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LOL (Basshunter album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = LOL

| type = Studio

| artist = Basshunter

| cover = Basshunter – LOL.jpg

| alt = A serious-looking person peers through an opening.

| released = 28 August 2006

| recorded = 2006 at Basshunter Studio and PJ Harmony Studio

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Eurodance

| length = 54:25

| label =

| producer =

| prev_title = The Bassmachine

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = The Old Shit

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Singles

| name = LOL <(^^,)>

| type = studio

| single1 = Boten Anna

| single1date = 9 May 2006

| single2 = Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

| single2date = 13 September 2006

| single3 = Jingle Bells

| single3date = 13 November 2006

| single4 = Vifta med händerna

| single4date = 13 December 2006

}}

}}

LOL (stylized LOL <(^^,)>; LOL is short for "laughing out loud", and <(^^,)> is an emoticon for "satisfied"){{cite web|url=http://www.basshunter.se/basshunter.htm|title=Biography| website = basshunter.se|accessdate=27 March 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107194447/http://www.basshunter.se/basshunter.htm|archivedate=7 November 2006|format=click on "BIO", requires Adobe Flash Player software}} is the second studio album by the Swedish musician Basshunter, and was released on 28 August 2006 by Warner Music Sweden. An international edition was released on 22 December 2006, with a red version of the cover artwork.{{cite web|title=Basshunter - LOL <(^^,)> (CD, Album) | Discogs|website=Discogs |date=14 November 2006 |url=https://www.discogs.com/Basshunter-LOL-/release/921803}} The international version includes the original album's Swedish songs (with the exception of "Sverige") with their titles translated into English, a slightly-different track order and additional tracks, including "Jingle Bells".

Background

On 21 November 2005, Basshunter announced that he was working on a new album and had completed ten songs.{{cite web|url=http://basshunter.se/|title=:: Recent News| website =basshunter.se|date=21 November 2005 |accessdate=27 March 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206194310/http://basshunter.se/|archivedate=6 February 2006}} He announced his upcoming single "Welcome to Rainbow" the following month,{{cite web|url=http://basshunter.se/|title=:: Recent News| website =basshunter.se|date=20 December 2005 |accessdate=27 March 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206194310/http://basshunter.se/|archivedate=6 February 2006}} and it was released on 1 April 2006. The single included the hardstyle remix and two bonus tracks: "Evil Beat" and "Boten Anna".{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/Basshunter-Welcome-To-Rainbow/release/1186658 |title= Basshunter – Welcome to Rainbow | others=Basshunter | accessdate=26 March 2019 | website =None|via=Discogs}} Basshunter re-recorded "Boten Anna" in March, and posted it on his website for download.{{cite web|url=http://www.findance.com/haastattelut.php?id=226|title=Basshunter| website = Findance.com|author=Antti Niemelä|date=14 September 2006 |accessdate=27 March 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225052501/http://www.findance.com/haastattelut.php?id=226|archivedate=25 February 2007|language=fi}} He signed with Extensive Music in April,{{cite web | url = http://www.basshunter.se/bio/ | title = Bio | accessdate = 27 March 2019 | website = basshunter.se | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528035145/http://www.basshunter.se/bio/ | archivedate = 28 May 2010}} and Warner Music Sweden{{cite news | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-03/music/basshunter-turns-fruityloops-into-gold/ | title = Basshunter turns FruityLoops into gold | date = 2 June 2009 | accessdate = 10 August 2014 | author = Erika Hobart | newspaper = Seattle Weekly | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090607080130/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-03/music/basshunter-turns-fruityloops-into-gold | archivedate = 7 June 2009}} and "Boten Anna" was released on 9 May.{{cite web | url = https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Boten+Anna&cat=s | title = Basshunter – Boten Anna (song) | accessdate = 27 March 2019 | website = swedishcharts.com}}

