's Over
2. I See Red
3. I Got Something
4. Strangers
5. To Turn The Stone
6. I Know There's Something Going On
7. Threnody
8. Baby Don't You Cry No More
9. The Way You Do
10. You Know What I Mean
11. Here We'll Stay
BONUS TRACKS:
12. I Know There's Something Going On (Single Edit)
13. Here We'll Stay (Solo Version)
 
DJUPA ANDETAG
1. Älska mig alltid
2. Ögonen
3. Även en blomma
4. Sovrum
5. Hon fick som hon ville
6. Alla mina bästa år
7. Lugna vatten
8. Vem kommer såra vem ikväll
9. Sista valsen med dig
10. Kvinnor som springer
BONUSTRACKS:
11. Alla mina bästa år (Hasbrouck Heights Single Mix)
12. Ögonen (Lemon Mix)
13. Även en blomma (Version)

 
THE DVD
The exclusive interview in this DVD was shot in the summer of 2005, with the glorious Matterhorn mountain top in the background. Frida reminisces about her entire career, her private life, her audience, her friends and about the person she is today. Her memories take us to places and people in her life, she shows us clips from Swedish TV and all the videos from her career, she talks about her encounter and collaboration with Phil Collins and much more.
 
FRIDA BEFORE ABBA
Frida about the 60's
- From "Ikväll", 1967
En ledig dag
- From "Malmö Stand By 70", 1970
My Man
Just One Of Those Things
Mad About The Boy
- From "När stenkakan slog", 1970
Kalle på spången
I min blommiga blå krinolin
Att älska i vårens tid
Min soldat
Söderhavets sång
-From "Charlie Norman Show", 1970
Baby Love
- From "Den stora utflykten", 1971
Gitarzan- with Lars Berghagen, Finn Albert and Svenne Hedlund
 
DURING ABBA
Frida about the 70's
- From "ABBA The Movie", 1977
Why Did It Have To Be Me
- From "Rapport", 1974
Interview with Frida and Stig "Stikkan" Anderson after the Eurovision song
contest
- From "ABBA The Movie", 1977
Fernando
- From "Barnjournalen", 1978
Interview with Frida
 
AFTER ABBA, THE 80's
Frida about the 80's part 1
- From Frida "Solo", 1983
Documentary about the recording of the album "Something's Going On"
Frida about the 80's part 2
- From "Måndagsbörsen", 1984
Interview
- From "Lite grand I örat", 1981
Medley with various artists
 
VIDEOS
Here We'll Stay
I See Red
I Know There's Something Going On
Shine
To Turn The Stone
Så länge vi har varann - with Ratata
 
-From "Razzel", 1984
Twist In The Dark
Come To Me (I Am Woman)
Heart Of The Country
- From "Glädjehuset", 1984
One Little Lie
 
AFTER ABBA, THE 90's
Frida about the 90's
- From "Frida mitt I livet", 1996
Recording of "Djupa andetag"
Photo session of "Djupa andetag"
Video recording of "Även en blomma"
 
VIDEOS
Även en blomma
Ögonen
 
- From "Frida mitt i livet", 1996
Älska mig alltid
- From "Sverige-Sovjet", 1996
Ögonen
- From "Sunday Night Classics", 2004
The Sun Will Shine Again - with Jon Lord
- From "Ja, må hon leva", 1993
Dancing Queen - with The Real Group
 
TODAY 2005
Interview from Zermatt, 2005
 

FRIDA ARTICLE IN BILLBOARD

Frida Admits Longing For ABBA Reunion

December 05, 2005

Jeffrey de Hart, Stockholm

Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad has considered a reunion of the Swedish supergroup of which she was once part. "I've felt that it would be fun to do something with ABBA in recent years," she says. However, because of bandmates Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' success with three stage musicals and Andersson's solo work, "Basically they're not interested," she adds.

The revelation comes in a new interview featured on the Universal Music DVD "Frida the DVD" -- released today (Dec. 5) in Europe, with Asia, Australia and the Americas expected to follow -– Lyngstad also states that, despite persistent rumors to the contrary, she maintains contact with co-vocalist Agnetha Fältskog. "Our relationship is warm and sisterly," she says.

