Adolphson & Falk is a Swedish synth-pop band, fronted by Tomas Adolphson (music, vocals) and Anders Falk (lyrics, music, vocals). Greg Fitzpatrick (keyboard) and Dagge Lundquist (mixing) were of importance for the successful electronical sound.

Adolphson & Falk in 2019

Tomas Adolphson and Anders Falk met while completing their compulsory national service in 1968 and started their collaboration. In the 1970s they released a handful of singles and the album Nattexpressen and participated in Melodifestivalen 1979.[1] The breakthrough was when the single "Blinkar blå" ("Flashing Blue") was played in the Swedish radio show Eldorado in 1981. The single was followed by the album Med rymden i blodet (With space in my/the blood). The single "Mer jul" ("More Christmas"), with its self-deprecating lyrics about Christmas obsession and with sampling from Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul (From All of Us to All of You), entered the charts in 1984[2] and in 2013 is still the most popular Swedish language Christmas song on Swedish radio.[3]

The theme of the lyrics on Med rymden i blodet was mostly radio engineering, astronomy and how man is related to cosmos. Over the years the theme has shifted from one of technology/natural science to a more colloquial one.

Discography

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Albums

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  • Nattexpressen (1978)
  • Med rymden i blodet (1982)
  • From Here to Eternity (English version of Med rymden…,1983)
  • Över tid och rum (1984)
  • I nattens lugn (1986)
  • Det svåra valet (1987)
  • Indigo (1990)
  • 454 (1999)
  • Vidare (2006)
  • Ännu vidare (2013)
  • Vintertivoli (2015)

Compilation albums

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  • 81-87 (1988)
  • Samling (1996)
  • 101010 (2010)

Singles

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  • "För ung för att förstå" (1973)
  • "Tillsammans (kan vi nå nånstans)" (1979)
  • "Cinema" (1980)
  • "Astronaut" (1981)
  • "Blinkar blå" (1981)
  • "Mer jul" (1984)
  • "Blinkar blå" (acoustic version) (2006)

Participation on other albums

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  • Eldorado. Stjärnornas musik (1982)
  • Eldorado. Äventyret fortsätter... (1987)

References

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  1. ^ "Melodifestivalen 1979". Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ Gustav Persson (15 December 1984). "15 december 1984" (in Swedish). Nostalgilistan. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ [1] according to STIM, the Swedish Performing Rights Society.
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