Basshunter worked on LOL for three and a half weeks.{{cite news | url = http://www.sydsvenskan.se/samtidigt/basshunter-fann-en-bot-mot-mobbarna | title = Basshunter fann en bot mot mobbarna | newspaper = Sydsvenskan | author = Jonas Grönlund | date = 20 January 2008 | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | language = sv | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120707191426/http://www.sydsvenskan.se/samtidigt/basshunter-fann-en-bot-mot-mobbarna | archivedate = 7 July 2012}} The album was recorded at Basshunter Studio and PJ Harmony Studio. Basshunter produced most of the songs; three were produced by PJ Harmony. Vocals were recorded by Basshunter and Robert Uhlmann at Basshunter Studio and Extensive Studio. LOL was mastered by Björn Engelman at the Cutting Room.{{cite AV media notes|title=LOL <(^^,)>|others=Basshunter|year=2006| website =Warner Music Sweden|type=Booklet|id=5051011-5648-2-6}} Ali Payami assisted Basshunter on three tracks. According to the singer, its songs have elements of hard dance and hard trance and he chose them for his old and new listeners.{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chonnLM26pc | title = Interview Basshunter – Jonas Altberg (part 3) | website = YouTube | date = 1 March 2011 | accessdate = 2 April 2019}} "Strand Tylösand" is inspired by party that Basshunter and its friends had in the summer of 2005.{{cite web |url=https://www.hallandsposten.se/n%C3%B6je/jonas-skrev-nya-l%C3%A5tar-p%C3%A5-turn%C3%A9n-1.1955363 | title=Jonas skrev nya låtar på turnén|website=Hallandsposten| date = 1 September 2006 | access-date=22 June 2021|language = sv |trans-title=Jonas wrote new songs on the tour}}

Basshunter said that he had more songs and planned to release a continuation of LOL called ROFL or KTHXBYE for free but he couldn't do it due to the record label.{{cite web | url = https://magasinetfilter.se/portratt/ett-bedarande-barn-av-sin-tid | title = Ett bedårande barn av sin tid | date = 10 October 2009 | access-date = 19 February 2022 | author = Christopher Friman | website = Filter | language = sv | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190327141447/https://magasinetfilter.se/portratt/ett-bedarande-barn-av-sin-tid | archive-date = 27 March 2019}}

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/lol--mw0000572606 | title = Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> | website = AllMusic | author = Matthew Chisling | accessdate = 30 November 2016}}

|rev2 = Findance.com

|rev2score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web | url = http://www.findance.com/arvostelut.php?id=2699 | title = Basshunter: LOL <(^^,)> (Warner Music) | website = Findance.com | author = Antti Niemelä | date = 25 September 2006 | access-date = 2 November 2021 | language = fi | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070225052422/http://www.findance.com/arvostelut.php?id=2699 | archivedate = 25 February 2007}}

}}

According to Matthew Chisling of AllMusic, LOL contains Basshunter's best "beats and grinds". Håkan Steen of Aftonbladet wrote that the album was for people who share Basshunter's lifestyle: using the social-media website LunarStorm and chatting and playing computer games online. Steen considered "Festfolk" the album's best song.{{cite news | url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/puls/cd/recension/0,1338,2000051714,00.html | title = Basshunter – LOL | newspaper = Aftonbladet | author = Håkan Steen | date = 30 August 2006 | accessdate = 28 March 2019 | language = sv | archive-date = 1 December 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161201081808/http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/puls/cd/recension/0,1338,2000051714,00.html | url-status = dead }} Stefan Thungren of Svenska Dagbladet sensed an intentional inadequate execution in the material, and wrote that the sophisticated, difficult shout in "Festfolk" was inspired by the musician E-Type. Thungren compared "Strand Tylösand" to the band Gyllene Tider's summer hits, criticised the trance adaptation of the Swedish national anthem in "Sverige", and noted a certain melancholy in the instrumental version of "Boten Anna".{{cite news | url = http://www.svd.se/basshunter-7pwe | title = LOL – Basshunter | newspaper = Svenska Dagbladet | author = Stefan Thungren | date = 6 September 2006 | accessdate = 28 March 2019 | language = sv}} Andreas Nordström from Expressen negatively described album as one of the most difficult records in the history.{{cite news | url = https://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/musik/basshunter---lol/ | title = Basshunter – LOL | newspaper = Expressen | author = Andreas Nordström | date = 29 August 2006 | accessdate = 16 November 2019 | language = sv}} Basshunter found the Nordström review amusing. In 2020 "I'm Your Basscreator" was placed on list Italian Mob by Italian rap DJ's.{{cite web | url = https://www.vice.com/it/article/pkewn9/playlist-spotify-rap-trap-italia | title = I DJ rap italiani si sono uniti per farci ballare in casa con Italian Mob | website = Vice | date = 20 March 2020 | access-date = 11 June 2022 | author = Carlo Casentini | language = it}}

Chart performance

LOL became fourth best selling foreign album of 2006 in Finland with 33,365 copies sold.{{cite web | url = https://ifpi.fi/app/uploads/2023/03/Myydyimmat-2006-5.pdf | title = Myydyimmät albumiäänitteet Suomessa 2006 | website = Musiikkituottajat | access-date = 16 March 2024 | language = fi | trans-title = Best-selling albums in Finland 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240316150446/https://ifpi.fi/app/uploads/2023/03/Myydyimmat-2006-5.pdf | archive-date = 16 March 2024 | url-status = live}}

