My Colouring Book

My Colouring Book is the eleventh studio album released by Swedish singer-songwriter Agnetha Fältskog. It is her fourth album recorded in English and was her first album release for 17 years, and was well received by ABBA fans, as well as the general music press, with renditions of songs which she had listened to during her teen years in the 1960s.

This article is about the Agnetha Fältskog album. For the American popular song, see My Coloring Book.
My Colouring Book
Album cover
Studio album by
Agnetha Fältskog
Released19 April 2004
RecordedFebruary 2003 – January 2004
StudioAtlantis Studio, Unit 7 and Hammarby Studio, Stockholm
GenrePop, adult contemporary, easy listening
Length42:07
LabelWEA
Producer
  • Agnetha Fältskog
  • Anders Neglin
  • Dan Strömkvist
Agnetha Fältskog chronology
That's Me
(1998)		 My Colouring Book
(2004)		 Agnetha Fältskog De Första Åren
(2004)

The singles from the album were "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (#11 in the UK) and "When You Walk in the Room" (UK #34), though "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" was issued in Sweden as a promo-only single. The album reached #12 in the UK, her highest charting album there until May 2013, when she reached #6 with her album "A".[1]

Reception

It was announced that around 500,000 copies of the album were sold worldwide.[2] During 2004, the album went silver in the UK for sales of over 60,000,[3] while in Fältskog's home country of Sweden, during its first week of release, a high 64,000 copies were sold. My Colouring Book also reached #6 in Germany in May 2004.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The Guardian link
The Observer(positive) link

Track listing
  1. "My Colouring Book" (Fred Ebb, John Kander)
  2. "When You Walk in the Room" (Jackie de Shannon)
  3. "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (John Cameron)
  4. "Sealed with a Kiss" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell)
  5. "Love Me with All Your Heart" (Carlos Rodríguez Rigual, Mario Rodríguez Rigual, Carlos Alberto Martinoli, Michael Vaughn)
  6. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard)
  7. "Past, Present and Future" (Arthur Butler, Jerry Leiber, George Francis Morton)
  8. "A Fool Am I" (Flavio Carraresi, Alberto Testa, Peter Callander) (originally Dimmelo parlami by Fabrizio Ferretti[4])
  9. "I Can't Reach Your Heart" (Ted Murry, Benny Davis)
  10. "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" (Michael Batt)
  11. "The End of the World" (Arthur Kent, Sylvia Dee)
  12. "Remember Me" (Chris Andrews)
  13. "What Now My Love" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman)

Personnel

According to the European CD issue.[5]

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[21] Gold 15,899[21]
Sweden (GLF)[22] Platinum 60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Silver 60,000^
Summaries
Worldwide — 500,000[2]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Official Charts Company - UK Chart discography
  2. Levine, Nick (May 9, 2013). "Abba's Agnetha Fältskog returns with her first album of original material in 25 years". The National. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. BPI - searchable database - Agnetha Faltskog Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://coverdalfreddo.blogspot.it/2014/07/agnetha-faltskog-cover-e-curiosita.html
  5. "Agnetha Fältskog – My Coloring Book". Discogs. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "Australiancharts.com – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  9. "Danishcharts.dk – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  11. "Agnetha Fältskog: My Colouring Book" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  13. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Agnetha Fältskog". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. "Norwegiancharts.com – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  15. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  16. "Swedishcharts.com – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  17. "Swisscharts.com – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  19. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2004". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  20. "Årslista Album – År 2004" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  21. "Agnetha Fältskog" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  22. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2004" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  23. "British album certifications – Agnetha Fältskog – My Colouring Book". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 5, 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type My Colouring Book in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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