Stronger (Agnes album)

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Stronger
Agnes stronger.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 October 2006 (2006-10-11)
Recorded2006
Genre
Length38:52
Label Ariola
Producer
Agnes chronology
Agnes
(2005)
Stronger
(2006)
Dance Love Pop
(2008)
Singles from Stronger
  1. "Kick Back Relax"
    Released: 7 September 2006
  2. "Champion"
    Released: 22 November 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Expressen Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Helsingborgs Dagblad Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
KristianstadsbladetStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Svenska Dagbladet Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Stronger is the second studio album by Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson, released on 11 October 2006 by Ariola Records. Two songs from the album, "I Believe in You" and "I Had a Feelin'", were covered by German girl group No Angels on their 2007 album Destiny . The song "Love Is All Around" has been covered by artists from at least three other continents.

Contents

Reception

Markus Larsson of Aftonbladet stated, "Agnes is an obvious talent with a strong voice, but no one seems to know what to make out of it, not the record company, not the songwriters, not the producers, not even Agnes herself." [5]

Nina Sköldqvist of Helsingborgs Dagblad wrote that Stronger contains a variety of genres, including "a heavy ballad" like "(What Do I Do With) All This Love", "spirited R&B" like "Kick Back Relax" and the "MTV-like" "My Boy" and "Everybody". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Believe in You" Ghost 3:31
2."Top of the World"
3:10
3."Somewhere Down the Road" Quiz & Larossi 4:03
4."I Had a Feelin'"
Arnthor3:16
5."Kick Back Relax"Elofsson
  • Ghost
  • Elofsson [a]
2:59
6."Champion"
Olsson3:27
7."Love Is All Around"
  • Fredrik Thomander
  • Anders Wikström
  • Thomander
  • Wikström
3:23
8."(What Do I Do With) All This Love"
  • Elofsson
  • Dan Hill
Ghost4:36
9."My Boy"
  • Carlsson
  • Ekhé
  • Lindström
Ghost3:19
10."(Baby) I Want You Gone"Olsson3:36
11."Everybody Knows"
Jock-E 3:20
Total length:38:52
Notes

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Sweden11 October 2006 Ariola [9]
United States8 September 2009Digital download [10]

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