Swedish CCM artist Edin Adahl’s excellent second release in English, with a markedly different sound compared to their previous release “Alibi.” “X-Factor” also marks the band’s last album where each member took the lead vocal. Subsequent albums only featured lead vocals from Frank Adahl.
c. 1984 Refuge Records
Edin Adahl is:
Frank Adahl – Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
Simon Adahl – Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
Bertil Edin – Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
Lasse Edin – Vocals, Keyboards
Additional Musicians:
Horns: Size Horns
Drums / Percussion: No credit given
Arranged and Produced by Edin Adahl
Track List:
X Factor
Music by Simon Adahl / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Simon Adahl
Like A Motion Picture 4:17
Music by Bertil Edin / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Bertil Edin
I’m Waiting For You 7:23
Music by Simon Adahl / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Simon Adahl
Hold On 11:34
Music by Bertil Edin / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Bertil Edin
Blind (A New Day Tomorrow) 14:26
Music and Lyrics by Frank Adahl
Lead Vocal: Frank Adahl
Closer And Closer 19:20
Music by Lasse Edin / Lyrics by James Isaac Elliot
Lead Vocal: Frank Adahl / Dan Adahl
The Secret Of It All 23:15
Music by Lasse Edin / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Lasse Edin
Listen Brother! 27:33
Music by Bertil Edin / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Bertil Edin
I Love You 31:18
Track 9 from the 1984 Refuge album “X Factor”
Music by Lasse Edin / Lyrics by Frank Adahl
Lead Vocal: Frank Adahl
A Thousand Years 35:04
Music by Lasse Edin / Lyrics by Dan Adahl
Lead Vocal: Lasse Edin
This recording was made from a pristine LP that was only played a few times, on a vintage 1979 Technics turntable with a Shure V15 Type V-MR cartridge, recorded to a Pioneer PDR-509 CD recorder with top-flight A/D converters. Clean-up was performed in Audacity, with as many ticks and pops as possible manually removed. This is probably as close to CD quality as you’ll find for this excellent album.
