Moderna Tider is the second studio album by the Swedish pop groupGyllene Tider, released on 10 March 1981. 130,000 copies were ordered before the album's release. The album peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and number two on the Norwegian albums chart.[1]
Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Per Gessle except where noted.
"(Kom så ska vi) leva livet" (3.33) (Music: Gessle and Persson)
"Min tjej och jag" (3.22)
"Povel Ramel, Paul McCartney & jag" (3.10) (Music: Gessle and Persson)
"Chrissie, hur mår du?" (3.28) (Music: Gessle and Persson)
"Kärleken är inte blind (men ganska närsynt)" (3.51) (Music: Gessle and Persson)
"När alla vännerna gått hem" (4.15)
Swing & Sweet
The 150 000 first examples of the LP contained a bonus EP named Swing & Sweet. It contained four Swedish language covers of international well-known pop songs:[2]
"Gyllene Tider för Rock 'n' Roll" (originally "Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll" by Mott the Hoople)
"Ge mig inte det där" (originally "Girl Don't Tell Me" by The Beach Boys)
Singles
"När vi två blir en", with "Kärleken är inte blind (men ganska närsynt)" as the B-side. "När vi två blir en" was also released as a promotional single with lyrics in English, named "Beating Heart" and had "Play with Fire", an English-language version of the song "Leka med elden", as the B-side.
Moderna Tider has been remastered and released as a CD twice, first in 1991 and second in 2004, the latter in a digipack version. Both version contained the same bonus tracks, in 1991 as bonus tracks and in 2004 as a bonus record. It contained the songs from Swing & Sweet and the following songs: