List | A | Adolphson & Falk | 'Med Rymden I Blodet' CD 1982

Track:	Name:	Time:
1.	Från Min Radio	4:10
2.	Mr. Jones Maskin	4:14
3.	Kroppens Automatik	4:04
4.	Krafter Vi Aldrig Känner	7:45
5.	Stockholmsserenad	3:57
6.	Vidare	5:34
7.	Bärande Våg	3:55
8.	5:e Avenyn	7:04
	Total	40:43

Comments:

Early Swedish synth pop band with a very characteristical sound. Lots of hi-tech-lyrics; the two guys (Tomas Adolphson and Anders Falk) were apparently both engineers. They wrote and sang the songs, while the third member, Englishman Greg Fitzpatrick, arranged the music. The lyrics are often quite clever and ambiguous, and it's hard to tell whether they're actually praising something or warning us about it (kind of like the famous Kraftwerk ambiguity). This particular album has lots of lyrics about space or sci-fi themes, which makes sense if you think of the title: 'With Space In The Blood' (mankind is a part of the universe at the smallest level).

Songs like the optimistic 'Från Min Radio' and 'Bärande Våg' are about the use of technology to bridge the geographical gap between lovers. The spooky 'Mr. Jones Maskin' is about the perfect android who is frustrated that his advice he gives is never put to use and about his fear for the flawed humans around him (almost like giving hints this robot will soon rebel against its masters). 'Kroppens Automatik' is in direct translation 'Body Mechanic'; viewing the human body as a biological machine, with some erotic undertones. Both 'Krafter Vi Aldrig Känner' and 'Vidare' are about man's neverending quest for knowledge about this complex world we live in, about research and the urge to know more. and how little we really know. (The former of the two songs could be seen as a bridge between the latter and 'Kroppens Automatik'). 'Stockholmsserenad' is about two lovers who meet (in Stockholm, I should guess) and their magic night, only to return to their dull everyday life in the morning (Johnny works with computers). Finally, '5:e Avenyn' is about 5th avenue (in New York?) and the two very different worlds at each end of it; the poverty of Harlem versus the wealth of Washington Square. It's a quite dark song, and quite sharp in the observations a tourist might make from a cab; 5th avenue in comparison with the entire world, poverty and wealth.

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