Open Field

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Open Field
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 18, 2007 (UK)
September 11, 2007 (USA)
Genre Indie pop
Length34:25
Label Rough Trade (UK)
Eleven (US)
Producer Björn Yttling and Victoria Bergsman
Taken by Trees chronology
Open Field
(2007)
East of Eden
(2009)
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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.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Victoria Bergsman except where noted.

  1. "Tell Me" – 3:38
  2. "Julia" – 4:00
  3. "The Legend" – 3:54
  4. "Sunshine Lady" – 2:29
  5. "Lost & Found" (Tracyanne Campbell) – 2:57
  6. "Open Field" (Bergsman and Björn Yttling) – 3:17
  7. "Hours Pass Like Centuries" – 1:51
  8. "Too Young" – 4:30
  9. "Only Yesterday" – 2:38
  10. "Cedar Trees" – 5:11

Personnel

Performance

Production

Production

Björn Yttling and Victoria Bergsman

Recording

Janne Hansson at Atlantis Studios

Lasse Mârtén at Decibel Studios

Björn Yttling at Högalid Studio

Mixing

Lasse Mârtén and Björn Yitling at Decibel Studios

String Arrangements

Björn Yttling

Mastering

Henrik Jonsson and Björn Yttling at Masters of Audio

Paintings

Victoria Bergsman

Graphic Design

Olov Sundstrom

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