''Dying to Say This to You'' is the second

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in English by Swedish new wave group

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. It was released on 15 March 2006 in Sweden and 21 March 2006 in the United States. The album blends Swedish-influenced new wave music with a sassy and spunky delivery by vocalist

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, reminiscent of Blondie. The cover depicts The Misshapes' DJ

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on the left and her friend Alexis Page on the right. The song "Running Out of Turbo" was featured in a chase scene in the episode "Free Fall" of the American television show '' CSI: Miami'', as well as an episode of the MTV reality show '' The Hills''. The song "Queen of Apology" was remixed by

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vocalist

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for the soundtrack release '' Snakes on a Plane: The Album''. The track "Hurt You" is featured in a 2008 TV spot for

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in the United States. The song "Tony The Beat" is playing during a party scene at Cora's house in the 2007 movie ''

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''. Upon its release, ''Dying to Say This to You'' received generally favorable reviews from

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Track listing

All tracks written by Jesper Anderberg, Johan Bengtsson, Maja Ivarsson, Fredrik Nilsson and Felix Rodriguez. ¹ Enhanced

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track remixed by

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Tenth anniversary tour

The Sounds acknowledged and celebrated the tenth anniversary of their album ''Dying to Say This to You'' with a U.S. tour (and two shows in Canada) from 15 November to 20 December 2016, performing the entire album live in its original track order; they also played their new single, "Thrill" (released 10 November 2016) as well as a few tracks from their earlier albums '' Living In America'' and ''

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Personnel

;The Sounds: *Jesper Anderberg – keyboards *Johan Bengtsson – bass *Maja Ivarsson – vocals *Fredrik Nilsson – drums *Felix Rodriguez – guitar ;Other contributors: *Steve Beacham – engineer *Melora Creager – cello *Rudyard Lee Cullers – engineer *John B. Davis – management *Micah Gaugh – saxophone *James Iha – producer *Mikael Johnston – engineer *Joe Kara – marketing *Brad Kobylczak – engineer *Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing *Jason Linn – executive producer, A&R *Stephen Murray – artwork, design, cover photo *Alexis Page and Leigh Lezark - Cover Girls *Jeff Saltzman – producer *Geoff Sanoff – engineer *Sandeep Sriram – album coordination *Annie Stocking – backing vocals *Adam Taylor – mix engineering *Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals *Howie Weinberg – mastering *Ken Weinstein – publicity

Charts

References

External links

The Sounds Official WebsiteThe Sounds MySpace PageAlbum promotional website, with track previews
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dying To Say This To You 2006 albums The Sounds albums New Line Records albums