Track listing

= {{anchor|Original blue cover album}}Original blue-cover album =

{{Track listing

| headline = LOL

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

| length1 = 3:22

| writer1 = {{flat list|

  • David Le Roy
  • Jean Christophe Belval{{efn|Basshunter wrote the Swedish lyrics.{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/834763-Vi-Sitter-I-Ventrilo-Och-Spelar-DotA/images|title=Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA|others=Basshunter|year=2006| website =Warner Music Sweden|type=Back cover|via=Discogs|id=5051011-6845-5-5|accessdate = 15 October 2018}}}}}}

| extra1 = Jonas Altberg

| title2 = Boten Anna

| length2 = 3:29

| writer2 = Altberg

| extra2 = Altberg

| title3 = Strand Tylösand

| length3 = 3:17

| writer3 = Altberg

| extra3 = Altberg

| title4 = Sverige

| length4 = 2:58

| writer4 = Altberg

| extra4 = Altberg

| title5 = Hallå där

| length5 = 2:38

| writer5 = Altberg

| extra5 = Altberg

| title6 = Mellan oss två

| length6 = 3:58

| writer6 = Altberg

| extra6 = Altberg

| title7 = Var är jag

| length7 = 4:01

| writer7 = {{flat list|

| extra7 = {{flat list|

  • Altberg
  • PJ Harmony{{efn|According to ACE Repertory data, "Var är jag" was produced by Jonas Altberg and Ali Payami.|name=Var är jag produced by}}}}

| title8 = Utan stjärnorna

| length8 = 3:51

| writer8 = {{flat list|

  • Altberg
  • PJ Harmony{{efn|According to ACE Repertory data, "Utan stjärnorna" was written by Jonas Altberg and Ali Payami.|name=Utan stjärnorna written by}}}}

| extra8 = {{flat list|

  • Altberg
  • PJ Harmony{{efn|According to ACE Repertory data, "Utan stjärnorna" was produced by Jonas Altberg and Ali Payami.|name=Utan stjärnorna produced by}}}}

| title9 = Festfolk

| note9 = 2006 remix

| length9 = 4:01

| writer9 = {{flat list|

  • Altberg
  • PJ Harmony{{efn|According to ACE Repertory data, "Festfolk (2006 Remix)" was written by Jonas Altberg and Ali Payami.|name=Festfolk (2006 Remix) written by}}}}

| extra9 = {{flat list|

  • Altberg
  • PJ Harmony{{efn|According to ACE Repertory data "Festfolk (2006 Remix)" was produced by Jonas Altberg and Ali Payami.|name=Festfolk (2006 Remix) produced by}}}}

| title10 = Vifta med händerna

| note10 = Basshunter Remix) (Patrik och Lillen

| writer10 = Altberg{{efn|According to ACE Repertory data, "Vifta med händerna" was written by Jonas Altberg, Patrik Lindberg and Emil Wahlström.}}

| extra10 = Altberg

| length10 = 3:11

| title11 = Professional Party People

| length11 = 3:09

| writer11 = Altberg

| extra11 = Altberg

| title12 = I'm Your Basscreator

| length12 = 5:25

| writer12 = Altberg

| extra12 = Altberg

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = LOL – Bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Boten Anna

| note13 = Instrumental

| length13 = 3:20

| writer13 = Altberg

| extra13 = Altberg

| title14 = Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

| note14 = Extended Version

| length14 = 7:45

| writer14 = {{flat list|

  • David Le Roy
  • Jean Christophe Belval}}

| extra14 = Altberg

}}

= {{anchor|Red cover version}}Red-cover version =

  1. "Now You're Gone" (Radio Edit) USA Bonus Track – 2:39
  2. "DotA" (Radio Edit) – 3:21
  3. "Boten Anna" – 3:28
  4. "I'm Your Bass Creator" – 5:24
  5. "Russia Privjet" – 4:07
  6. "Professional Party People" – 3:09
  7. "GPS" – 4:00
  8. "Hello There" – 2:40
  9. "We Are the Waccos" – 3:58
  10. "The Beat" – 3:35
  11. "Without Stars" – 3:50
  12. "Throw Your Hands Up" (Basshunter Remix) (Patrik and the Small Guy) – 3:10
  13. "Strand Tylösand" – 3:17
  14. "Between the Two of Us" – 3:58
  15. "Boten Anna" (Instrumental) – 3:20
  16. "DotA" (Club Mix) – 5:44
  17. "Jingle Bells (Bass)" – 2:46
  18. "Beer in the Bar" USA Bonus Track – 3:51

