Son of a Plumber
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Son of a Plumber (Capitol Records) is an album released by Per Gessle, who is one of Sweden’s most famous artists today. It is the first album under his new artist name Son of a Plumber. Son of A Plumber (officially released on 23rd November 2005) is a double album packed with deeply personal and highly inventive music according to Gessle. The first single (Jo-Anna Says) was released on 7th November 2005, and the second (Hey Mr DJ) on 1st February 2006 to the Swedish radio stations.
[edit] Track listing
DISC 1:
- Drowning in Wonderful Thoughts about Her
- Jo-Anna Says
- I have a Party in My Head (I Hope it Never Ends)
- C'mon
- Week with four Thursdays
- Hey mr DJ (Won't You Play another Love Song)
- Late, later on
- Ronnie Lane
- Are You an Old Hippie, Sir?
- Double-headed Elvis
- Something in the System
- Speed boat to Cuba
- Come Back Tomorrow (and We do it again)
DISC 2:
- Kurt - the Fastest Plumber in the West
- I Never Quite Got over the Fact that the Beatles Broke Up
- Substitute (for the Real Deal)
- Waltz for Woody
- Carousel
- I Like it Like That
- Something Happened Today
- Brilliant Career
- Burned out Heart
- Drowning in Wonderful thoughts about Her /reprise/
- Making Love or expecting Rain
[edit] Musical Analysis
While a lot of songs have typical Per characteristics (the lyrical romance and clever key changes), overall it has some of the feel of the Beatles White Album. The double album can appear to be a selfish way of producing many tracks, however the genius and beauty within it is undeniable.
The tracks are generally musically simple, but unbelievably catchy. The listener is constantly wondering what will happen with Jo-Anna and the Beatles references can be heard in the music as well as the song including their name in the title. Party In My Head demonstrates Per's love of rhyming verses and keeps you guessing what the next line will be in order to rhyme with the previous one. A delightful song to listen to, accompanied with what appears to be simple music, but is actually rythmically more complex.
The tracks include hooks that get you in, be it the guitar riffs or lyrical repetition (such as in Jo-Anna Says). In between the main tracks there are some 1 minute long instrumentals that lead into the following song. There is also a hidden track which is a reprise of Jo-Anna Says, that comes after 10 minutes of silence at the end of the album.
