Hagnesta Hill Explained

Hagnesta Hill
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kent
Cover:	Kent hagnestahill albumart.jpg
Released:	6 December 1999 28 April 2000
Studio:	Puk, Gjerlev, Denmark Ljudhavet, Stockholm, Sweden City Recording, Stockholm, Sweden Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	62:44 (Swedish version) 63:52 (English version)
Label:	BMG
Producer:	Zed
Prev Title:	Isola
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	B-sidor 95–00
Next Year:	2000

Hagnesta Hill is the fourth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released in 1999 (Swedish version) and 2000 (English version). For the English version two new songs, "Quiet Heart" and "Just Like Money" were recorded, and "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för" and "Insekter" were left out. "Ett tidsfördriv att dö för" was later used as a hidden track in the digipak version, where it is called "A Timekill to Die For". This was the second and last English album Kent recorded.

Track listing

* The lyrics contained in "Rollercoaster" ("All those memories will be lost in time/Like tears in the rain") are lifted from the penultimate scene of Blade Runner, as spoken by Roy Batty to Rick Deckard. On Kent's previous album Isola, the band also paid homage to the film, as the song "OWC" stands for "Off World Colonies".

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Hagnesta Hill.

Kent

• Joakim Berg – music, lyrics, vocals, guitar
• Martin Sköld – music on track 1, bass, keyboards
• Sami Sirviö – guitar, keyboards
• Markus Mustonen – drums, backing vocals, keyboards, piano
• Harri Mänty – rhythm guitar, percussion

Additional musicians

• Bill Öhrström – harmonica on track 4
• Jörgen Wall – percussion on track 8
• Peter Asplund – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Joakim Milder – arranged by (strings, wind instruments), conductor
• Kati Raitinen – cello
• Sven Berggren – trombone
• Tony Bauer – viola
• Jannika Gustafsson – violin
• Saara Nisonen-Öman – violin

Technical

• Zmago Smon (Zed) – producer, mixing, recording
• Martin von Schmalensee – technician
• George Marino – mastering

Artwork

• Jonas Linell – cover photo, photography
• Helen Sköld – design
• Frida Engström – girl on the cover

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for English version of Hagnesta Hill! Chart (2000)! Position

Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[1]	45
Chart (2023)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[2]	19

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Swedish version of Hagnesta Hill! Chart (2002)! Position

Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[3]	50
Chart (2003)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[4]	73

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swedishcharts - Hagnesta Hill ENGLISH VERSION på den svenska albumlistan. Sverigetopplistan. sv. January 17, 2021.
2. Web site: Veckolista Album, vecka 17. Sverigetopplistan. sv. January 17, 2021.
3. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2002. Sverigetopplistan. sv. January 17, 2021.
4. Web site: Årslista Album – År 2003. Sverigetopplistan. sv. January 17, 2021.