Imaginary Friends

by A.C.T

Imaginary Friends cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 March 2001
  • Label: Atena
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 57:38
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Peter Asp, Tomas Erlandsson, Lisa Fagius, Diana Crafoord, Jerry Sahlin, Pelle Saether, Herman Saming, Ola Andersson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rejecting the often dour tone of modern progressive metal, this Swedish quintet embraces an incredibly playful and eclectic sonic palette. The album blends highly complex time signatures and dazzling technical proficiency with theatrical, quirky pop melodies and soaring, infectious choruses.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, complex, uncommon-time-signatures, technical, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Take It Easy (4:27)
  2. Hippest Flop (4:48)
  3. A Supposed Tour (4:41)
  4. Biggest Mistake (7:49)
  5. Imaginary Friends (5:50)
  6. She/Male (4:47)
  7. At the Altar (0:38)
  8. Svetlana (3:42)
  9. No Perspective (1:06)
  10. Second Thoughts (0:54)
  11. Mr.Unfaithful (7:04)
  12. Gamophobia (0:46)
  13. Little Beauty (4:18)
  14. And They Lived Happily Ever After (6:40)

Credits

  • Johan Ederfors - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings]
  • Peter Asp - bass, percussion, backing vocals, graphics, cover [concept], words by
  • Lisa Fagius - cello
  • Tomas Erlandsson - drums, percussion, backing vocals, words by
  • Ola Andersson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, words by
  • Herman Saming - lead vocals, backing vocals, trumpet [silent]
  • Anna Blomkvist - strings [violin 1]
  • Karolina Sj枚holm - strings [violin 2]

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