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CAROLA

- Discography 1981-1985 -

Summer 1981 Swedish LP VÅGRÄTT SAMLIV

    Side A - Lodrät sida:
  1. Standby: Schizophrenic [Carola on vocals]
  2. Standby: War and Misery [Carola on vocals]
  3. Standby: Back to the Fort [Carola on vocals]
  4. Standby: Retrospect (La La La) [Carola on vocals]
  5. Standby: One by One [Carola on vocals] (Rosa Honung Records, ROSA-2LP)
Compilation featuring four different punk bands. These five songs with Carola on vocals recorded and mixed at Sound Service AB in April 1981.

(1983) Swedish LP/MC (+ CD) STANDBY WITH CAROLA HÄGGKVIST - STANDBY WITH CAROLA HÄGGKVIST [1981]

  1. Schizophrenic [Carola on vocals]
  2. Skintight
  3. Back to the Fort [Carola on vocals]
  4. Retrospect, La La La [Carola on vocals]

  5. Boys and Girls
  6. War and Misery [Carola on vocals]
  7. Get It Up
  8. One by One [Carola on vocals]
  9. Hey, Hey, Hey (LP/MC 1983: Rosa Honung Records, ROSALP 9/ROSAMC 9)
1,3,4,5,7 recorded at Sound Service Ltd in April 1981 and mixed at Twilight Music Studio in April 1983. When Carola achieved success with her first single Främling/Love Isn't Love, "Standby", a Swedish metal/hard rock band formed ca 1977, quickly recorded four new songs and re-released this LP including Carola's old songs from 1981 to ride on the wave of her success.

(1998) Swedish CD CAROLA STANDBY [1981]

  1. Schizophrenic [Carola on vocals]
  2. Back to the Fort [Carola on vocals]
  3. Retrospect, La La La [Carola on vocals]
  4. War and Misery [Carola on vocals]
  5. One by One [Carola on vocals]
  6. Fire Escape [B-side Boys & Girls, 1983]
  7. Boys and Girls
  8. Skintight
  9. Hey, Hey, Hey
  10. Get It Up
  11. Vara me' [Recorded Dec 1981 at Stockholm Recording / Carola on vocals]
  12. Färgblind [Recorded Dec 1981 at Stockholm Recording / Carola on vocals]
  13. Snacket de' går [Recorded Dec 1981 at Stockholm Recording / Carola on vocals] (Pink Honey Records, ROSACD 29)

late Feb 1983 Swedish 7" Carola Häggkvist: Främling / Liv

    Främling [2.57?] (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg) / Liv [4.38?] (Lasse Holm/Ingela 'Pling' Forsman) (Mariann, MAS 2377)
Producer Lasee Holm. This was Carola's contribution to the Swedish Melodifestivalen 26 Feb 1983.

26 March 1983 Swedish LP/MC (+ CD/2-CD & digital album) CAROLA: FRÄMLING

  1. Främling 2.57 (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg)
  2. Säg mig var du står 3.50 [cover version of Why Tell Me Why]
  3. Benjamin 3.06 [cover version with Swedish lyrics by Ingela Forsman]
  4. Gör det någonting 4.56 (Torgny Söderberg/Monica Forsberg)
  5. Gloria 4.35 [cover version with Swedish lyrica by Ingela Forsman]
  6. You Bring Out the Best in Me 4.36 [cover version; Findon/Myers]

  7. Mickey 4.05 [cover version with Swedish lyrics by Ingela Forsman]
  8. Se på mig 4.17 (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman)
  9. Liv 4.38 (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman)
  10. Visa lite mänsklighet 4.09 [cover version of A Little Tenderness]
  11. 14 maj 3.00 [cover version with Swedish lyrics by Ingela Forsman]
  12. Du försvinner i natten 3.57 [cover version of Paris Dies in the Morning] (LP/MC: Mariann, MLPH 1542/MK 1542; CD 1992: Rival RCD 510)
    2-CD "FRÄMLING 25 ÅR" - CD 1: FRÄMLING (1983)
  1. Främling 2.57 (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg)
  2. Säg mig var du står 3.50 [cover version of Why Tell Me Why]
  3. Benjamin 3.06 [cover version with Swedish lyrics by Ingela Forsman]
  4. Gör det någonting 4.56 (Torgny Söderberg/Monica Forsberg)
  5. Gloria 4.35 [cover version with Swedish lyrica by Ingela Forsman]
  6. You Bring Out the Best in Me 4.36 [cover version; Findon/Myers]
  7. Mickey 4.05 [cover version with Swedish lyrics by Ingela Forsman]
  8. Se på mig 4.17 (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman)
  9. Liv 4.38 (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman)
  10. Visa lite mänsklighet 4.09 [cover version of A Little Tenderness]
  11. 14 maj 3.00 [cover version with Swedish lyrics by Ingela Forsman]
  12. Du försvinner i natten 3.57 [cover version of Paris Dies in the Morning]
    Bonusspår
  13. Främling (Medley English/Dutch/German/Swedish) 5.19 [Dutch 12"]
  14. Mitt i ett ägventyr 3.05 [Carola's Melodifestivalbidrag Sweden 1990]
  15. Fångad av en stormvind 3.03 [Carola's Melodifestivalbidrag Sweden 1990]
  16. Evighet 3.00 [Carola's Melodifestivalbidrag Sweden 2006]
    2-CD "FRÄMLING 25 ÅR" - CD 2: HAPPY DAYS (1985)
  1. Sometimes When We Touch 4.00 (Hill/Mann) [Carola's very first demo recorded 1981; previously unreleased]
  2. Om du törs 2.59 (Forsman/Antony/Findon) [from "PÅ EGNA BEN", 1984]
  3. Butterfly 4.09 (Holm/Forsman) [= Som en fjäril] [from "THUNDER AND LIGHNING, 1984]
  4. Säg mig var du står 3.50 [= Why Tell Me Why] (Duiser/Elias/Sauer/Forsman) [from FRÄMLING, 1983]
  5. Albatross 4.26 (Holm/Söderberg/Forsman)
  6. Hunger 5.30 (Holm/Forsman) [Single 1983]
  7. Tokyo 3.17 (Holm/Forsman) [from STEG FÖR STEG, 1984]
  8. Du lever inom mej 3.55 (Holm/Forsman) [from "PÅ EGNA BEN", 1984]
  9. I en sommarnatt 3.11 (Harpo/Forsman) [from "PÅ EGNA BEN", 1984]
  10. Let There Be Love 4.35 [4.46 on 2008 2-CD FRÄMLING] (Holm/Forsman) [= Ännu en dag] [from "THUNDER AND LIGHNING, 1984]
    Live Stockholms Isstadion 1984 [previously unreleased]:
  11. Gospel Medley 4.26
  12. Elvis Medley 7.07
  13. What A Feeling (Flashdance) 2.38
  14. Fame 1.58
    Bonusspår - Melodifestivalbidragen in English
  15. Love Isn't Love [= Främling] 2.57 (1983)
  16. You Are My Destiny [= Mitt i ett ägventyr] 3.05 (1990)
  17. Captured by a Lovestorm 3.02 [= Fångad av en stormvind] (1991)
  18. Invincible [= Evighet] 3.00 (2-CD 2008: Sony BMG Music Entertainment/Columbia, 88697269772)
Original LP produced by Lasse Holm.

May 1983 international 7"/12" Carola: Love Isn't Love [= Främling]

    Love Isn't Love 2.57 (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg/Stuart Later) / Mickey 4.05 (Swedish 7": Mariann International, MIS 2380)

    Love Isn't Love 2.57 (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg/Stuart Later) / Främling 2.57 (Swedish 7": Mariann International, MIS 2381)

    Love Isn't Love 2.57 (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg/Stuart Later) / Life [= "Liv"] (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman)
    (German 7": WEA 24-9798-7; Dutch 7": Dureco Benelux 4759; French 7": Saban Records 813 270-7; Spanish 7": Ariola B-105464; Portugese 7": EMI 11C 008-65142; UK 7": Towerbell Records TOW 38)

    Fremder [= Främling] / Ich bin noch Lange Nicht Frei [= "Liv"] (German 7": WEA, 24-9743-7)

    Je ogen hebben geen geheimen 2.55 [= Främling] / Främling 2.55 (Dutch 7": Dureco Benelux, 4765)

    Främling 5.19 [Medley English/Dutch/German/Swedish] / Life [= "Liv"] (Dutch 12": Dureco Benelux/High Fashion Music, MS 82)

"Främling" represented Swedein in Eurovision in Munich, Germany, 23 April 1983.

