''Lycka'' is a 1970 album released by folk/rock duo

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, who later became the male half of

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. Most of the songs feature lead vocals by Björn. The songs show the influence of

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, " Ticket to Ride"-era Beatles and traditional Swedish folk music. ''Lycka'' was produced by Björn and Benny with Bengt Bernhag and engineered by Michael B. Tretow. Benny and Björn played on the tracks with two Swiss musicians, drummer John Counz and bassist Gus Horn. Sven-Olof Walldoff was responsible for the orchestral arrangements, and on the 2006 re-release a few bonus tracks were added, notably early recordings with the two-girl half of the future group

on backing vocals,

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who was engaged to

and

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who was married to

. Three years later, '' Ring Ring'' became the first proper album release of what would become the most famous Swedish pop band ever (though the original album did not use ABBA as the main name of the group).

Track listing

Note - Björn and Benny's most recent hit "Tänk om jorden vore ung" was added to the start of Side A when the album was reissued in 1972.

Personnel

* Benny Andersson -

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

, keyboards,

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Björn Ulvaeus -

guitar 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 ...

Additional musicians * Gus Horn -

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

* John Cuonz -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Agnetha Fältskog -

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 ...

* Anni-Frid Lyngstad -

Production * Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Bengt Bernhag - producers * Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Sven-Olof Walldoff - arrangements * Michael B. Tretow - engineer

2006 re-issue track listing

The 2006 re-release contained the following additional tracks: #

" She's My Kind of Girl" ritten for the Swedish movie ''Inga II: The Seduction of Inga'', 1971# "Inga Theme" rom the motion picture ''Inga II: The Seduction of Inga'', 1971# "Det kan ingen doktor hjälpa" ("It Can't Be Helped by a Doctor") [with

backing vocals] # "På bröllop" [with

backing vocals] # "Tänk om jorden vore ung" ("If We Only Had The Time") [with

backing vocals] # "Träskofolket" ("The Clog People") # "En karusell" ("Merry-Go-Round") [with

backing vocals] # "Att finnas till" ("To Exist") # "Hey, Musikant" (German version of "Hej gamle man!") [with

backing vocals] # "Was die Liebe sagt" (German version of "Livet går sin gång") # "Love Has Its Ways" # "Rock'n Roll Band, Rock 'n Roll Band" (Björn & Benny's version) # "Merry Go Round" (Björn & Benny's version) [with

backing vocals] # "To Live With You" (English version of "Lycka" recorded in 1975 and first released in 2006)

Track listing

Personnel

2006 re-issue track listing

See also