Papaya Coconut

Papaya Coconut
Album cover
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1986
RecordedKMH Studio, Stockholm, September–October 1986
GenreCountry pop, schlager
LabelMariann Grammofon AB
ProducerLasse Holm
Kikki Danielsson chronology
Bra vibrationer
(1985)
Papaya Coconut
(1986)
Min barndoms jular
(1987)

Papaya Coconut is a studio album from Swedish pop singer Kikki Danielsson,[1][2][3] released in November 1986. All the songs were written and composed by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman. The song "Nashville, Tennessee" is from the 1986 television programme Kikki i Nashville. The album was on the Swedish Albums Chart around new year 1986-1987, and peaked at number 29 on the chart.

Track listing

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Side A

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# Title Songwriter Length
1. "Hela livet med dej" Lasse Holm 5:16
2. "En timme för sent" Lasse Holm 3:45
3. "Regnet som föll i går" Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman 4:20
4. "Nashville, Tennessee" Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman 3:05
5. "Ensam i stan" Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman 4:29

Side B

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# Title Songwriter Length
6. "Papaya Coconut" Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman 3:57
7. "Rädda pojkar" Lasse Holm 3:37
8. "Låt mej få va ledsen i dag" Lasse Holm 4:16
9. "Nu eller aldrig" Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg 3:55
10. "Du ger mej ingen orsak" Lasse Holm 5:07

Contributing musicians

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Recorded and mixed in KMH Studio in Stockholm, Sweden in September–October 1986.

Svensktoppen

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Three of the songs from this album were tested on the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen.

  • The song "Rädda pojkar" charted at Svensktoppen for four weeks between 29 June–21 September 1986 (including the summer break), peaking at 5th position.[4]
  • The song "En timme försent" charted at Svensktoppen for nine weeks between 30 November 1986–1 February 1987, peaking at third position.[4]-1987,[5]
  • The song "Papaya Coconut" was on Svensktoppen for 12 weeks between 11 January–29 March 1987, peaking at first position.[5]

Album cover

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One side of the inner covers advertised for Danielsson's holiday village Orfa, which is located between Bollnäs and Ljusdal, and a discount coupon authorizing 10% discount for cottage renting during 1987.

Charts

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Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 29

References

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  1. ^ Papaya Coconut at Swedish Media Database.
  2. ^ Papaya Coconut at Swedish Media Database.
  3. ^ Papaya Coconut at Swedish Media Database.
  4. ^ a b "Svensktoppen 1986" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1986. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Svensktoppen 1987" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 1987. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Kikki – Papaya Coconut". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2020.