Righteous Boy

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I Sing Because of You
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Studio album by
Righteous Boy
Released2002
RecordedTambourine Studios, with additional material recorded at L.A.B. Studios
Genre Indie/alternative
Length46:49
Label Future Farmer Recordings
Producer Batti, Henrik Andersson, Righteous Boy

Righteous Boy is the solo project of Magnus Sveningsson, bassist from Swedish rock group The Cardigans. [1] Sveningsson began the project during the long hiatus between the Cardigans' Gran Turismo and Long Gone Before Daylight albums. To date, Righteous Boy's single album release is I Sing Because of You (2003), which contained the single "Loved Among Friends."

Contents

I Sing Because of You

I Sing Because of You was recorded at Tambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden) and mastered by Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios.

Track listing

  1. "Loved Among Friends" (3:45)
  2. "View from a Satellite" (4:25)
  3. "No More Love" (3:57)
  4. "Righteous Boy / Righteous Girl" (4:04)
  5. "I Made It Hard for You to Love Me" (3:34)
  6. "All My Evils" (4:11)
  7. "I'm Not Shielded" (1:10)
  8. "Elephant Man" (4:35)
  9. "I Feel Apart" (4:00)
  10. "Lone Among Friends" (4:13)
  11. "Straight Song" (4:06)
  12. "You Better Do Good" (4:49)

Personnel

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References

  1. Swihart, Stanton. "Righteous Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-02-02.