LOL (Basshunter album) explained

LOL
Type:Studio
Artist:Basshunter
Cover:Basshunter – LOL.jpg
Alt:A serious-looking person peers through an opening.
Released:28 August 2006
Recorded:2006 at Basshunter Studio and PJ Harmony Studio
Genre:Eurodance
Length:54:25
Label:
Prev Title:The Bassmachine
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:The Old Shit
Next Year:2006

LOL (stylized LOL <(^^,)>; LOL is short for "laughing out loud", and <(^^,)> is an emoticon for "satisfied")[1] is the second studio album by the Swedish musician Basshunter, and was released on 28 August 2006 by Warner Music Sweden. An international edition was released on 22 December 2006, with a red version of the cover artwork.[2] The international version includes the original album's Swedish songs (with the exception of "Sverige") with their titles translated into English, a slightly-different track order and additional tracks, including "Jingle Bells".

Background

On 21 November 2005, Basshunter announced that he was working on a new album and had completed ten songs.[3] He announced his upcoming single "Welcome to Rainbow" the following month,[4] and it was released on 1 April 2006. The single included the hardstyle remix and two bonus tracks: "Evil Beat" and "Boten Anna".[5] Basshunter re-recorded "Boten Anna" in March, and posted it on his website for download.[6] He signed with Extensive Music in April,[7] and Warner Music Sweden[8] and "Boten Anna" was released on 9 May.[9]

Basshunter worked on LOL for three and a half weeks.[10] The album was recorded at Basshunter Studio and PJ Harmony Studio. Basshunter produced most of the songs; three were produced by PJ Harmony. Vocals were recorded by Basshunter and Robert Uhlmann at Basshunter Studio and Extensive Studio. LOL was mastered by Björn Engelman at the Cutting Room.[11] Ali Payami assisted Basshunter on three tracks. According to the singer, its songs have elements of hard dance and hard trance and he chose them for his old and new listeners.[12] "Strand Tylösand" is inspired by party that Basshunter and its friends had in the summer of 2005.[13]

Basshunter said that he had more songs and planned to release a continuation of LOL called ROFL or KTHXBYE for free but he couldn't do it due to the record label.[14]

Reception

According to Matthew Chisling of AllMusic, LOL contains Basshunter's best "beats and grinds". Håkan Steen of Aftonbladet wrote that the album was for people who share Basshunter's lifestyle: using the social-media website LunarStorm and chatting and playing computer games online. Steen considered "Festfolk" the album's best song.[15] Stefan Thungren of Svenska Dagbladet sensed an intentional inadequate execution in the material, and wrote that the sophisticated, difficult shout in "Festfolk" was inspired by the musician E-Type. Thungren compared "Strand Tylösand" to the band Gyllene Tider's summer hits, criticised the trance adaptation of the Swedish national anthem in "Sverige", and noted a certain melancholy in the instrumental version of "Boten Anna".[16] Andreas Nordström from Expressen negatively described album as one of the most difficult records in the history.[17] Basshunter found the Nordström review amusing. In 2020 "I'm Your Basscreator" was placed on list Italian Mob by Italian rap DJ's.[18]

Chart performance

LOL became fourth best selling foreign album of 2006 in Finland with 33,365 copies sold.[19]

Track listing

Red-cover version

  1. "Now You're Gone" (Radio Edit) USA Bonus Track – 2:39
  2. "DotA" (Radio Edit) – 3:21
  3. "Boten Anna" – 3:28
  4. "I'm Your Bass Creator" – 5:24
  5. "Russia Privjet" – 4:07
  6. "Professional Party People" – 3:09
  7. "GPS" – 4:00
  8. "Hello There" – 2:40
  9. "We Are the Waccos" – 3:58
  10. "The Beat" – 3:35
  11. "Without Stars" – 3:50
  12. "Throw Your Hands Up" (Basshunter Remix) (Patrik and the Small Guy) – 3:10
  13. "Strand Tylösand" – 3:17
  14. "Between the Two of Us" – 3:58
  15. "Boten Anna" (Instrumental) – 3:20
  16. "DotA" (Club Mix) – 5:44
  17. "Jingle Bells (Bass)" – 2:46
  18. "Beer in the Bar" USA Bonus Track – 3:51

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[20] 3
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 66
European Albums (Billboard)[22] 82
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 5
Chart (2007)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[26] 12
Chart (2008)! scope="col"
Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 51
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[28] 24

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)!scope="col"
Position
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[29] 26

Awards

Award! scope="col"
YearCategoryResult
Emma2006e-Emma of the Year[30]
European Border Breakers Award2008[31]
Grammis2007Club/Dance Album of the Year[32]
Newcomer of the Year[33]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography. basshunter.se. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20061107194447/http://www.basshunter.se/basshunter.htm. 7 November 2006. click on "BIO", requires Adobe Flash Player software.
  2. Web site: Basshunter - LOL <(^^,)> (CD, Album) | Discogs. . 14 November 2006 .
  3. Web site:

