Party Crasher (album)

For other uses, see Party Crasher (disambiguation).
Party Crasher
Studio album by
Per Gessle
Released26 November 2008 (Sweden)
GenrePop, synthpop
Length42:28 (standard edition)
45:58 (iTunes digital edition)
45:33 (Telia Digital Edition)
LanguageEnglish
LabelElevator Entertainment AB/
Capitol Records (Sweden)
Sony BMG (UK)
ProducerClarence 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Aftonbladet[2]
Allehanda[3]
Corren[4]
Dagens Nyheter[5]
Expressen[6]
Metro[7]
NA[8]
Norrköpings Tidningar[9]
Sydsvenskan[10]

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.

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

  • CD – containing the 12-track album (jewelcase version).[13]
  • CD – containing the 12-track album (digipack version).
  • iTunes deluxe edition – digital download 12-track edition, plus one bonus track.
  • Telia deluxe edition – digital download 12-track edition, plus one bonus track (different from the iTunes edition).
  • LP limited edition – 12-track edition (6 on each side).

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:

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

Telia deluxe edition:

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

Personnel

  • Produced by Clarence Öfwerman, Christoffer Lundquist & Per Gessle
  • Recorded at Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden, between January & September 2008
  • Engineer: Christoffer Lundquist; assistant engineer Lennart Haglund
  • Mixed at Kingside, Stockholm, by Ronni Lahti in August–September 2008
  • Track 4 mixed at Aerosol Grey Machine by Christoffer Lundquist in September 2008
  • Words & music by Per Gessle, published by Jimmy Fun Music
  • Played & sung by Per Gessle, Christoffer Lundquist, Clarence Öfwerman & Helena Josefsson
  • Cover design by Pär Wickholm & Per Gessle
  • Photos by Important Pete, Woody (Åsa Nordin-Gessle) & private
  • Mastered by Henke at Masters of Audio, Stockholm
  • Management: Marie Dimberg/D&D Management, Stockholm

Release history

Country Date
Sweden 26 November 2008
Norway November 2008
Finland
Indonesia February
Japan 9 February 2009 (through import channel not pressed in Japan)
Ukraine 9 February 2009
Czech Republic 2 March 2009
Russia
Hungary 4 March 2009
Spain 3 March 2009
Poland 9 March 2009
Canada 24 March 2009
South Africa March 2009
Portugal End of March 2009
Germany First week of April 2009
Austria
Switzerland
Brazil April 2009
Belgium April 2009
United Kingdom 15 June 2009 (Sony BMG)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[17] Platinum 40,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Aftonbladet review
  3. ^ Allehanda review Archived 2012-07-26 at archive.today
  4. ^ Corren review
  5. ^ Dagens Nyheter review
  6. ^ Expressen review
  7. ^ Metro review
  8. ^ NA review[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ Norrköpings Tidningar review
  10. ^ Sydsvenskan review
  11. ^ New Per Gessle single "Silly Really" Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Roxette
  12. ^ "Swedish charts". swedishcharts.com.
  13. ^ "Party Crasher tracklist revealed". The Daily Roxette. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. ^ Next single "Sing Along" Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine The Daily Roxette
  15. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Per Gessle – Party Crasher". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Årslista Album – År 2008" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 11 March 2021.