Party Crasher

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Party Crasher
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Studio album by
Released26 November 2008 (Sweden)
Genre Pop, synthpop
Length42:28(standard edition)
45:58 (iTunes digital edition)
45:33 (Telia Digital Edition)
Language English
Label Elevator Entertainment AB/
Capitol Records (Sweden)
Sony BMG (UK)
Producer Clarence Öfwerman,
Christoffer Lundquist
Per Gessle
Per Gessle chronology
Kung av sand - en liten samling 1983–2007
(2007)
Party Crasher
(2008)
Singles from Party Crasher
  1. "Silly Really"
    Released: 29 October 2008
  2. "Sing Along"
    Released: 4 February 2009
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Party Crasher is the third English solo album by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. This is his second worldwide-released English solo album under his own name after The World According to Gessle in 1997. [11] Originally scheduled for release on 3 December in Sweden, it was actually released a week earlier on 26 November. The album reached #2 in the Swedish album charts, [12] curiously becoming the first Gessle involved studio album that did not reach #1 in Sweden since Roxette´s Pearls of Passion , in 1986.

Contents

When the album was released via Sony BMG in the UK on 15 June 2009, some fans were disappointed when it was realised that the CD version of the album would only be available to order online and no physical copies were to be available in record stores.[ citation needed ]

Formats

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Per Gessle, unless stated.

  1. "Silly Really"  – 3:40
  2. "The Party Pleaser"  – 3:39
  3. "Stuck Here With Me"  – 3:20
  4. "Sing Along"  – 4:00
  5. "Gut Feeling"  – 3:34
  6. "Perfect Excuse"  – 3:11
  7. "Breathe Life Into Me"  – 3:41
  8. "Hey, I Died And Went to Heaven"  – 4:00
  9. "Kissing Is The Key"  – 3:08
  10. "Thai With A Twist"  – 2:41
  11. "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"  – 3:35
  12. "Doesn't Make Sense"  – 3:50

Bonus tracks

iTunes deluxe edition:

  1. "I'm Glad You Called"  – 3:29
  2. "Silly Really" (Right Into Your Bed Remix) (Remixed by Dick Mixon) [14]  – 6:31

Telia deluxe edition:

  1. "Theme from Roberta Right" (Music: Per Gessle & Gabriel Gessle – Lyrics: Per Gessle) – 3:04

Personnel

Release history

CountryDate
Sweden26 November 2008
NorwayNovember 2008
Finland
IndonesiaFebruary
Japan9 February 2009 (through import channel not pressed in Japan)
Ukraine9 February 2009
Czech Republic2 March 2009
Russia
Hungary4 March 2009
Spain3 March 2009
Poland9 March 2009
Canada24 March 2009
South AfricaMarch 2009
PortugalEnd of March 2009
GermanyFirst week of April 2009
Austria
Switzerland
BrazilApril 2009
BelgiumApril 2009
United Kingdom15 June 2009 (Sony BMG)

Charts

Charts (2008)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 2

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