1982 Tommy Nilsson – Tommy Nilsson

Mike Baird, Mike Landau, Mike Porcaro, Randy Kerber, Richard Page, Steve George, Steve Tavaglione, Tommy Nilsson

Tommy Nilsson‘s (second) selftitled album is the second solo album, released in 1982 on Mylabel.

Erik Tommy Nilsson (born 11 March 1960 in Köping) is a Swedish rock singer and composer.

In the late 1970s, the artist was the singer of Swedish heavy metal band Horizont. The group released two albums but a French producer, Yves Accary, contacted Nilsson and signed him to a French record company. The singer enjoyed his first big hit in France in 1981 with the song “No Way No How”. The single sold one million copies and the album 200 000 copies. No Way No How, his first album, included disco tracks and ballads. A follow up LP Tommy Nilsson was released in 1982 and this time the songs were composed by Tommy Nilsson and Alex R Contanstinos. This was a rock album, recorded in Stockholm and Los Angeles, but it did not sell very well and after two years of travelling between France and the United States, Tommy Nilsson decided to go back to Sweden.

Tracks

1 Radio Me (Jack Robinson; James Bolden) 03:30
2 Dark Angel (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 03:24
3 Don’t Leave Me Now (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 03:41
4 I Know That You Know (Alec Constandinos) 03:31
5 Stop Thinking About You And Me (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 03:43
6 Street Law (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 03:41
7 Willing To Try (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 03:39
8 Is This The Way (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 05:15
9 Leaving It Up To You (Alec Constandinos; Tommy Nilsson) 03:10

Media

Musicians

1 Radio Me

Bass	Mike Porcaro
Drums	Mike Baird
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Dennis Herring
Sax	Steve Tavaglione
Keyboards	Randy Kerber
Programming	Alec Constandinos
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

2 Dark Angel

Bass	Mike Porcaro
Drums	Mike Baird
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Dennis Herring
Keyboards	Randy Kerber
Programming	Alec Constandinos
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

3 Don’t Leave Me Now

Bass	Mike Porcaro
Drums	Mike Baird
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Dennis Herring
Keyboards	Randy Kerber
Programming	Alec Constandinos
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

4 I Know That You Know

Bass	Mike Porcaro
Drums	Mike Baird
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Dennis Herring
Sax	Steve Tavaglione
Keyboards	Randy Kerber
Programming	Alec Constandinos
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

5 Stop Thinking About You And Me

Bass	Tommy Gallhägen
Drums	Rolf Alex
Guitar	Jonas Isacksson
Keyboards	Anders Elljas
Sax	Steve Tavaglione
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Harry Nilsson

6 Street Law

Bass	Tommy Gallhägen
Drums	Thomas Löfgren
Guitar	Jonas Isacksson
Keyboards	Randy Kerber
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

7 Willing To Try

Bass	Mike Porcaro
Drums	Mike Baird
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Dennis Herring
Sax	Steve Tavaglione
Keyboards	Randy Kerber
Programming	Alec Constandinos
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

8 Is This The Way

Bass	Tommy Gallhägen
Drums	Rolf Alex
Guitar	Jonas Isacksson
Keyboards	Anders Elljas
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

9 Leaving It Up To You

Bass	Tommy Gallhägen
Drums	Thomas Löfgren
Guitar	Steve Holm
Keyboards	Tommy Nilsson
Background Vocals	Richard Page
Background Vocals	Steve George
Vocals	Tommy Nilsson

Strings

Assa Drori String Ensemble (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 7)

Liner Notes

Producer – Alec Costandinos, Tommy Nilsson
Producer (Executive) – Yves Accary
Arranged By – Erich Bulling (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
Arranged By – Tommy Nilsson (Track 5)
Arranged By – Jonas Isacsson (Track 6)
Arranged By – Anders Eljas (Track 8)
Arranged By – Thomas Löfgren, Tommy Gällhagen (Track 9)
Conductor – Erich Bulling (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6)
Engineer – Greg Edward, Håkan Wollgård (Tracks 5, 6, 8)
Engineer (Second Engineer) – Rick Johnson

Photography By – Berne Ståhlenkrantz

Recorded At – Rumbo Recorders
Recorded At – Studio Bastun
Mixed At – Rumbo Recorders

2 Comments

Jan Lücker on Facebook
October 23, 2016 @ 09:39

Thank you Lorenzo Settepanella

Frédéric Huybens on Facebook
October 24, 2016 @ 13:57

Produced by French musician Alec R. Costandinos who released disco records under his own name and who produced and composed ‘Love in C Minor’ by Cerrone amongst others.