I'd Rather Write A Symphony
Studio album by
Ted Gärdestad
Released1980
Recorded1980
GenrePop Music
LabelPolydor
ProducerTed Gärdestad
Lennart Östlund
Ted Gärdestad chronology
Blue Virgin Isles
(1978)		 I'd Rather Write A Symphony
(1980)		 Stormvarning
(1981)

I'd Rather Write A Symphony is the sixth studio album and the second international release from Swedish singer/songwriter Ted Gärdestad. It was released in 1980 through the Polydor label in West Germany and The Netherlands, promoted by the single "Don't Treat Me This Way" backed with "Mindblower". An expanded and partly re-recorded version of the album was released as Stormvarning on the Polar Music label in Sweden the following year, the track "Love Light" is however only available on the international edition.

Two unreleased songs from the album sessions, the title track and "Nobody Loves You Now" saw their debut twenty years later as part of the 2001 4 CD boxed set Solregn.

I'd Rather Write A Symphony in its entirety remains unreleased on CD. However, all tracks are included in the 2009 8-CD box set Helt Nära Dig - Samlade Album.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Kenneth Gärdestad, music by Ted Gärdestad

Side A:

  1. "Mindblower" ("Stormvarning")
  2. "Don't Treat Me This Way"
  3. "You Got Me Dancing"
  4. "How Do You Wanna Make Love"
  5. "The Reason"

Side B:

  1. "Let the Sun Shine Through" ("Låt Solen Värma Dig")
  2. "It's You"
  3. "Love Light"
  4. "Slingan"
  5. "Down at the Zoo"

Personnel

Production

  • Ted Gärdestad - producer
  • Lennart Östlund - producer
  • Janne Schaffer - producer
  • Leif Mases - sound engineer
  • Lennart Östlund - sound engineer
  • Recorded at Polar Studios, Stockholm

Release history


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