Review - Sweden: Sonja Aldén's star grows with second album | Eurovision Song Contest News - Azerbaijan 2012 

member login (forgot password?) subscribe (free!)

Become Esctoday fan on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Visit our Youtube Official channel Check our Myspace!

Credits

Written by

. .

Published

29/Oct 2008 at 21:32

Source(s)

esctoday.com

Review

Sonja Alden Under Mitt Tak - © Lionheart International
© Lionheart International

Under mitt tak

Sweden: Sonja Aldén's star grows with second album

On October 8th 2008, Swedish singer and songwriter Sonja Aldén, best known for her participation in Melodifestivalen 2007 with the immensely popular ballad För att du finns, released her second studio album Under mitt tak. The album has been receiving critical acclaim in Sweden and confirms her as one of the country's leading singers.

Sonja's second album is made up full of a mixture of ballads and mid-tempo songs, many of which Sonja has written herself and in cooperation with other recognised songwriters including Bobby Ljunggren, Bo Reimer, Jörgen Ingeström, Hugo Björk and Marcos Ubeda. Being a straight-from-the- heart singer and songwriter, she gets her listeners to slow down for a while in order to get totally lost into the music and take some time to reflect and philosophise.

The artist has already confirmed that she will not participate in Melodifestivalen 2009 but is keen on returning to the competition again in the future. She has recently recorded a christmas album with fellow former Melodifestivalen favourites, Sanna Nielsen and Shirley Clamp that is now available for pre-order.

  • Sonja's new album is available from cdon here.
  • Sonja, Shirley and Sanna's Our Christmas album is available for pre-order here.

The full track list for Under mitt tak

1. Under mitt tak (Under my roof)
2. En del är vackra när de dör (A part is beautiful when they die)
3. Nån som du (Someone like you)
4. Din klocka tickar (Your clock is ticking)
5. Jag vet att du kan höra mig (I know that you can hear me)
6. Lyckan kommer lyckan går (Happiness comes and goes)
7. Det blå (The blue)
8. Starkare än då (Stronger than before)
9. Allt jag ser (Everything I see)
10. Du får inte (You should not)
11. Du är en del av mig (You are a part of me)
12. Välkommen hem (Welcome home)

Sonja Alden, Nån som du:


Related polls




Go directly to the reactions

Reactions

When reacting to a news item, please stick to the topic. Inappropriate messages (swearing, racism, hate, etc.), messages in other languages than English and spam (which includes URL advertising) will be deleted and you risk your account being removed. Reacting on newsitems is only possible when logged in as a member. Still don't have member account?

Click here to react  Click here to become a member (free!)


Fernando 21 [37353]
Sat 1 Nov 2008 11:57:13

Yesterday was the big day! I reached her second album (Thank you cdon for deliver it in 3 days!!!).

Like her first album "Til Dig" it is just wonderful, with so many beutiful songs and her fantastic unique voice.

Sonja, du är perfect - precis som du är!!!


Willox Willox [32746]
Fri 31 Oct 2008 11:37:49

sonja is an OK singer...


Stockholm calling [44413]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 20:09:14

Jonny
I've been looking for the English version as well but she probably didn't record it. I will continue looking though ;)


Jonny K [46850]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 19:58:28

Stockholm
Her 2006 song is good, I wasn't expecting it to be up-tempo :) Although I still prefer "for att du finns" by far ;)
I like the english version of it aswell :) I watched an esctoday interview with her not that long ago, and she sang a few lines in english in that aswell :) I was searching for an english version of the song, but as far as I am aware she never recorded an english version :(


Stockholm calling [44413]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 19:15:09

Jonny
Here's a link to the Schlagerpride in 2007 (I was there :D ). At 8:57 you can here part of the English version of "För att du finns"
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=W6SjD_-lceA


Stockholm calling [44413]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 18:51:19

"För att du finns" was the best ballad in MF 2007 imo :)

Jonny
What do you think of her 2006 entry:
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=MK88SHG4uiM


Jonny K [46850]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 18:23:36

She really is amazing :D "I remember love" used to my favourite ballad of MF 2007 but I watched both performances back the other day and "for att du finns" is now my favourite :D :D
Go Sonja :D


Matthew Noonan [52337]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 15:48:32

She is really good.


Willox Willox [32746]
Thu 30 Oct 2008 10:53:15

she is good. ............


Max Raspail [36649]
Wed 29 Oct 2008 23:42:01

Wooohooo... ;)
I love her first one... ;)


Winter Wonderland [44612]
Wed 29 Oct 2008 23:39:11

I'll be buying this album for sure! :)


React yourself

Closed for reactions
This news article is older than one week. Reacting to articles is only possible in the first week after publication.


































12/Feb/2012

251 visitors online

2 members online

42434 members

255 reactions today

Become a fan

Set as home page!

Search news

Tools


More news

Country pages

Share!

Do you have news for esctoday.com? Please let us know! You can submit your newsitem in our contact centre!


Tip!