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 2006 weekly chart performance for LOL

! scope="col" style="width:20.5em;"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Danish Albums (Hitlisten){{cite web | url = https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Lol+%26lt%3B%28%5E%5E%2C%29%26gt%3B&cat=a | title = Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | website = danishcharts.dk}}

| 3

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web | url = https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Lol+%26lt%3B%28%5E%5E%2C%29%26gt%3B&cat=a | title = Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | website = Dutch Charts | language = nl}}

| 66

scope="row"| European Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/artist/280774/basshunter/chart?f=293 | title = Basshunter | magazine = Billboard | accessdate = 20 November 2014}}

| 82

scope="row"| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite web | url = https://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/Basshunter/LOL | title = Tilastot | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | website = Musiikkituottajat | language = fi}}

| 4

scope="row"| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista){{cite web | url = https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Lol+%26lt%3B%28%5E%5E%2C%29%26gt%3B&cat=a | title = Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | website = norwegiancharts.com}}

| 19

scope="row"| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web | url = https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Lol+%26lt%3B%28%5E%5E%2C%29%26gt%3B&cat=a | title = Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | website = swedishcharts.com}}

| 5

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|+ 2007 weekly chart performance for LOL

! scope="col" style="width:20.5em;"| Chart (2007)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Basshunter |title=Basshunter in der Österreichischen Hitparade |website=austriancharts.at | access-date=18 October 2018 | language=de|trans-title=Basshunter in Austrian chart}}

| 12

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ 2008 weekly chart performance for LOL

! scope="col" style="width:20.5em;"| Chart (2008)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| French Albums (SNEP){{cite web | url = https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Lol+%26lt%3B%28%5E%5E%2C%29%26gt%3B&cat=a | title = Basshunter – LOL <(^^,)> (album) | accessdate = 2 April 2019 | website = lescharts.com | language = fr}}

| 51

scope="row"| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine | url = https://www.billboard.com/artist/basshunter/chart-history/elp/ | title = Basshunter | accessdate = 1 October 2018 | magazine = Billboard}}

| 24

{{col-2}}

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Yearly chart performance for LOL

!scope="col"|Chart (2006)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"| Denmark (IFPI Denmark){{cite web | url = http://pladebranchen.nu/publikationer/Pladebranchen06.pdf | title = Pladebranchen.06 – Download | accessdate = 24 May 2013 | website = pladebranchen.nu | language = da | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071008144958/http://pladebranchen.nu/publikationer/Pladebranchen06.pdf | archivedate = 8 October 2007 | page = 25}}

| 26

{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for LOL}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Basshunter|title=LOL|type=album|accessdate=27 March 2018|relyear=2006|certyear=2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|award=Platinum|salesamount=33,365|artist=Basshunter|title=LOL|type=album|accessdate=10 October 2015|relyear=2006}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}

Awards

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|+ Awards for LOL

! scope="col"| Award

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Result

! scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| Emma

| align="center"| 2006

| e-Emma of the Year

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web| url = https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2007/01/19/emma-nomineringarna-offentliggjordes | title = Emma-nomineringarna offentliggjordes | date = 3 January 2007 | accessdate = 20 April 2019 | website = Svenska Yle | language = sv | trans-title = The Emma nominations were made public}}

scope="row"| European Border Breakers Award

| align="center"| 2008

|

| {{won}}

| align="center"| {{cite web | url = http://www.zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=134 | title = European Border Breakers Awards – recognition for those artists who succeeded in reaching audiences outside their own country. | date = 16 January 2008 | accessdate = 24 December 2018 | website = Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513111614/http://zpav.pl/aktualnosci.php?idaktualnosci=134 | archivedate= 13 May 2012}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"| Grammis

| align="center" rowspan="2"| 2007

| Club/Dance Album of the Year

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://grammis.se/nominated_year/2007/ |title=2007 – Årets Klubb/Dans 2007 |website=Grammis |accessdate=20 April 2019 |language=sv |trans-title=2007 – Club/Dance of the Year 2007 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420160919/https://grammis.se/nominated_year/2007/ |url-status=dead }}

Newcomer of the Year

| {{nom}}

| align="center"| {{cite web | url = https://grammis.se/nominated_year/2007/page/2/ | title = 2007 – Årets Nykomling 2007 | website = Grammis | accessdate = 20 April 2019 | language = sv | trans-title = 2007 – Newcomer of the Year 2007 | archive-date = 20 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190420155419/https://grammis.se/nominated_year/2007/page/2/ | url-status = dead }}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://basshunter.se}}

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