Oct/Nov 1983 European 7" Carola: Hunger

    Hunger 4.30 (Lasse Holm/Ingela 'Pling' Forsman) / Ännu en dag (Lasse Holm/Ingela 'Pling' Forsman) (Swedish 7" Oct 1983: Mariann, MAS 2390)

    Hunger 4.30 / Let There Be Love 4.35 (German 7" 3 Nov 1983: WEA 24-9559-7; Dutch 7": Dureco Benelux 48.41; Portugese 7": EMI 1654587)

Produced by Lasse Holm.

Dec 1983 Swedish 12" EP / MC Julefrid med Carola

    Hej mitt vinterland / Nu tändas tusen juleljus / Härlig är Jorden //
    Bjällerklang / Stilla natt / O Helga Natt (12": Mariann MMEP 602; MC: MMKS 602)
early? 1984 Italian remix 7"/12" Carola: Hunger Remix
    Hunger (Remix) 3.58 / Let There Be Love [4.15?] (7": Full Time Records, FTM 31039)

    Hunger (Disco Version) 5.24 / Hunger (Other Version) 5.27 (12": Full Time Records, FTM 31536)

Remixed by M. Chiesura at Sandy's Recording Studio, Italy.

March 1984 live 7" Carola så in i norden - Carola Häggkvist / Jahn Teigen / Timo Korhonen

    Carola Häggkvist och Timo Korhonen: En sång om gemenskap 5.10 / Carola Häggkvist och Jan Teigen: 60-tals potpurri 6.00) (Mariann/SVT Tevegram, SVT-7402)
Both tracks recorded live 25 Feb 1984 on Carola's TV-show 'Carola så in i norden'.

March 1984 Swedish 7" Carola: Tommy Loves Me

    Tommy Loves Me (Holm/Forsman) / I Think I Like It (Holm/Forsman) (Swedish 7": Mariann, MAS 2408)
Produced by Lasse Holm.

May 1984 Swedish/Finnish LP/MC (+ CD & digital album) CAROLA: STEG FÖR STEG

  1. Tommy tycker om mej 3.50 (Holm/Forsman) [= Tommy Loves Me]
  2. Jag har funnit mej själv 3.16 (Holm/Forsman)
  3. Det regnar i Stockholm 4.02 (Holm/Forsman)
  4. I Am a Woman, I Am 3.03 (Wilder)
  5. Som en fjäril 4.14 (Holm/Forsman)
  6. Radio Love 2.52 (Söderberg/Forsman)
  7. Steg för steg 5.06 (Holm/Forsman)

  8. Thunder and Lightning 4.01 (Holm/Forsman)
  9. Tokyo 3.17 (Holm/Forsman)
  10. Ännu en dag 4.35 (Holm/Forsman)
  11. I Think I Like It 4.02 (Holm/Forsman)
  12. När festen tagit slut 4.07 (Glenmark/Forsman)
  13. 60-tals potpurri 6.01 (Swedish LP/MC: Mariann MLPH 1570/MK 1570; Finnish LP/MC: K-Tel CH-7049/CH-9049; Swedish CD 1992: Rival RCD 511)
Produced and arranged by Lasse Holm and Lennart Sjöholm.

April/May 1984 Swedish International LP/MC CAROLA: THUNDER AND LIGHNING [= STEG FÖR STEG]

  1. Tommy Loves Me 3.50 (Holm/Forsman) [= Tommy tycker om mej]
  2. You're Still on My Mind 3.16 (Holm/Forsman) [= Jag har funnit mej själv]
  3. It's Raining in Stockholm 4.02 (Holm/Forsman) [= Det regnar i Stockholm]
  4. I Am a Woman, I Am 3.03 (Wilder)
  5. Butterfly 4.14 (Holm/Forsman) [= Som en fjäril]
  6. Radio Love 2.52 (Söderberg/Forsman)
  7. One by One 5.06 (Holm/Forsman) [= Steg för steg]

