Chips (album)

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Chips
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1980 (June 1980)
Genre Country pop, schlager
Label Mariann Records
Producer Lasse Holm, Torgny Söderberg
Chips chronology
Chips
(1980)
Having a Party
(1982)

Chips is a studio album from Swedish group Chips. [1] It was released in June 1980, as the group's debut album, and peaked at number 22 on the Swedish Albums Chart.

Contents

Track listing

Side A

  1. A Little Bit of Loving
  2. Sympathy
  3. Weekend
  4. So Long Sally
  5. Starry Night
  6. Paris

Side B

  1. I Remember High School
  2. Sensation
  3. Don't Cry no More
  4. It Takes More Than a Minute
  5. In Arabia
  6. Can't Get over You

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 22

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