The Concretes (album)

The Concretes
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Studio album by The Concretes
Released	May 2, 2003 (Sweden) June 21, 2004 (UK) June 29, 2004 (U.S.) October 4, 2004 (France) February 16, 2005 (Japan)
Genre	Indie pop
Length	42:37
Label	Licking Fingers (Sweden, UK) LFCD012 (CD) / LFLP012 (LP) Astralwerks ASW 71126 (U.S.) Toshiba-EMI (Japan) TOCP 66362
Producer	Jari Haapalainen
The Concretes chronology
Nationalgeographic (2001)Nationalgeographic2001 The Concretes (2003) Layourbattleaxedown (2005) Alternative covers Original Scandinavian release Original Scandinavian release Layourbattleaxedown2005

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10) 19 Jul 04
NME
Rolling Stone	19 Aug 04
Sound Generator	(8/10) 1 Jun 04

The Concretes is the debut self-titled album by the Swedish band The Concretes, first released in Sweden in 2003, and released internationally in 2004. The album charted at #89 on the UK Album Chart.

Track listing

1. "Say Something New" – 3:48
2. "You Can't Hurry Love" – 2:02
3. "Chico" – 5:07
4. "New Friend" – 4:11
5. "Diana Ross" – 3:42
6. "Warm Night" – 3:37
7. "Foreign Country" – 1:45
8. "Seems Fine" – 2:12
9. "Lovin Kind" – 5:35
10. "Lonely As Can Be" – 3:32
11. "This One's for You" – 7:06

• Music by The Concretes & lyrics by Victoria Bergsman

Personnel

Group Members

• Victoria Bergsman - vocals (not in the present)
• Maria Eriksson
• Martin Hansson
• Ulrik Karlsson
• Lisa Milsberg
• Per Nyström
• Ludvig Rylander
• Daniel Värjö

Honorary Concretes

• Erik Bünger - backing vocals
• Nicolai Dunger - backing vocals
• Jari Haapalainen - percussion, mandolin
• Tomas Hallonsten - piano
• Malte Homberg - backing vocals
• Christian Hörgren - cello and string arrangements
• Irene Kastner - harp
• Peter Nyhlin - backing vocals
• Anne Pajunen - viola
• Thomas Ringquist - viola
• Anna Rodell - violin
• Jonna Sandell - violin

External links

• Official site
• Label site