The interview was filmed July 22 at Chez Vrony in Zermatt, Switzerland, and conducted by producer Mats Jankell. It is interspersed with four hours of comprehensive footage dating from 1967, including rare Swedish Television performances, record company promotional films, solo videos, personal footage and a clip of her most recent recording, "The Sun Will Shine Again," written by and performed with Deep Purple's Jon Lord in 2004.

Marie Ledin of Anderson Records -– named in honor of her late father, ABBA mentor Stikkan Anderson –- is responsible for the project. "The idea that we should make a DVD came from a Frida fan from the beginning," she said. "Then I spoke to [Universal Sweden managing director] Mårten Aglander about it. Since Frida turned 60 this year we thought it would be a good idea to do the DVD and also do a box set with the Polar [Music] albums."

The box set "Frida 4xCD 1xDVD," also released today, includes the DVD along with four of Lyngstad's five solo albums. It excludes her 1971 debut, her only album for EMI, although some of that material is represented with early live televised performances. The box contains a 20-page booklet with a "unique, poetic short story" about Lyngstad by renowned Greek-Swedish author Theodor Kalifatides.

The albums included are Polar Music's "Frida Ensam" (Frida Alone), produced by Andersson in 1975, "Something's Going On" produced by Phil Collins in 1982 and "Shine" produced by Steve Lillywhite in 1984. Her most recent album - 996's "Djupa Andetag" (Deep Breaths), produced by Anders Glenmark – is on Anderson Records, distributed by Universal.

"It was not hard to convince Frida to do this project," Ledin says. "We discussed it about a year-and-half ago and she said, 'Yes, that's a good idea.' Mats did the research and got the clips. Then we sent them to Frida on a DVD and she liked them. The best part is with Lars Berghagen." The two perform a version of Ray Stevens' "Gitarzan."

"It's amazing that ABBA is always relevant," Aglander says. "There's always something happening with ABBA even 23 years after their last recording. You never know, but it feels like it will keep going. I'm sure the popularity of ABBA always exceeds every expectation."

According to Lyngstad, there isn't much room for another album for the time being. "My motivation today when it comes to my musical career is pretty non-existent," she says. "It was there up until a few years ago, but there's a time for everything and that ship has sailed."

Thanks to ABBAMAILer Niklas Albinsson-Collander Goteborg, Sweden

FRIDA BOX SET NEWS!

CLICK HERE TO SEE FRIDA'S BOX SET IN PICTURES!

The clips featured on the DVD from Lite Grand I örat are from someone's private VHS home video, not from the original master tapes.

The video with Ratata, "Sa långe vi har varann" is not in stereo and this video has scratches in the colour scenes in the beginning. The sound on this one isn't very good at all.

Missing pieces:  Strangely, the DVD does not include any of Frida's 1992 material - nothing of the charity concert, Saltwater, Anglamark, What a Wonderful World with Marie Fredriksson - nothing at all from this important chapter of her life

 

FANS' FIRST IMPRESSIONS...

I don't want to spoil the fun for anyone of you by telling too much about what Frida says in the Interview. I gues it is nicer to discover those parts for yourselves. But what I can tell is that this is a very professional production, much more so than I had anticipated.

Because I really thought that this was supposed to become a Sweden-only release and that it would not create too much interest in other countries, but apparently I was wrong because the DVD comes with subtitles in French, German, Spanish, nglish and Portuguese.

The layout is the one we have seen on the pictures and even if none of us (including me) were too happy about it, I must say it does look quite okay if you actually have the finished product in your hands. It is a pity though that there is no booklet and that on the back of the cover there is no indication of all the clips that are on the DVD.

There is just a text about Frida (The same one we already saw in that press-release that was published a while ago). The Menu is quite simple but effective : A black background with morphing Frida in the richt lower corner, the rest of the space is taken up by the tracklistings.

The whole thing is divided up into 5 parts : Frida before ABBA, During ABBA, The 80s, The 90s and finally Frida in 2005. The chapters are a bit of a mess though, with every new chapter opening up by showing the last 5 seconds of the previous one :-/ That is indeed a bit irritating.