    Recent News

    . basshunter.se. 21 November 2005 . 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20060206194310/http://basshunter.se/. 6 February 2006.
  4. Web site:

    Recent News

    . basshunter.se. 20 December 2005 . 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20060206194310/http://basshunter.se/. 6 February 2006.
  5. Basshunter – Welcome to Rainbow . . 26 March 2019 . None. Discogs.
  6. Web site: Basshunter. Findance.com. Antti Niemelä. 14 September 2006 . 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20070225052501/http://www.findance.com/haastattelut.php?id=226. 25 February 2007. fi.
  7. Web site: Bio . 27 March 2019 . basshunter.se . https://web.archive.org/web/20100528035145/http://www.basshunter.se/bio/ . 28 May 2010.
  8. News: Basshunter turns FruityLoops into gold . 2 June 2009 . 10 August 2014 . Erika Hobart . Seattle Weekly . https://web.archive.org/web/20090607080130/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-03/music/basshunter-turns-fruityloops-into-gold . 7 June 2009.
  9. Web site: Basshunter – Boten Anna (song) . 27 March 2019 . swedishcharts.com.
  10. News: Basshunter fann en bot mot mobbarna . . Jonas Grönlund . 20 January 2008 . 2 April 2019 . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120707191426/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/samtidigt/basshunter-fann-en-bot-mot-mobbarna . 7 July 2012.
  11. LOL <(^^,)>. Basshunter. 2006. Warner Music Sweden. Booklet. 5051011-5648-2-6.
  12. Web site: Interview Basshunter – Jonas Altberg (part 3) . . 1 March 2011 . 2 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Jonas skrev nya låtar på turnén. Hallandsposten. 1 September 2006 . 22 June 2021. sv . Jonas wrote new songs on the tour.
  14. Web site: Ett bedårande barn av sin tid . 10 October 2009 . 19 February 2022 . Christopher Friman . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327141447/https://magasinetfilter.se/portratt/ett-bedarande-barn-av-sin-tid . 27 March 2019.
  15. News: Basshunter – LOL . . Håkan Steen . 30 August 2006 . 28 March 2019 . sv . 1 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161201081808/http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/puls/cd/recension/0,1338,2000051714,00.html . dead .
  16. News: LOL – Basshunter . . Stefan Thungren . 6 September 2006 . 28 March 2019 . sv.
  17. News: Basshunter – LOL . . Andreas Nordström . 29 August 2006 . 16 November 2019 . sv.
  18. Web site: I DJ rap italiani si sono uniti per farci ballare in casa con Italian Mob . . 20 March 2020 . 11 June 2022 . Carlo Casentini . it.
  19. Web site: Myydyimmät albumiäänitteet Suomessa 2006 . . 16 March 2024 . fi . Best-selling albums in Finland 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240316150446/https://ifpi.fi/app/uploads/2023/03/Myydyimmat-2006-5.pdf . 16 March 2024 . live.
  20. Web site: Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) . 2 April 2019 . danishcharts.dk.
  21. Web site: Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> . 2 April 2019 . . nl.
  22. Basshunter . . 20 November 2014.
  23. Web site: Tilastot . 2 April 2019 . . fi.
  24. Web site: Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) . 2 April 2019 . norwegiancharts.com.
  25. Web site: Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) . 2 April 2019 . swedishcharts.com.
  26. Web site: Basshunter in der Österreichischen Hitparade . austriancharts.at . 18 October 2018 . de. Basshunter in Austrian chart.
  27. Web site: Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) . 2 April 2019 . lescharts.com . fr.
  28. Basshunter . 1 October 2018 . Billboard.
  29. Web site: Pladebranchen.06 – Download . 24 May 2013 . pladebranchen.nu . da . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008144958/http://pladebranchen.nu/publikationer/Pladebranchen06.pdf . 8 October 2007 . 25.
  30. Web site: Emma-nomineringarna offentliggjordes . 3 January 2007 . 20 April 2019 . . sv . The Emma nominations were made public.
  31. Web site: European Border Breakers Awards – recognition for those artists who succeeded in reaching audiences outside their own country. . 16 January 2008 . 24 December 2018 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120513111614/http://zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=134 . 13 May 2012.
  32. Web site: 2007 – Årets Klubb/Dans 2007 . . 20 April 2019 . sv . 2007 – Club/Dance of the Year 2007 . 20 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190420160919/https://grammis.se/nominated_year/2007/ . dead .
  33. Web site: 2007 – Årets Nykomling 2007 . . 20 April 2019 . sv . 2007 – Newcomer of the Year 2007 . 20 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190420155419/https://grammis.se/nominated_year/2007/page/2/ . dead .

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