Righteous Boy is the solo project of Magnus Sveningsson,

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. Sveningsson began the project during the long hiatus between the Cardigans' '' Gran Turismo'' and ''

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'' albums. To date, Righteous Boy's single album release is ''I Sing Because of You'' (2003), which contained the single "

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I Sing Because of You

''I Sing Because of You'' was recorded at

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(Malmö, Sweden) and mastered by Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios.

Track listing

" (3:45) #"View from a Satellite" (4:25) #"No More Love" (3:57) #"Righteous Boy / Righteous Girl" (4:04) #"I Made It Hard for You to Love Me" (3:34) #"All My Evils" (4:11) #"I'm Not Shielded" (1:10) #"Elephant Man" (4:35) #"I Feel Apart" (4:00) #"Lone Among Friends" (4:13) #"Straight Song" (4:06) #"You Better Do Good" (4:49)

Personnel

* Magnus Sveningsson: co-producer, writer, vocals, bass (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), organ (8, 9, 10, 12), vibraphone (6, 9, 10, 11), melodica (9, 10), keyboards (2, 6) and drums (3, 4) *Henrik Andersson: producer, mastering, co-writer (1, 3, 4), bass (1), guitar (1, 3, 4, 6), backing vocals (1, 6, 8, 10), keyboards (1, 3, 4, 5, 9), piano (3, 5), violin (3) * Sebastian "Batti" Borg, of stockfinster: co-producer, guitar (2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), synthesizer (8, 11, 12), organ (9), mandolin (2). *

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: mixing (tracks 1,2 and 5 to 12), horn arrangements (12) *

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: mixing (3, 4) * Jens Jansson, of Brainpool: drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), horns (12) * Patrik Barstosch, of

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: piano (1, 2, 10), synthesizer (3), organ (11) *

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: programming (3, 4), backing vocals (5, 9) * Stefan Kvarnström: programming (8, 9) * Petter Lindgård, of Gula Studion and The Mopeds: trumpet (2), horns (12) * Per Sunding, of

: recording of additional vocals (2, 6), bass (11) * Filip Runeson: cello and violin (5) *

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, of Sandy Mouche: backing vocals (2, 4, 11, 12) * Lina Johansson: backing vocals (3) * Claes Persson: co-writer (track 2) * Juanjo Passo: voice (8) * Åbäke: graphic design Swedish rock music groups