  8. Thunder and Lightning 4.01 (Holm/Forsman)
  9. Tokyo 3.17 (Holm/Forsman)
  10. Let There Be Love 4.35 (Holm/Forsman) [= Ännu en dag]
  11. I Think I Like It 4.02 (Holm/Forsman)
  12. Morning Star 4.07 (Glenmark/Forsman) [= När festen tagit slut]
  13. Carola & Jan Teigen: [60s] Medley 6.01 (Mariann International, MILP 1332/MIK 1332)
May/June 1984 Japanese 7" Carola: Love Isn't Love [= Främling]
    Love Isn't Love (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg/Stuart Later) / It's Raining in Stockholm 4.02 (Holm/Forsman) (Polydor, 7DM0108)
June 1984 Japanese LP CAROLA: LOVE ISN'T LOVE
  1. Love Isn't Love
  2. It's Raining in Stockholm
  3. Tokyo
  4. Tommy Loves Me
  5. You're Still on My Mind
  6. Thunder and Lightning

  7. I Think I Like It
  8. Life
  9. Hunger
  10. Let There Be Love
  11. One by One (Polydor, 28MM 0352)

later 1984 Dutch 7" Carola: Albatross

    Albatross 3.58 (T. Söderberg/L. Holm/I. Forsman) / It's Raining in Stockholm 3.54 (L. Holm/I. Forsman) (Dureco Benelux, 4933)
later 1984 Dutch LP/MC CAROLA ...WITH LOVE
  1. You're Still on My Mind 3.16 (Holm/Forsman)
  2. One by One 5.06 (Holm/Forsman)
  3. Life [= "Liv"] (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman) [B-side Love Isn't Love, 1983]
  4. Love Isn't Love [= Främling] (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg/Stuart Later) [1983]
  5. Let There Be Love 4.35 (Holm/Forsman)
  6. Radio Love 2.52 (Söderberg/Forsman)
  7. I Think I Like It 4.02 (Holm/Forsman)

  8. Tommy Loves Me 3.50 (Holm/Forsman)
  9. Albatross (Holm/Forsman)
  10. Thunder and Lightning 4.01 (Holm/Forsman)
  11. Tokyo 3.17 (Holm/Forsman)
  12. Hunger (Holm/Forsman)
  13. It's Raining in Stockholm 4.02 (Holm/Forsman) (Dureco Benelux, 88.094 / K 88.094)
Includes nine of the 13 tracks from THUNDER AND LIGHNING (excluding I Am a Woman, I Am/Butterfly/Morning Star/Medley) and adds four other tracks: Life/Love Isn't Love/Albatross/Hunger.

later 1984 Canadian 7" Carola: Tommy Loves Me

    Tommy Loves Me (Holm/Forsman) / I Think I Like It (Holm/Forsman) (Quality, Q 2444X)
later 1984 Canadian LP/MC CAROLA ...WITH LOVE
  1. Tommy Loves Me 3.50 (Holm/Forsman)
  2. I Think I Like It 4.02 (Holm/Forsman)
  3. Thunder and Lightning 4.01 (Holm/Forsman)
  4. Tokyo 3.17 (Holm/Forsman)
  5. Hunger (Holm/Forsman)
  6. It's Raining in Stockholm 4.02 (Holm/Forsman)

  7. You're Still on My Mind 3.16 (Holm/Forsman)
  8. One by One 5.06 (Holm/Forsman)
  9. Life [= "Liv"] (Lasse Holm/Ingela Forsman) [B-side Love Isn't Love, 1983]
  10. Love Isn't Love [= Främling] (Lasse Holm/Monica Forsberg/Stuart Later) [1983]
  11. Let There Be Love 4.35 (Holm/Forsman)
  12. Radio Love 2.52 (Söderberg/Forsman)
  13. Albatross (Holm/Forsman) (K-Tel, NC 576 / NC 576-4)
Same tracks as on Dutch LP but side A has different track order and side B excludes the last track.

