Box 1991–2008 is a summary of Swedish alternative rock band Kent's career. The Box contains almost everything the group has ever recorded between 1991 and 2008. It contains every B-side, many demo recordings and every studio album. It also contains the first official live recording the group has ever made of a concert, a live recording of a new, previously unreleased song called "Håll ditt huvud högt" (Hold your head high) made during a concert in the band's hometown of Eskilstuna in July 2008.
Content
The Box contains every studio album the band has ever recorded, except for their English releases of Isola and Hagnesta Hill and their respective singles, and also every B-side released after 2000 (all pre-2000 B-sides were released on the compilation CD B-sidor 95–00, which is also included in the box). It also include some demo recordings and four songs that were recorded pre-Kent. Two songs that were released when the band went under the name of Havsänglar (Sea Angels) and two recorded when the band was called Jones & Giftet (Jones & the Poison). All albums have new covers and the box contains inner bags drawn by lead singer Jocke Berg. The box also contains a 96-page-long interview with the band made by Swedish journalist, columnist and writer Jan Gradvall. The box also contains tour history, song lyrics and private pictures.
List of content
All 8 albums, all with new covers
26 different bonus tracks
15 previously unreleased tracks
A total of 133 tracks
The live version of "Håll ditt huvud högt" (Hold your head high) recorded in Eskilstuna the summer of 2008
96-page book containing an interview by Jan Gradvall
Det kanske kommer en förändring There might come a change 5:24
Ingenting (demo) Nothing (Demo) 3:47
Håll ditt huvud högt Hold your head high (Live, Eskilstuna, summer '08) 5:11
Signings
One week after the box had been released, Kent held two signings in Sweden, one in Stockholm at Åhléns, and another one in Gothenburg at Bengans Record Store. The two signings were held at the same day, only a few hours apart.
Personnel
Musicians
Joakim Berg – vocals, guitar
Martin Sköld – bass guitar, keyboards
Sami Sirviö – lead guitar, keyboards
Markus Mustonen – drums, grand piano, keyboards, backing vocals
Harri Mänty – rhythm guitar, programming, percussion (On Verkligen, Isola, Hagnesta Hill, B-Sidor 95-00, Vapen & Ammunition, Du & Jag Döden and The Hjärta & Smärta EP)
Martin Roos – rhythm guitar (on Kent and B-Sidor 95-00)
Thomas Bergqvist – keyboards on (on "Håll i mig" and "Ögon")
Max Brandt – Live rhythm guitar (on "Håll ditt huvud högt")
Andreas Bovin – Live keyboards (on "Håll ditt huvud högt")
Camela Leierth – Backing vocals (on "Generation Ex" and "Vy från ett Luftslott")
Lisa Miskovsky – Backing vocals on ("Välgärningar & Illdåd")
Martin Von Schmalensee – slide guitar (on "Sundance Kid"), acoustic guitar (on "Elite")