Son of a Plumber

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Son Of A Plumber
Son Of A Plumber cover
Studio album by Per Gessle
Released November 23, 2005
Recorded ?
Genre Pop
Length 45 min
Label EMI Sweden
Producer Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundqvist, Per Gessle
Per Gessle chronology
Mazarin
(2003)		 Son Of A Plumber
(2007)		 En händig man
(2007)

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)[1] 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, the second (Hey Mr DJ) on 1st February 2006 and the third (I Like it Like That) on 24th May to the Swedish radio stations.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

DISC 1:

  1. Drowning in Wonderful Thoughts about Her
  2. Jo-Anna Says
  3. I Have a Party in My Head (I Hope it Never Ends)
  4. C'mon
  5. Week With Four Thursdays
  6. Hey Mr DJ (Won't You Play Another Love Song)
  7. Late, Later On
  8. Ronnie Lane
  9. Are You an Old Hippie, Sir?
  10. Double-headed Elvis
  11. Something in the System
  12. Speed Boat to Cuba
  13. Come Back Tomorrow (And We Do it Again)

Tracks 9-13 are mixed together as a medley and named the Junior Suite.

DISC 2:

  1. Kurt - the Fastest Plumber in the West
  2. I Never Quite Got over the Fact that the Beatles Broke Up
  3. Substitute (for the Real Deal)
  4. Waltz for Woody
  5. Carousel
  6. I Like it Like That
  7. Something Happened Today
  8. Brilliant Career
  9. Burned out Heart
  10. Drowning in Wonderful thoughts about Her /reprise/
  11. Making Love or expecting Rain

[edit] The band

Son of a Plumber is more than a solo project. It became actually a defined band, Son of a Plumber, with Per Gessle - vocals and guitar -, Clarence Öfwerman - keyboards -, Christoffer Lundquist - guitar-, Jens Jansson - drums - and Helena Josefsson - vocals -.

Clarence had been the Roxette's producer and Chris and Jens (Brainpool) participated on The world According to Gessle (1997). Helena Josefsson has been working with them since the "Mazarin" album (2003) and all together have recorded the new Gessle solo album in Swedish, En händig man (2007). They have been on the last Gessle tours too.

[edit] Musical Analysis

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 tracks are generally musically simple. Beatles references can be heard in the music as well as the song including their name in the title. I have a Party In My Head demonstrates Per's love of rhyming verses.

The tracks include hooks, such as 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 (only on the CD though).

The 'false' solo project become a duo with Helena Josefsson's leading vocals on "I have a Party in my head" or "Hey Mr. DJ"

[edit] References

  1. ^ Son of a Plumber official website

[edit] External links