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's second album, released on October 18, 2006, in Sweden and in Japan on February 14, 2007. The album had sold over 20,500 copies in Japan by April 13, 2007.

Album information

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(in Swedish) Two singles were released from the album; "

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" entered the Swedish singles charts at #7 and " Exception" at #10. In Japan, the album had two bonus tracks, "Falling to Pieces" (the B-side of the "Days of Summer" single) and a completely new track, "If I'm Not Dreaming". A new Japanese website by the

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record label was made for the release of ''Little Angel'' in Japan on which Johnsson said that she would be doing some promotion in Japan at the end of January. The Japanese release became a CD/DVD release, with the CD containing the basic album tracks featuring, two bonus tracks and a video for "Exception". Johnsson said of the album, "I wanted a more organic feeling this time, less of computer programming. To reach that we for instance use a lot of odd, old instruments. Some inspiration obviously comes from vintage American rock/grunge. But we still wanted to keep the Swedish 'flavour'." She continued, "We really wanted an overall album feeling this time. In the dynamics, in the song sequencing, in the cover graphics, etc. I really think we’ve fulfilled these ambitions." She linked album promotion to her skiing, saying, "This is really extraordinary since I spent all my life working the slopes. I was a semi-professional snowboarder in the Rocky Mountains in the late 90s and it was excellent that some of my promotion tours around "We Are" could be combined with skiing." "Catch Me If You Can" was the official theme of the 2007 Alpine World Ski Championships. Johnsson performed in

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on February 2 and 3, the first two days of the Championships. The album is dedicated to Ana Johnsson's brother; the first page of the CD jacket says "For my Brother" in white lettering on a black background.

Track listings

Standard album Japanese CD/DVD release DVD * " Exception" usic video– 3:10 * Directed by: Peter Lindmark * "A Day In The Life"

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Singles

Charts

Credits

;Production *

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

– Ana Johnsson *

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, mixer,

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– Leif Larson * Producer, backing vocals, keyboards – Tomi Malm *Producer, mixer,

guitars The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

– Mikko Raita *Producer,

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– Kasper Lindgren *Producer,

– Kalle Engström *Producer, instruments – Pontus Frisk *Mixer – Lasse Martén *Mixer – Ulf Kruckenberg *Mastered by – Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios ;Additional musicians *Guitars – Samuli Relander, Jaakko Murros, Timo Kämäräinen *

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–

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*Drums – Mikko Kaakkuriniemi *

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– Eva Maria Hux *

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– Kreetta Hannula *Cello – Tuukka Helminen *Backing vocals (on track 3) –

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*Backing vocals (on track 5) – Caleb *Drum tech – Mikko Jr (Junior) Pietinen ;Artwork *

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– Morgan Norman *Additional photos – Christine Appleby, Gabor Palla *

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and

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Release history

References

External links

Avex Trax official website
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