Beauty, Love, Anything

The album was recorded from October 2016 to September 2018 at the studio of the Swedish producer and guitarist Roxette Christopher Lundqvist in Wallarum, Len Skane . The only song, “All the Blue,” was recorded at Farozon Studios in Malmö , where Yousefsson and Magnus Borjesson , who co-authored this composition, live. The album was mixed at the CRP-mastering studio in Stockholm .

Some songs, such as “Beauty, Love, Anything”, “Bury You Alive”, “If you can't sleep” were performed before the album was released at a joint concert of Yousefsson and Christopher Lundqvist in April 2018.

The author of the cover photos, as well as the author of the design of the album, was Martin Yousefsson, the singer’s husband.

Concert

The day before the album was released at Victoriateatern in Malmö, a concert was held at which Helena Yousssson presented the album. In two sections all 8 songs from the disc were performed, as well as three additional songs: a cover of Depeche Mode 's song “ Enjoy the Silence ” ^[1] , “ Greensleeves ” and Yussefsson ’s own song from her debut album “ Dynamo ” (2007) - “ Waterlilly Love ” ^[2] .

Musicians at a concert

• Helena Yousefsson - vocals, piano, percussion
• Bo Hockanson - drums, percussion
• Oscar Johansson - keyboards, piano
• Hannah Extreme - backing vocals
• Magnus Borjesson - keyboards, bass

• digital distribution
• 2-LP on white vinyl, 250 copies

• Helena Yousefsson - vocals, piano
• Christopher Lundqvist - mixing, guitar, drum machine
• Oscar Johansson - keyboards
• John Venika - keyboards
• Elizabeth Godfellow - Percussion, Percussion
• Miriam Speyer - Bass
• Carolyn Leander - Accordion
• Gerda Holmkvist - cello

• Joachim Lindberg - Creative Recording Technician
• Mathias Olden - Creative Recording Technician

The producers of the album are: Helena Yousefsson, Christopher Lundquist and Magnus Borjesson (only for "All the Blue").

Vinyl Record

Side A:

1. Beauty, Love, Anything (4:11)
2. Moonlight (4:43)
3. Dreamy (5:00)
4. Indigo (då var jag hos dej) (8:04)

Side B:

1. All the Blue (3:23)
2. If you can't Sleep (4:13)
3. Enjoy Yourself (3:20)
4. Bury You Alive (9:51)

Digital Distribution

1. Beauty, Love, Anything (4:11)
2. Moonlight (4:43) - co-author of the song is Martin Youssefsson, the singer’s husband
3. All the Blue (3:23) - co-authored by Magnus Borjesson
4. On the Inside (5:30)
5. Michael (4:10)
6. Dreamy (5:00)
7. Indigo (då var jag hos dej) (8:03)
8. If you can't sleep (4:13)
9. Enjoy Yourself (3:20)
10. Det förtrollade köket (The enchanted kitchen) (5:20)
11. Bury You Alive (9:50)

The songs “On the Inside”, “Michael” and “Det förtrollade köket (The enchanted kitchen)” were not recorded on vinyl and are only available for purchase in the form of digital distribution.

• The first single, Michael, was released on August 31, 2018 in the form of digital distribution. The song was written in Swedish and was not recorded on a vinyl record, but is available only in the digital version of the album. It is dedicated to the American artist Michael Jackson , whose fan is Yousefsson. An official remix was also recorded for the song: "Michael (Voz Vibrante Remix)." Later, the singer recorded the acoustic version of the song, which she performed on her grandmother's piano ( video ).
• The second single “All the Blue” was released on February 22, 2019.
• The third single “Enjoy Yourself” was released on May 3, 2019.

The non-album single “ Greensleeves ” is scheduled for release on August 9, 2019. This song is not recorded on this album, but Yusefsson performed a cover for it at the release concert in Malmö and decided to release the song as a separate single.

• The columnist for the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs-Posten, Johan Lindqvist, publishes a review of the album the day before the official release date. The reviewer writes that “the songs on the album break conservative ideas about how the song should look in pop style.” ^[3]
• Hokan Engström, columnist for the southern Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan, in his review notes that all the finest aspects of Yussefsson’s talent appear when she leaves the shadow of Per Gessle . ^[four]

After the release of the album in March, Helena Yousefsson gave another concert in the small village of Simris ( Swede. Simris ) in southeastern Sweden. ^{[5] The} concert took place on July 23, 2019 at the Thomas Wallner Gallery as part of a series of concerts by independent musicians, “Kulturfestival hos Wallners i sommar” (Cultural Festival near Wallner in the Summer). In addition to Yousefsson, Swedish pianist and Swedish physicist delivered a lecture on time as part of the event. ^[6]

• Helena Yousefsson Official Website