Man får vara glad att man inte är död cover

Man får vara glad att man inte är död

Lars Demian · 1994

49 min · 11 tracks

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

70 /100
Treeline
Higher than 50% of albums we've rated

Its theatrical, darkly comic songwriting gives the record a distinct voice; the middle run of drinking songs shapes the sequence, though the closing pair makes only a loose arc.

What we noticed

  • The title track opens the album; “God natt” appears second-to-last, with “För sent” closing it rather than a reprise of the opener.
  • The drinking-related titles “Gammeldansk,” “Skallen full av brännvin,” and “Fyllot & Miss World” cluster at tracks 4–6, before “Drömmaren” and the longer story-title track.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
7/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
6/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 4/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Man får vara glad att man inte är död 3:57
  • 2 Serenad kl 04:15 4:08
  • 3 Pengar 5:33
  • 4 Gammeldansk 3:56
  • 5 Skallen full av brännvin 3:33
  • 6 Fyllot & Miss World 5:05
  • 7 ... Till den fria kärleken 3:56
  • 8 Drömmaren 4:26
  • 9 Den tragiska historien om tomten, näcken och den svarta madam 6:28
  • 10 God natt 5:07
  • 11 För sent 2:51

Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata