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██▓▀ Album......[ Thank You For The Music ▀▓██
▄ █▓█ █ Label......[ Licking Fingers █ █▓█ ▄
█▒█▓█▄▀ Catalog #..[ LF030 ▀▄█▓█▒█
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▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2008-08-29 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2008-05-28 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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▓█▄████▀ Encoder....[ LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ▀████▄█▓
▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 178 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.lickingfingers.com ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 01 Anna JΣrvinen - Svensktalande BΣttre 3:23 ▓█
█▓ Folk ▓█
█▓ 02 Jens Lekman - The Opposite Of Hallelujah 4:23 ▓█
█▓ 03 Lykke Li - Everybody But Me 3:17 ▓█
█▓ 04 Those Dancing Days - Dischoe 1:59 ▓█
█▓ 05 Friska Viljor - Old Man 3:34 ▓█
█▓ 06 Shout Out Louds - South America 5:03 ▓█
█▓ 07 The Concretes - The Sentence 3:31 ▓█
█▓ 08 First Floor Power - The Jacket 2:27 ▓█
█▓ 09 Pacific! - Runway To Elsewhere 3:25 ▓█
█▓ 10 Kleerup with Lisa Milberg - Music For 2:41 ▓█
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█▓ 11 Radio Dept. - Freddie And The Trojan 3:27 ▓█
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█▓ 12 Studio - No Comply 5:42 ▓█
█▓ 13 Peter MorΘn - Social Competence 4:21 ▓█
█▓ 14 Loney, Dear - Your Time Is To Come 3:48 ▓█
█▓ 15 Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Liar Lion 3:52 ▓█
█▓ 16 El Perro Del Mar - Glory To The World 2:49 ▓█
█▓ 17 The Tiny - Too Heavy A Burden 3:10 ▓█
█▓ 18 Frida Hyv÷nen - See How I Came Into Town 3:34 ▓█
█▓ 19 Speedmarket Avenue - Sirens 6:10 ▓█
█▓ 20 Idiot Kid - Wide Awake 3:25 ▓█
█▓ 21 Nicolai Dunger - God's Waiting Room 3:37 ▓█
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█░█▒ This compilation explains better than anything else ▒█░█
█░█▒ why we started Licking Fingers in the first place. ▒█░█
█░█▒ (Well, technically in second place, as our first ▒█░█
█░█▒ motif was purely egoistical; we had formed a band ▒█░█
█░█▒ called The Concretes and we needed a way to get our ▒█░█
█░█▒ albums onto Scandinavian store shelves.) It became ▒█░█
█░█▒ very clear at an early stage that we werenÆt alone ▒█░█
█░█▒ in our search for a nice, warm home û with high ▒█░█
█░█▒ ceilings, an ocean view, fabulous taste in music ▒█░█
█░█▒ and interior decoration. But you donÆt want just ▒█░█
█░█▒ anyone to move in with you (as sir Alec McGuiness ▒█░█
█░█▒ made ▒█░█
█░█▒ perfectly clear in æLadykillersÆ way back in 1955) ▒█░█
█░█▒ so it took us a while to unlock those gates. ▒█░█
█░█▒ We are so happy we did. The first person to stroll ▒█░█
█░█▒ in was Frida Hyv÷nen, pointing six very muscular ▒█░█
█░█▒ and handsome young boys in the direction of the ▒█░█
█░█▒ Licking Fingers banquet room, giving them careful ▒█░█
█░█▒ instructions not to damage her grand piano in any ▒█░█
█░█▒ way whatsoever had they the desire to live to see ▒█░█
█░█▒ their 20th birthday. In her other hand she was ▒█░█
█░█▒ carrying ten perfect pop songs, carved in ivory and ▒█░█
█░█▒ neatly folded in a little bundle she referred to as ▒█░█
█░█▒ æUntil Death ComesÆ. That was in 2004. Three years ▒█░█
█░█▒ later thereÆs another knock on the door. Enter the ▒█░█
█░█▒ most adorable dog (dawg?) weÆve ever seen. And ▒█░█
█░█▒ curiously, although she was wearing a very stylish ▒█░█
█░█▒ collar, she appeared to be homeless. She was El ▒█░█
█░█▒ Perro del Mar and she was looking for shelter. ▒█░█
█░█▒ We couldnÆt possibly put in to words how proud we ▒█░█
█░█▒ are to house two such marvellous talents. (Not to ▒█░█
█░█▒ mention our own genius landlord selves.) And though ▒█░█
█░█▒ weÆd like to think that we really couldnÆt do much ▒█░█
█░█▒ better we canÆt help but notice that Sweden has ▒█░█
█░█▒ come a long way since the early days of Licking ▒█░█
█░█▒ Fingers (our 10th anniversary is coming up soon). A ▒█░█
█░█▒ very long way. ▒█░█
█░█▒ We get asked about this all the time. What is the ▒█░█
█░█▒ secret? How come Sweden sports so many incredible ▒█░█
█░█▒ musical talents? Is it the long dark winters? The ▒█░█
█░█▒ suicide rates (we all know true artists must ▒█░█
█░█▒ suffer)? The government fundings? Is it the boredom ▒█░█
█░█▒ we all surely juggle with, living as we do in such ▒█░█
█░█▒ a remote and tiny country? Is it the early ▒█░█
█░█▒ indoctrination of ABBA and their unique blend of ▒█░█
█░█▒ bittersweetness and ▒█░█
█░█▒ bombasticity (is that even a word?)? Has Britt ▒█░█
█░█▒ Ekland and Rod Stewart anything to do with it? ▒█░█
█░█▒ Could it be something in the water? OR is it ▒█░█
█░█▒ something to do with those mythical open ▒█░█
█░█▒ sandwiches??? (Yes the rumours are true, we eat but ▒█░█
█░█▒ one slice of bread and then our spread of choice on ▒█░█
█░█▒ top of it, and then no extra lid of bread û nor do ▒█░█
█░█▒ we slice it diagonally before digging in). ▒█░█
█░█▒ Truth is we donÆt know. We all have our theories ▒█░█
█░█▒ but we canÆt know for sure. ▒█░█
█░█▒ We know one thing: This compilation brings ▒█░█
█░█▒ together, for the first time ever, twentyone of ▒█░█
█░█▒ those incredible talents. Twentyone of the ▒█░█
█░█▒ twentyfirst centuryÆs finest, finest acts. Some of ▒█░█
█░█▒ them are just starting out, others have already ▒█░█
█░█▒ conquered the ▒█░█
█░█▒ world (in a sensible Swedish social-democratic kind ▒█░█
█░█▒ of way). All of them have contributed with truly ▒█░█
█░█▒ terrific songs. All of them from the artistsÆ most ▒█░█
█░█▒ recent offerings, some of them very recent indeed û ▒█░█
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█░█▒ spanking fresh if you will, in some cases ▒█░█
█░█▒ previously unreleased, in others rare tracks. One ▒█░█
█░█▒ by one they are great, side by side they are ▒█░█
█░█▒ something else. ▒█░█
█░█▒ So, Sweden as a nation may not know who to thank ▒█░█
█░█▒ for the music. But we sure as hell know: To all who ▒█░█
█░█▒ contributed to this record. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Thank you for the music. ▒█░█
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