Då som nu för alltid

Då som nu för alltid is the twelfth and final studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. The album was released on 20 May 2016 by RCA Records and Sony Music.

Då som nu för alltid
Studio album by Kent
Released	20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)
Recorded	Electric Lady Studios (New York City, United States); Hamsterdam Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock
Label	RCA, Sony Music
Producer	Kent
Kent chronology
Tigerdrottningen (2014) Då som nu för alltid (2016) Best of (2016)
Singles from Då som nu för alltid
"Vi är inte längre där" Released: 3 May 2016

Background

In June 2015, Expressen reported that Kent were to record their twelfth studio album in Electric Lady Studios in New York City.[1] Kent posted a picture on their official Facebook page in December 2015 writing, "Thanks for now, Electric Lady Studios".[2] In February 2016, Kent were inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.[3]

On 14 March 2016 Kent announced the release of Då som nu för alltid on RCA Records and Sony Music.[4] It is Kent's first album on Sony Music since En plats i solen (2010). "Egoist" was announced as the album's first single, and it was released on the same date. However, on 17 April 2016 Kent announced the track listing which omitted "Egoist".[5] Instead, "Vi är inte längre där" was released as the album's first single on 3 May 2016.[6]

The album's title translates as Then as Now for Ever, a possible nod to First and Last and Always, the debut studio album by gothic rock band the Sisters of Mercy.

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Joakim Berg; except "Den sista sången" written by Joakim Berg, Liv Berg, Ava Berg, and Sixten Berg.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Andromeda"	4:36
2.	"Tennsoldater" (Tin Soldiers)	4:08
3.	"Vi är för alltid" (We Are Forever)	4:51
4.	"Den vänstra stranden" (The Left Shore)	4:46
5.	"Nattpojken & Dagflickan" (The Night Boy & The Day Girl) (with Anna Ternheim)	3:56
6.	"Vi är inte längre där" (We Are No Longer There)	5:19
7.	"Förlåtelsen" (The Forgiveness)	5:55
8.	"Skyll inte ifrån dig" (Don't Blame Someone Else)	4:29
9.	"Gigi"	3:53
10.	"Falska profeter" (False Prophets)	6:19
11.	"Den sista sången" (The Last Song)	5:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.[7]

Joakim Berg – music, lyrics, vocals, backing vocals, keyboard, piano, programming, guitar, recording, mixer (track 1) Markus Mustonen – drums, percussion, backing vocals, keyboard, piano Martin Sköld – bass, keyboard, programming Sami Sirviö – guitar, keyboards, programming, recording Liv Berg – music (track 11), lyrics (track 11), backing vocals (track 11) Ava Berg – music (track 11), lyrics (track 11), backing vocals (track 11) Sixten Berg – music (track 11), lyrics (track 11), synth bass (track 11) Kent – producer Stefan Boman – recording, mixer (tracks 2, 4, 9, 11) Simon Sigfridsson – recording, mixer (track 1) Gosha Usov – studio assistant

Michael Ilbert – mixer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10) Emily Lazar – mastering Chris Allgood – mastering assistant Samuel Bergsten – backing vocals (track 11) Leo Coval – backing vocals (track 11) Axel Henriksson – backing vocals (track 11) Sofia Magnusson – backing vocals (track 11) Anna Ternheim – vocals (track 5) Naomi Pilgrim – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4) Carolina Wallin Pérez – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2016) Peak position Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[8] 13 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 5 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 14 Chart (2018) Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 46

References

1. Nunstedt, Anders (28 June 2015). "Kent spelar in ny skiva till hösten". Expressen. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
2. "Kent.nu". Facebook. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
3. Ivarsson, Torbjörn (11 February 2016). "Nu är Kent och Leila K odödliga". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
4. "kent går i graven – startar sista färden med Egoist". Kent.nu. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
5. "Då som nu för alltid". facebook.com/Kent.nu. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
6. "Kent.nu - Vi Är Inte Längre Där 3 maj". Facebook. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
7. Då som nu för alltid (booklet). Kent. RCA Records, Sony Music. 2016. 88985306082.CS1 maint: others (link)
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. "Kent: Då Som Nu För Alltid" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
10. "swedishcharts.com - Kent - Då som nu för alltid". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
11. "Årslista Album – År 2017" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
12. "Årslista Album – År 2018" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 15 January 2019.