Open Field
| Open Field | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 18, 2007 (UK) September 11, 2007 (USA) | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 34:25 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade (UK) Eleven (US) | |||
| Producer | Björn Yttling and Victoria Bergsman | |||
| Taken by Trees chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.7/10 link |
| Rockfeedback | link |
Open Field is the debut album by the Swedish solo act Taken By Trees. It is the first studio album to be released by Victoria Bergsman after shedding her duties as the lead singer of The Concretes. It was released on June 18, 2007 on Rough Trade Records.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Victoria Bergsman except where noted.
- "Tell Me" – 3:38
- "Julia" – 4:00
- "The Legend" – 3:54
- "Sunshine Lady" – 2:29
- "Lost & Found" (Tracyanne Campbell) – 2:57
- "Open Field" (Bergsman and Björn Yttling) – 3:17
- "Hours Pass Like Centuries" – 1:51
- "Too Young" – 4:30
- "Only Yesterday" – 2:38
- "Cedar Trees" – 5:11
Personnel[edit]
Performance[edit]
- Victoria Bergsman – Vocals & various instruments
- Björn Yttling – Bass, piano & guitar
- John Eriksson – Drums, vibraphone, marimba, percussion & synth
- Andreas Söderstrom – Guitar, mandolin & harmonium
- Verity Susman – Piano & backing vocals
- Nils Berg – Flute & synth
- Elle-Kari Larsson – Backing vocals
- Lykke Zachrisson – Backing vocals
- Linda Portnoff – Backing vocals
- Sofia Hogman – Backing vocals
- Rebecka Hjukstrom – Backing vocals
- Louise Holmer – Backing vocals
- Eric Berglund – Zither
- Mikael Andersson – Euphonium
- Per Johansson – Various flutes
- August Berg – Cymbals
- Andreas Forsman – Violin
- Erik Arvinder – Violin
- Erik Holm – Viola
- Anna Dager – Cello
Production[edit]
Production[edit]
Björn Yttling and Victoria Bergsman
Recording[edit]
Janne Hansson at Atlantis Studios
Lasse Mârtén at Decibel Studios
Björn Yttling at Högalid Studio
Mixing[edit]
Lasse Mârtén and Björn Yitling at Decibel Studios
String Arrangements[edit]
Björn Yttling
Mastering[edit]
Henrik Jonsson and Björn Yttling at Masters of Audio
Paintings[edit]
Victoria Bergsman
Graphic Design[edit]
Olov Sundstrom
External links[edit]
- Open Fields at Rough Trade
