I'd Rather Write a Symphony

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I'd Rather Write A Symphony
I'd Rather Write A Symphony cover
Studio album by Ted Gärdestad
Released 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Pop Music
Label Polydor
Producer Ted Gärdestad
Lennart Östlund
Ted Gärdestad chronology
Blue Virgin Isles
(1978)		 I'd Rather Write A Symphony
(1980)		 Stormvarning
(1981)

I'd Rather Write A Symphony was the sixth album and the second international release from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad, released in 1980 on the Polydor label. An expanded and partly re-recorded version of the album was released as Stormvarning on the Polar Music label in Sweden the following year, the track "Love Light" is however only available on the international edition.
Two unreleased songs from the album sessions, the title track and "Nobody Loves You Now" saw their debut twenty years later as part of the 2001 4 CD boxed set Solregn.
I'd Rather Write A Symphony in its entirety remains unreleased on CD.

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics written by Kenneth Gärdestad, music by Ted Gärdestad

Side A:

  1. "Mindblower" ("Stormvarning")
  2. "Don't Treat Me This Way"
  3. "You Got Me Dancing"
  4. "How Do You Wanna Make Love"
  5. "The Reason"

Side B:

  1. "Let the Sun Shine Through" ("Låt Solen Värma Dig")
  2. "It's You"
  3. "Love Light"
  4. "Slingan"
  5. "Down at the Zoo"

[edit] Personnel

  • Ted Gärdestad - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Mikael Rickfors - backing vocals
  • Annica Boller - backing vocals
  • Diana Nunez - backing vocals
  • Maritza Horn - backing vocals
  • Liza Öhman - backing vocals
  • Py Bäckman - backing vocals
  • Agneta Olsson - backing vocals

[edit] Production