Izdavač: Ostalo
Žanr: Pop, Rok
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album by Agnetha Fältskog
Released 9 November 1987
Recorded 1987
Studios Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, California)
Additional recording:
Skyline Recording (Topanga, California)
That Studio (North Hollywood, California)
Sun Valley Audio (Sun Valley, Idaho)
Zebra Studio (Studio City, California)
Genre Pop rock
Length 41:41
Label WEA
Producers
Peter CeteraBruce Gaitsch
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
Kom följ med i vår karusell
(1987) I Stand Alone
(1987) My Love, My Life
(1996)
I Stand Alone is the third English-language solo studio album, and tenth overall, by Swedish singer and former ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog, first released on 9 November 1987 in Sweden by WEA Records.[1] It was produced by former Chicago member Peter Cetera and would be her last album for 17 years.

Despite limited promotion, which included only music video recordings and a few interviews, the album managed to sell half a million copies.[2]

Overview
In 1978, Fältskog met Cetera in the UNICEF charity show, performing as part of their groups ABBA and Chicago.[3] Cetera desired to collaborate with Fältskog in the future and had kept in touch.[3] Cetera regularly sent songs that he thought were suitable for Fältskog. Slowly, but surely, the album took shape.[3]

Recorded mainly in Los Angeles[4] and Malibu, California, I Stand Alone was produced by Peter Cetera, the former singer and bass guitar player with American rock band Chicago. He duetted with Fältskog on the track `I Wasn`t the One (Who Said Goodbye)`, written by Mark Mueller and Aaron Zigman, which was a Top 20 Adult Contemporary Hit on the Billboard chart in the US.[5] The co-producer of the album was Bruce Gaitsch, with whom Fältskog was in a relationship at the time. It was the first time after ABBA broke up that Fältskog worked under strict production management.[3] Fältskog felt that I Stand Alone, despite the lack of her own songs, was her most personal album.[3]

Fältskog made a very rare trip on an airplane to Los Angeles to record the album. After it was completed, she did not fly again for years due to her much-publicised fear of flying. She did, however, admit that the flight was worth it. The resulting musical style of the album was very different from the European sounds of Faltskog`s previous two albums, and reflected the West Coast American influences of the producers. Fältskog had also refused to tour, disappointing the record company.[3] The singer instead wanted to promote the album through shortcuts including videos and open-ended interviews, where presenters could record their own questions.[3] Fältskog stated that she could afford to disagree with the record company, since she had largely financed the record herself. [3]

The track `Love in a World Gone Mad` was a cover version of a song by British pop group Bucks Fizz, from their 1986 album Writing on the Wall.

Fältskog also made several promo videos for singles from the album, including `The Last Time` and `Let It Shine`. When the third single, `I Wasn`t the One (Who Said Goodbye)`, appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1988, Warner Music asked her to make another video immediately. Although it was a duet with Peter Cetera, he did not appear in the video.

On the cover of the album and in promotional interviews, Fältskog appeared with a `new` spiky blonde hair look. The album cover picture was taken by Alberto Tolot, who had transformed Fältskog`s hair.[3]

Estoy sola
The album was released as Estoy sola for the Latin American market on LP and cassette in 1987. All of the song titles were translated into Spanish, but only two were actually re-recorded with new Spanish vocals by Fältskog and Cetera: `Yo no fui quién dijo adiós` (`I Wasn`t the One (Who Said Goodbye)`) and `La última vez` (`The Last Time`). The Spanish versions of these tracks were written by Cruz Baca Sembello.[6][7]

Track listing
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `The Last Time`
Robin RandallJudithe RandallJeff Law
4:12
2. `Little White Secrets`
Ellen SchwartzRoger BrunoSusan Pomerantz
4:04
3. `I Wasn`t the One (Who Said Goodbye)` (duet with Peter Cetera)
Mark MuellerAaron Zigman
4:10
4. `Love in a World Gone Mad`
Billy LivseyPete Sinfield
4:08
5. `Maybe It Was Magic`
Peter BrownPat Hurley
4:07
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Let It Shine`
Austin RobertsBill LaBountyBeckie Foster
3:58
2. `We Got a Way`
John RobinsonFranne GoldeMartin Walsh
3:50
3. `I Stand Alone`
Peter CeteraBruce Gaitsch
4:48
4. `Are You Gonna Throw It All Away`
Diane WarrenAlbert HammondGuy Roche
4:52
5. `If You Need Somebody Tonight`
WarrenHammond
3:32
Total length: 41:41
Personnel
Adapted from the album`s liner notes.[11]

Musicians

Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals, backing vocals
Peter Cetera – co-lead vocals (3), backing vocals
Kenny Cetera; Darlene Koldenhoven; Linda Harmon – backing vocals
Bruce Gaitsch – guitars
John Robinson – drums
Randy Waldman – piano, synthesizers
Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers, bells, whistles
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
David Boruff – saxophone
Tommy Morgan – harmonica
Production

Peter Cetera – producer
Bruce Gaitsch – co-producer, synthesizer programming
Rick Holbrook – engineer, mixing (at Lion Share Recording Studios)
Britt Bacon – assistant engineer (at Skyline Recording, Topanga, California)
Karen Siegel – mixing assistant
Wally Traugott – mastering (at Capitol Mastering, Hollywood, California)
Ivy Skoff – production coordinator
Alberto Tolot – photography
Cesare Zucca – styling
Peter Savic – hair
Gary Berkowitz – make-up