Somersault (Eggstone album) explained

Somersault
Type:	Album
Artist:	Eggstone
Cover:	Eggstonesomersault.jpg
Released:	March 1994
Recorded:	Tambourine Studios, Malmö and MNW Studio, Waxholm, Sweden
Genre:	Indie pop
Length:	35:33
Label:	Soap
Producer:	Michael Blair and Eggstone
Prev Title:	Eggstone in San Diego
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Vive La Différence!
Next Year:	1997

Somersault is the second album by Swedish indie pop band Eggstone, first released in Sweden in March 1994. A US release appeared later that year on BMG label Critique Records.^[1] The song "The Dog" was issued as a promotional single and became a hit on various college radio stations.^[2] The album was re-issued on vinyl in 1997 by Vibrafon Records, and again by Crunchy Frog Records in 2017.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Eggstone, except "Luck" written by Eggstone/Blair.

"Against the Sun" – 2:41
"It's Not the Rain" – 3:19
"Hang On to Your Eco" – 2:45
"Good Morning" – 3:38
"Desdemona" – 3:03
"The Dog" – 3:42
"Water" – 3:09
"Luck" – 3:50
"Cornflake Crown" – 3:15
"Split" – 2:41
"Happiest Fool" – 3:24

Personnel

Patrik Bartosch – Guitar, Backing vocals, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel
Maurits Carlsson – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals
Per Sunding – Lead vocals, Bass
Gunilla Markström – Violin on "Good Morning", "Luck", "Happiest Fool"
Leila Forstén – Violin on "Good Morning", "Luck", "Happiest Fool"
Nikola Zidarov – Viola on "Good Morning", "Luck", "Happiest Fool"
James SK Wān – Bamboo Flute on "Good Morning"

External links

Eggstone web site: detailed 'Somersault' information

Notes and References

Web site: e g g s t o n e. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20060507223400/http://hem.bredband.net/eggstone/somersault.htm. 7 May 2006. 27 January 2021. Eggstone – The Nearly Official Website.
Web site: 2 February 2018. Fozzie fanzine: Tambourine Studios och Eggstone. 27 January 2021. Fozzie Fanzine.
Web site: 1994. Eggstone - Somersault Releases, Reviews, Credits. 27 January 2021. Discogs.