Agnes (album)

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Agnes
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Studio album by
Released19 December 2005 (2005-12-19)
Length35:48
Label Columbia
Producer
  • Richard Brandén
  • Douglas Carr
  • Jörgen Elofsson
  • Tomas Granlind
  • Grizzly/Tysper
  • Richie Jones
  • Vincent Pontare
  • Johan Röhr
  • George Samuelson
  • Fredrik Thomander
  • Twin
  • Pär Westerlund
  • Anders Wikström
Agnes chronology
Agnes
(2005)
Stronger
(2006)
Singles from Agnes
  1. "Right Here Right Now"
    Released: 7 December 2005
  2. "Stranded"
    Released: 22 March 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Expressen Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Helsingborgs Dagblad Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Svenska Dagbladet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Agnes is the self-titled debut studio album by Swedish singer and Idol 2005 winner Agnes Carlsson, released on 19 December 2005 by Columbia Records. It debuted at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and stayed there for two weeks. The album's lead single, "Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)", written and produced by Jörgen Elofsson, topped the Swedish Singles Chart for six weeks. The second single from the album, "Stranded", was less successful, peaking at number 27 on the Swedish Singles Chart.

Contents

Track listing

Agnes track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stranded"
Twin 3:16
2."Emotional"
  • Thomander
  • Wikström
3:00
3."Right Here, Right Now (My Heart Belongs to You)" Jörgen Elofsson
  • Elofsson
  • Pär Westerlund
  • Richard Brandén
4:08
4."Forever Yours"
  • Thomander
  • Wikström
  • Thomander
  • Wikström
3:26
5."Get My Math"
Samuelsson3:04
6."I Believe"
  • Douglas Carr
  • Jones
  • Pontare
3:26
7."For Love"
  • M. Albertsson
  • N. Pettersson
  • Samuelsson
  • Tomas Granlind
4:06
8."What a Feeling"
  • Samuelsson
  • Tomas Granlind
3:38
9."Now That I Found Love"
  • Markus "Mack" Sepehrmanesh
  • Tommy Tysper
  • Gustav "Grizzly" Jonsson
  • Axel Breitung
  • Jonsson
  • Tysper
3:43
10."Let Me Carry You"Elofsson Johan Röhr 4:01
Total length:35:48

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Agnes
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [8] Platinum60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Agnes release history
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Sweden19 December 2005 Columbia [9] [10]
United States8 September 2009Digital download [11]

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