Artist: Kristrofer Astr÷m Album: An Introduction To Bitrate: 228kbps avg Quality: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.98.4 / -V0 / 44.100Khz Label: Tapete Records Genre: Indie Size: 255.16 megs PlayTime: 2h 28min 53sec total Rip Date: 2013-11-13 Store Date: 2013-10-25 Track List: Disc #1/2 -------- 01. Leaving Song 3:15 02. Conjure Me 3:55 03. The Wild 3:48 04. All Lovers Hell (Single 4:02 Version) 05. Twentyseven 3:48 06. Is It Really Over? 4:47 07. One Good Moment 4:00 08. Just A Little Insane 3:31 09. How Come Your Arms Are Not 4:55 Around Me 10. What I Came Here For 3:25 11. Just Another Lovesong 3:08 12. The Good You Bring 2:51 13. The Old Man's Meadow 4:15 14. Queen Of Sorrow 3:56 15. When Her Eyes Turn Blue 3:08 16. Yea, Oh That's Nice 5:59 17. Come Summer (Come Standing 4:06 Outside Your Door) 18. Strong & Tall 4:13 19. Defender 7:37 Track List: Disc #2/2 -------- 01. Me & The Snakes 6:22 02. 8 Long Years 6:13 03. Just Like Me 2:58 04. Walpurgis Night 3:40 05. She Came With A Friend Of Mine 4:55 06. Breaker 2:43 07. Man Of Steel 3:27 08. Cardiac 3:05 09. The Wild 3:59 10. Empty Hands (Alt. Version) 3:13 11. Gilded 4:26 12. Seamster 5:33 13. Now's Too Late 4:17 14. Maidenhead 4:00 15. What If I Can't Love You 4:42 Enough? 16. Midnight Sun 6:41 Release Notes: -------- Kristofer ┼str÷m is SwedenÆs most creative, diverse and inspirational singer/songwriter. With a career spanning a decade and a half of rock, pop, punk, folk and country, always with personal, melancholic and interesting stories as the glue that holds his musical matchstick house together. After eight albums and four EPs itÆs about time to sum up his first fifteen years in the dirty pond that is the music business. To call it a öbest ofö would be to mislead people, as there really are no bad eggs in his back catalogue, so weÆll just call it an Introduction. Enjoy, people! It all started in 1996. Fireside were on tour in the U.S. and we stopped by our tour manager Chris Gibson's house in Hoboken, NJ. I told him I was thinking about writing songs for a solo album and he picked up an acoustic guitar, a Fender, and gave it to me. On the back of the guitar he wrote ôMay the vibe continue throughö. Once I was back home in Sweden I started writing songs. A lot of them! I figured this was something I had to do. To get it out of my system. Once I had more than enough songs for an album I called my record label and said I needed money for a studio session. Without even hearing a single note, Fredrik, the label boss, gave me some money and sent me to the Bauhaus Studio in Gothenburg. Ok, so now I was supposed to do this! Record a solo album. But how do I pull it off? I knew I wanted Paul BothΘn to record it and co-produce it. And I knew I wanted my good friend Per Nordmark to play the drums. And I pretty much knew what kind of sound I wanted for the songs. I knew I wanted and needed someone to play the piano because I wasnÆt good enough at that. I just didnÆt know anybody. Luckily Per had an old friend that he said was a pretty good piano player. So he called Peter Hermansson and asked if he wanted to tag along, and I sent him some demos of the songs. I had never met him before. He just showed up at the studio and started playing. I was stunned! I had never heard anybody play like that. With such an amazing feeling. That was it. Done! Everything fell into place. A week later the "Go, Went, Gone" album was recorded and mixed. I never thought it was going to be more than a one-off thing. One album and be done with it. I guess I was wrong. One album became eight, with more to come. I feel really blessed that people still listen to my songs and come to my shows. You all rule! Thank you! This is not supposed to be a Best Of compilation. Like it says, itÆs an introduction to my music. My world. ItÆs my party and you are all invited. Hope you enjoy it. And à may the vibe continue through! Kristofer