Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt
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| Studio album by Magnus Uggla | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Rock, Punk | |||
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Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt? (English: Why take one's life when one can't hear the chat afterwards?) is a 1977 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla.
The rebellious "Jag Skiter" (I Don't Give a Damn) became a smash hit among Swedish youth.
The song "Balladen om 70-talets största rockband" (The ballad of the '70s greatest rockband) is about a Mott the Hoople concert Magnus Uggla attended in 1971.
The song "Varning På Stan" ("Danger Downtown") became Uggla's first hit single and was later recorded in English with the name "Hit the Girls on the Run". Uggla has stated that he was inspired by Mott the Hoople's song "All the Way from Memphis" when he wrote "Varning På Stan".
"Jazzgossen" is a Karl Gerhard cover.
Track listing
Side A
- Vår tid – 1977 ("Our Time - 1977") - 4.19
- Varning på stan ("Warning at in town") - 4.35
- Balladen om 70-talets största rockband ("Ballad of the Greatest Rock Band of the 70's") - 3.40
- Jag skiter ("I Don't Give a Damn") - 3.23
- Dörrslusk - ("Doorscum") 3.38
Side B
- På turné ("On Tour") - 2.55
- Ja just du ska va gla ("Just You Should Be Glad") - 4.26
- Varit kär ("Been in Love") - 5.27
- Jazzgossen ("The Jazz Boy") - 2.46
- Ge livet en chans ("Give Life a Chance") - 3.00
As a bonus tracks, the first edition of the vinyl album contained a 7 vinyl with the songs Va ska man ta livet av sig för när man ändå inte får höra snacket efteråt and Yeh, Why not.
Singles
Two singles were also released
Varning på stan
- Varning på stan
- Draget (From Magnus Ugglas 1976 album Livets teater)
Ja just du ska va gla
- Ja just du ska va gla
- Ge livet en chans
Contributing musicians
- Song: Magnus Uggla
- Drums: Rolf Alex, Janne Guldbäck
- Bass: Janne Bergman, Backa-Hans Eriksson, Mike Watson
- Solo guitar: Lasse Welander
- Rhythm guitar: Peter Lundblad
- Keyboards: Anders Henriksson
- Saxophone: Janne Kling
- Choirs: Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson
- Magnus Uggla plays the piano in "Jag skiter".
Chart trajectory
| Chart (1977-1978, 1998) | Peak position |
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| Sweden | 1[1] |