Dec 1984 Swedish/Finnish LP/MC (+ CD & digital album) CAROLA: PÅ EGNA BEN

    Swedish LP/MC/CD:
  1. På egna ben 4.06 (Bryan Adams/Jim Wallance/Eric Cagna/Pling Forsman)
  2. I en sommarnatt 3.11 (Harpo/Pling Forsman)
  3. Terpsichore 3.35 (Tom Snow/Synthia Weil/Pling Forsman)
  4. Kärlekens natt 2.54 (Gilbert Montagne/Pling Forsman)
  5. Här är mitt liv 5.18 (Lasse Holm/Pling Forsman)
  6. Hand i hand 3.52 (Svein Gundersen/Pling Forsman)

  7. Om du törs 2.59 (B. Findon/M. Antony/Pling Forsman)
  8. Amore 3.23 (Albertelli/Malepasse/Fornaciari/Carola Häggkvist)
  9. Så attraherad 4.08 (Lasse Andersson/Pling Forsman)
  10. Gjord av sten 4.00 (M. Duiser/G. Elias/Pling Forsman)
  11. Ge av dej själv 3.08 (N. Drevsholt/Pling Forsman)
  12. Du lever inom mej 3.55 (Lasse Holm/Pling Forsman) (Mariann, MLPH 1590 / MK 1590; CD 1993: Rival 74321 15156 2)
    Finnish LP/MC:
  1. På egna ben 4.06 (Bryan Adams/Jim Wallance/Eric Cagna/Pling Forsman)
  2. I en sommarnatt 3.11 (Harpo/Pling Forsman)
  3. Terpsichore 3.35 (Tom Snow/Synthia Weil/Pling Forsman)
  4. Kärlekens natt 2.54 (Gilbert Montagne/Pling Forsman)
  5. Här är mitt liv 5.18 (Lasse Holm/Pling Forsman)
  6. Hand i hand 3.52 (Svein Gundersen/Pling Forsman)
  7. Albatross [Extra track]

  8. Om du törs 2.59 (B. Findon/M. Antony/Pling Forsman)
  9. Amore 3.23 (Albertelli/Malepasse/Fornaciari/Carola Häggkvist)
  10. Så attraherad 4.08 (Lasse Andersson/Pling Forsman)
  11. Gjord av sten 4.00 (M. Duiser/G. Elias/Pling Forsman)
  12. Ge av dej själv 3.08 (N. Drevsholt/Pling Forsman)
  13. Du lever inom mej 3.35 (Lasse Holm/Pling Forsman) (K-Tel/Mariann, CA-7071 / CA-9071)
Produced and arranged by Lennart Sjöholm.

1985 Swedish coll-LP/MC (+ digital album 2016) CAROLA: HAPPY DAYS

  1. Sometimes When We Touch 4.00 (Hill/Mann) [Carola's very first demo recorded 1981; previously unreleased]
  2. Om du törs 2.59 (Forsman/Antony/Findon) [from "PÅ EGNA BEN", 1984]
  3. Butterfly 4.09 (Holm/Forsman) [= Som en fjäril] [from "THUNDER AND LIGHNING, 1984]
  4. Säg mig var du står 3.50 [= Why Tell Me Why] (Duiser/Elias/Sauer/Forsman) [from FRÄMLING, 1983]
  5. Albatross 4.26 (Holm/Söderberg/Forsman)
  6. Hunger 5.30 (Holm/Forsman) [Single 1983]
  7. Tokyo 3.17 (Holm/Forsman) [from STEG FÖR STEG, 1984]

  8. Du lever inom mej 3.55 (Holm/Forsman) [from "PÅ EGNA BEN", 1984]
  9. I en sommarnatt 3.11 (Harpo/Forsman) [from "PÅ EGNA BEN", 1984]
  10. Let There Be Love 4.35 [4.46 on 2008 2-CD FRÄMLING] (Holm/Forsman) [= Ännu en dag] [from "THUNDER AND LIGHNING, 1984]
    Live Stockholms Isstadion 1984 [previously unreleased]:
  11. Gospel Medley 4.26
  12. Elvis Medley 7.07
  13. What A Feeling (Flashdance) 2.38
  14. Fame 1.58 (Mariann, MLPH 1614 / MK-1614)

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Last update 2025-03-25.

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