Another thing that maybe could have been a bit better is that it is NOT a real program, but more or less all different chapters, meaning that everytime a chapter is over there is a little break (Black screen) and one or two seconds before the next one starts. This is in my opinion a bit of a problem because this way it isn't really a 3 and a half hour film that you can sit down and watch without ever having to use the remote control or having to go back to the menu.

But those are just minor letdowns, because the DVD is otherwise just fantastic. The image and sound quality is amazing and it seems that they have restored most of the clips (well actually all of them,apart from the Lite Gran I Orat stuff). And the most important thing is that all the clips are complete versions.

Some of them are real gems. Highlight for me is the gorgeous black and white footage of Frida singing My Man, Mad about the Boy and another song (The name escapes me). The "before ABBA" clips are all very exciting to watch ... and listen to for that matter, because most of them are "NEW" songs! Frida on a train wearing a cute little red beret singing Min Soldat, Frida on a landing strip wearing a victorian dress and with a blonde curly wig, Frida wearing close to nothing in the clip "Gitarzan", pretending to be Jane with Lasse Berghagen as Tarzan (she states in the Interview that she maybe should have turned down that particular show ;-), Frida doing Hawaiian dancing in "Söderhavets Sang", and more ....

The clips that are from the during and after ABBA period are mostly ones that we already know (maybe apart from an interview from around 1978, a gorgeous "One little Lie" performance, and interview from around the time of the SHINE promotion) and they are all in gorgeous quality .

The complete "The Making making of Something's Going On.and "Mit I Livet" specials are included.

The lst chapter sees Frida talking about lots of things like what she thinks about Agnetha, about an ABBA Reunion and so on, and there's interviews with Dan Daniel and Heinz Julen (who ever thought he was her new bf ????? He's as gay as they come! LOL) and glimpses of Frida wanering through the mountains in Zermatt,having a drink,having a laugh...

Throughout the interview she gives a very very nice and friendly impression, she seems to be very happy and very much enjoying herself. Oh and of course she looks great and the mountain-scenery behind her is breathtaking.

I hope you enjoyed this review. I wish all of you to receive your copy very very soon and that you will all love this DVD as much as I do.

Jurgen Parys, Bremen, Germany
 

I bought the new Frida box set here in Amsterdam today. I was able to watch the DVD today! Ah bliss!

The box looks very classy in black and white, the booklet is a bit, well, boring or should I say nothing special.

The story from Theodor Kallifatidis ( I read a book by him 200 years ago, it was very moving about a boy who commits suicide, but that's another story ;-) is cute, about an elderly couple who have a summer house on Gotland. Frida once left her jacket there ("then she left and left her jacket behind. Did she want to shed her skin, perhaps? It is not out of the question. She has done that a couple of times in her life"). Now every year when the couple arrive at the cottage they take out Frida's jacket to air.

I think Frida's foreword is nice and quite touching. Just like the short story it's there in both Swedish and English. I think the original Swedish expresses the feelings better; the translation could have been more precise.

So for everyone who hasn't got the box yet or for those who have the DVD without the booklet here's Frida's foreword (in English!)

***

To my family, all my friends and fans whose wholehearted love has supported me, and who have given me welcome criticism of what I have done. Within this supportive framework my musical life has pulsated and my innermost desires have become experiences which, in turn, have become great, and sometimes nostalgic, memories.

In my world of music, I have known special people com and go. Talented people have touched my soul. Some have remained indelibly printed in my heart, some have faded a bit.

When I listen to my old recordings, emotions and memories bring out sadness and joy together, The result is that many people's destinies are now woven into the tracks of this CD.

I give my thanks and dedicate to:
BENNY - "Var är min clown"
PHIL - "You know what I mean"
STEVE _ "Comfort me"

In memoriam I dedicate to:
RUZZO - "Som en sparv"
DANIEL BALAVOINE - "The face"
KIRSTY MAC COLL - "One little lie"
STIKKAN - "Principessa"

***

Bonnie Rietveld, Amsterdam, The Netherlands