Hagnesta Hill
Studio album by
Kent
Released6 December 1999 (Swedish version)
28 April 2000 (English version)
Studio
  • Puk Studio (Gjerlev, Denmark)
  • Ljudhavet (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • City Recording Studio (Stockholm)
  • Atlantis Studio (Stockholm)
GenreAlternative rock
Length62:44 (Swedish version)
63:52 (English version)
LabelBMG
ProducerZed
Kent chronology
Isola
(1997)		 Hagnesta Hill
(1999)		 B-sidor 95–00
(2000)
Singles from Hagnesta Hill
  1. "Musik Non Stop"
    Released: 15 November 1999
  2. "En himmelsk drog"
    Released: 8 March 2000
  3. "Kevlarsjäl"
    Released: 4 September 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Dagens Skiva[1]
Expressen[2]
Göteborgs-Posten[3]

Hagnesta Hill is the fourth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released in 1999 (Swedish version) and 2000 (English version). For the English version two new songs, "Quiet Heart" and "Just Like Money" were recorded, and "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för" and "Insekter" were left out. "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för" was later used as a hidden track in the digipak version, where it is called "A Timekill to Die For". This was the second and last English album Kent recorded.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Joakim Berg

Hagnesta Hill Swedish version track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Kungen är död"Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld4:14
2."Revolt III"Berg3:10
3."Musik Non Stop"Berg4:34
4."Kevlarsjäl"Berg4:26
5."Ett tidsfördriv att dö för"Berg4:34
6."Stoppa mig juni (Lilla ego)"Berg6:21
7."En himmelsk drog"Berg4:03
8."Stanna hos mig"Berg3:57
9."Cowboys"Berg5:49
10."Beskyddaren"Berg4:45
11."Berg & dalvana"Berg4:48
12."Insekter"Berg4:08
13."Visslaren"Berg7:47

All lyrics are written by Joakim Berg

Hagnesta Hill English version track listing
No.TitleMusicLength
1."The King Is Dead"Joakim Berg, Martin Sköld4:17
2."Revolt III"Berg3:10
3."Music Non Stop"Berg4:34
4."Kevlar Soul"Berg4:29
5."Stop Me June (Little Ego)"Berg6:22
6."Heavenly Junkies"Berg4:04
7."Stay with Me"Berg3:58
8."Quiet Heart"Berg5:25
9."Just Like Money"Berg4:16
10."Rollercoaster"Berg4:54
11."Protection"Berg4:46
12."Cowboys"Berg4:08
13."Whistle Song"Berg7:47

* The lyrics contained in "Rollercoaster" ("All those memories will be lost in time/Like tears in the rain") are lifted from the penultimate scene of Blade Runner, as spoken by Roy Batty to Rick Deckard. On Kent's previous album Isola, the band also paid homage to the film, as the song "OWC" stands for "Off World Colonies".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hagnesta Hill.

Kent

Additional musicians

  • Bill Öhrström – harmonica on track 4
  • Jörgen Wall – percussion on track 8
  • Peter Asplund – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Joakim Milder – arranged by (strings, wind instruments), conductor
  • Kati Raitinen – cello
  • Sven Berggren – trombone
  • Tony Bauer – viola
  • Jannika Gustafsson – violin
  • Saara Nisonen-Öman – violin

Technical

  • Zmago Smon (Zed) – producer, mixing, recording
  • Martin von Schmalensee – technician
  • George Marino – mastering

Artwork

  • Jonas Linell – cover photo, photography
  • Helen Sköld – design
  • Frida Engström – girl on the cover

Charts

Chart performance for Swedish version of Hagnesta Hill
Chart (1999-2000) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 1
2000 chart performance for English version of Hagnesta Hill
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 45
2023 chart performance for English version of Hagnesta Hill
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 19

References

  1. ↑ Ekelöf, Patrik (1999-12-09). "Kill your darlings!". Dagensskiva.com.
  2. ↑ Nunstedt, Anders (2016-05-20). "Kents album får uppdaterade betyg". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 2005-03-17.
  3. ↑ Göteborgs-Posten, 3 december 1999.
  4. ↑ "Kent: Hagnesta Hill" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Kent – Hagnesta Hill". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Kent – Hagnesta Hill". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Swedishcharts - Hagnesta Hill ENGLISH VERSION på den svenska albumlistan
  8. ↑ "Veckolista Album, vecka 17". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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