Röd

Lead singer Joakim Berg announced on Kent's forum on 21 April 2009, that the band had started writing songs for the album in 2008 until the beginning of April 2009 and subsequently the band had begun the recording of the album. The album is produced by Kent and Joshua, who also produced the band's previous studio album.[http://forumet.kent.nu/showthread.php?t=5586 Röd] Kent.nu, 21 April 2009[http://kent.nu/2009/10/04/kent-tontarna-och-rod/ KENT = TÖNTARNA OCH RÖD! — Kent.nu] Kent.nu, 4 October 2009

Eight out of 11 songs were recorded in the concert hall Meistersaal in Berlin. It was originally part of the legendary Hansa Tonstudio from the 1970s until 1991, but has since been used as a location for events. Kent had to set up their own recording studio, with the recording costs being around 3 million SEK according to Joakim Berg.{{cite news |last=Schollert |first=Peter |date=5 November 2009 |title=Drømmen fungerede i virkeligheden |newspaper=Jyllands-Posten |location=Aarhus }}

Anders Nunstedt of Expressen wrote: "The fact that the album was recorded in Berlin, in the Hansa Tonstudio where U2, Depeche Mode and David Bowie reinvented themselves, also says a lot. The band's eighth studio album captures the sound of a European metropolis at night, while sounding unmistakably Kent. Jocke Berg sings about highways and jet planes as well as small-town road crossings and giving someone a ride home on a bicycle. [...] Röd is certainly no Vapen & ammunition - it will be hard to find more than two working radio singles here - but the sound is world class and the quality shines through in every track."[https://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/nunstedt-om-kents-rod-forstklassigt/ Nunstedt om Kents "Röd": Förstklassigt!] Expressen

Markus Larsson of Aftonbladet wrote: "The grandiose synth symphonies contain everything from acoustic guitars, techno beats and arena rock drums. Often in one and the same six-minute long song. It might have been unbearable to listen to if Kent didn't constantly anchor the music in fantastic melodies. Those who grow forth and illuminate the darkness in, for example, 'Vals för Satan (din vän pessimisten)', 'Sjukhus' and 'Idioter' are among the strongest songs the group have written. Röd is, above all, proof that the best pop music is always a mixture of anger, resistance and despair."[https://archive.today/20120718121242/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article6063808.ab Fantastisk förtvivlan] Aftonbladet

{{tracklist

| headline = Röd track listing

| all_lyrics = Joakim Berg

| all_music = Joakim Berg and Martin Sköld

| title1 = 18:29-4

| note1 =

| length1 = 2:26

| title2 = Taxmannen

| note2 = The Taxman

| length2 = 4:32

| title3 = Krossa allt

| note3 = Crush Everything

| length3 = 4:48

| title4 = Hjärta

| note4 = Heart

| length4 = 5:30

| title5 = Sjukhus

| note5 = Hospital

| length5 = 6:16

| title6 = Vals för Satan (Din vän pessimisten)

| note6 = Waltz for Satan (Your Friend the Pessimist)

| length6 = 6:47

| title7 = Idioter

| note7 = Idiots

| length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Svarta linjer

| note8 = Black Lines

| length8 = 4:27

| title9 = Ensamheten

| note9 = The Loneliness

| length9 = 5:46

| title10 = Töntarna

| note10 = The Dorks

| length10 = 4:37

| title11 = Det finns inga ord

| note11 = There Are No Words

| length11 = 6:59

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Röd.

• Joakim Berg – music, lyrics, vocals, guitar
• Martin Sköld – music, bass, keyboards
• Sami Sirviö – guitar, keyboards
• Markus Mustonen – drums, backing vocals, keyboards, piano

• Yngve Sköld – leader of the "Tonalerna" choir on track 1
• Johan T Karlsson – choir on track 3, 9
• Johan Renck – choir on track 6

• Kent – producer
• Joshua – producer, recording, mixing on track 2, 3, 10
• Stefan Boman – mixing on track 1, 5, 6, 9
• Simon Nordberg – mixing on track 4, 7, 8, 11
• Martin Brengesjö – instrument technician
• Sebastian Meyer – assistant
• Henrik Jonsson – mastering

• Annika Aschberg – photography
• Makode Linde – photography
• Thomas Ökvist – design, photography
• Helen Svensson – design
• Dora Kovács – girl on the cover[https://annikaaschberg.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/kent/ Kent.][http://forumet.kent.nu/showthread.php-16-Kent-FAQ-(English).html Kent FAQ]

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• [http://www.discogs.com/Kent-R%C3%B6d/release/1994871 Röd] at Discogs

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