The World According to Gessle

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The World According to Gessle
The World According to Gessle cover
Studio album by Per Gessle
Released 2 May 1997
Genre Pop
Label Fundamental
Per Gessle chronology
Hjärtats trakt
(1993)		 The World According to Gessle
(1997)		 Hjärtats trakt - en samling
(1997)

The World According To Gessle is a solo album by Per Gessle, released on 2 May 1997. It was his first solo album in English. The title is of course a paraphrase of "The World According to Garp" - the novel by John Irving.

"Do You Wanna Be My Baby?", "Kix" and "I Want You To Know" were released as singles. At the end of the "Lay Down Your Arms" track, there is another version of "Kix" (Cha-cha-cha version), sung like Elvis Presley. The Japanese release of this album features the ballad "Love doesn't live here", a song previously recorded by Belinda Carlisle.

Only three videos were made for this album. All of them were directed by the famous swedish director Jonas Akerlund.

The album sold 400.000 copies worldwide.

The album was re-released in 2003 as a low budget edition in a cardboard sleeve to fight piracy.

"The World According to Gessle" was again re-released in May 2008 as an anniversary edition. This time it was a double CD, with 26 bonus tracks. CD2 is called "The Demos According to Gessle."

Contents

[edit] Original track listing

  1. Stupid
  2. Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
  3. Saturday
  4. Kix
  5. I Want You to Know
  6. Reporter
  7. B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B
  8. Wish You The Best
  9. Elvis in Germany (Let's Celebrate!)
  10. T-T-T-Take It!
  11. I'll Be Alright
  12. There is My Baby
  13. Lay Down Your Arms (incl. ghost track "Kix-cha-cha")

[edit] 2008 track listing

  1. Stupid
  2. Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
  3. Saturday
  4. Kix
  5. I Want You to Know
  6. Reporter
  7. B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B
  8. Wish You The Best
  9. Elvis in Germany (Let's Celebrate!)
  10. T-T-T-Take It!
  11. I'll Be Alright
  12. There is My Baby
  13. Lay Down Your Arms
  14. Kix-cha-cha
  15. Love Doesn't Live Here
  16. Always Breaking My Heart
  17. I Wanna Be With You
  18. Blue Umbrella
  19. Jupiter Calling
  20. Let's Party

CD2

  1. There Is My Baby (June 27, 1994)
  2. I’ll Be Alright (July 16, 1994)
  3. June Afternoon (July 17, 1994)
  4. Writer (July 17, 1994)
  5. T-T-T-Take It! (Sep 12, 1994)
  6. Elvis in Germany (Nov 2, 1994)
  7. Every Day Outside My Window (Dec 28, 1995)
  8. Love Doesn’t Live Here (Feb 25, 1996)
  9. Detective Jones (Feb 29, 1996)
  10. Beautiful Things, Terrible Things (Apr 7, 1996)
  11. Elvis in Deutschland (Apr 26, 1996)
  12. Makin’ Love to You (acoustic version) (June 9, 1996)
  13. Lay Down Your Arms (June 23, 1996)
  14. Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (Aug 12, 1996)
  15. B-Any-1-U-Wanna-B (Oct 24, 1996)
  16. Stupid (Oct 28, 1996)
  17. Saturday (Nov 2, 1996)
  18. Drum (Nov 2, 1996)
  19. I Want You to Know (Dec 28, 1996)
  20. Kix (Jan 2, 1997)

[edit] Credits

Words & Music by Per Gessle
Marie Fredriksson sings on "I'll Be Alright".

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