Strange Place for Snow explained

Strange Place for Snow
Type:	studio
Artist:	Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Border:	yes
Released:	March/June 2002
Recorded:	December 2001
Studio:	Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden
Length:	69:02
Label:	ACT Music/Sony BMG
Producer:	Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Prev Title:	Good Morning Susie Soho
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Seven Days of Falling
Next Year:	2003

Strange Place for Snow is a studio album by the Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio released in 2002.

Background

The album was recorded in December 2001 and released in Europe on March 1, 2002 by ACT Music. The international release was on June 4, 2002 by Sony BMG.

Reception

The recording was awarded the annual prize of the German Record Critics 2002 and the German Jazz Award.

Track listing

1. "The Message" – 5:16
2. "Serenade For The Renegade" – 4:30
3. "Strange Place For Snow" – 6:44
4. "Behind The Yashmak" – 10:30
5. "Bound For The Beauty Of The South" – 5:10
6. "Years Of Yearning" – 5:44
7. "When God Created The Coffeebreak" – 6:38
8. "Spunky Sprawl" – 6:29
9. "Carcrash" – 18:01

The last track of the CD release – "Carcrash" – contains a hidden track. The tracks itself ends at 05:05 and after about three minutes of silence the hidden track commences.

Personnel

• Daniel Berglund – Double Bass
• Magnus Öström – Percussion, Drums
• Esbjörn Svensson – Keyboards, Piano (Grand)

Production

• E.S.T. – Producer
• Janne Hansson – Engineer, Mixing
• Åke Linton – Engineer
• Tommy Lydell – Mastering