Thursday, July 3, 2025

JOJJE WADENIUS – Puss puss sant sant (Sonet, 1978)


Swedish vocals
International relevance: **

Goda' goda'” is one of the GREAT Swedish childrens' records of all time, a fantastic LP chock full of brilliant songs and Jojje Wadenius and his Made In Sweden pals at their very best. The lyrics were written by children's author Barbro Lindgren, and she did the same for ”Puss puss sant sant”, recorded almost ten years after ”Goda' goda'” as a kind of sequel. But times were different and so were the musicians, and the childlike joy that permeated the original album wasn't to be repeated in 1978. The band tracks sound like an ordinary day at work, very studio musicians-like, and Wadenius himself often sounds as if he just goes through the motions vocally. Some songs are fine though, with the best one being the beautiful and ironically enough instrumental ”Vintervisa” which is close to what John Renbourn Group did on their albums from roughly the same time, complete with tablas. But compared to the album ”Puss puss sant sant” was styled after, this is a real disappointment.

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