Per Gessle & Nisse Hellberg - The Lonely Boys (2007 Remasters)

The Lonely Boys was from the beginning the name of a novel written by the Swedish writer Mats Olsson. The story was about a young rhythm'n pop band located in the south of Sweden circa 1965. Mats asked me and a mutual friend Nisse Hellberg if the two of us could provide a soundtrack for this book, writing and recording what could in fact be The Lonely Boys' debut album.

So, Nisse and I formed The Lonely Boys together with some friends and recorded the album in 6 days and nights. Did we have a ball! All of the 14 songs are originals except Jagger/Richards' "So Much In Love". The Rolling Stones never recorded it but The Inmates did. And now The Lonely Boys.

To get the sound we wanted we used only equipment from the era; reverbs, echo chambers, amplifiers, guitars, microphones. Everything in our power was done to make the record "for real".

The debut album by a Swedish rhythm'n pop band 1965. Nisse can usually be found in the rhythm'n blues combo Wilmer X. And myself is paying the rent with money made from Roxette records. We plan it to stay that way. This is a one-off project for both of us that we enjoyed enormously. Lots of laughs, lots of beer and a lot of love for the '60s.

Per Gessle, Roxette
Stockholm, March 1996.

The album was released as a limited edition together with the first issue of the book "De ensamma pojkarna" written by Swedish journalist Mats Olsson in 1995. The "real" edition came a few months later, in 1996. In 2007 the album has been remastered, has a new sleeve and of course the two bonus tracks; namely the demos of "Lonely Boys" and "Adam & Eve."

Tracklist:
01. Lonely boys 2:35
02. I'm not like you 3:04
03. Keep the radio on (this is the perfect song) 2:55
04. September girl 3:22
05. Adam & Eve 2:41
06. I wanna be with you 2:48
07. Fuzzy puss 2:13
08. So much in love 2:36
09. Flowers on the moon 2:52
10. Let go of my heart 1:58
11. Apple in the mud 2:49
12. Pretty little devil (with angel eyes) 2:23
13. Genius gone wrong 3:12
14. Days to come, days of gold 3:34
bonus tracks:
15. Lonely boys (demo) 2:36
16. Adam & Eve (demo) 2:35