Papaya Coconut

Papaya Coconut is a 1986 studio album from Swedish country and pop singer Kikki Danielsson. All the songs were written and composed by Lasse Holm and Ingela "Pling" Forsman. The song "Nashville, Tennessee" is from the 1986 TV show Kikki i Nashville. The album was on the Swedish Albums Chart around new year 1986-1987, and peaked at number 29 on the chart.

Papaya Coconut
Studio album by Kikki Danielsson
Released	1986
Recorded	KMH Studio, Stockholm, September–October 1986
Genre	Country Pop
Label	Mariann Grammofon AB
Producer	Lasse Holm
Kikki Danielsson chronology
Bra vibrationer (1985) Papaya Coconut (1986) Min barndoms jular (1987)

Track listing

Side A

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Hela livet med dej"	Lasse Holm	5:16
2.	"En timme för sent"	Lasse Holm	3:45
3.	"Regnet som föll i går"	Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman	4:20
4.	"Nashville, Tennessee"	Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman	3:05
5.	"Ensam i stan"	Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman	4:29

Side B

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
6.	"Papaya Coconut"	Lasse Holm, Ingela Forsman	3:57
7.	"Rädda pojkar"	Lasse Holm	3:37
8.	"Låt mej få va ledsen i dag"	Lasse Holm	4:16
9.	"Nu eller aldrig"	Lasse Holm, Monica Forsberg	3:55
10.	"Du ger mej ingen orsak"	Lasse Holm	5:07

Contributing musicians

• vocals: Kikki Danielsson
• drums: Klas Anderhell
• Bass: Rutger Gunnarsson, Anders Engberg
• Guitar: Lasse Wellander, Lasse Jonsson, Hasse Rosén
• Keyboards: Peter Ljung, Kjell Öhman, Lasse Holm
• Accordion: Kjell Öhman
• Wind instruments: Urban Agnas, Leif Lindvall, Erik Häusler, Joakim Milder
• Wind arrangements: Leif Lindvall
• Chorus: Vicki Benckert, Liza Öhman, Lasse Westman, Lennart Sjöholm, Lasse Holm
• Strings from Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester.

Recorded and mixed in KMH Studio in Stockholm, Sweden in September–October 1986.

• Technicians: Åke Groho
• Cover design: Fri Reklam
• Fotography: Michael Engström
• Production: KM Records
• Arrangement: Lennart Sjöholm

Svensktoppen

Three of the songs from this album were tested on the Swedish hitlist Svensktoppen.

• The song "Rädda pojkar" was on Svensktoppen for four rounds in 1986, with a 5th place as best result there.[1]
• The song "En timme försent" was on Svensktoppen for nine rounds in 1986 [1]-1987,[2] with a 3rd place as best result there. Swedish "dansband" Lasse Stefanz covered "En timme försent" on their 2006 album Pickup-56.[3]
• The song "Papaya Coconut" was on Svensktoppen for 12 rounds in 1987, with a 1st place as best result there.[2]

Album cover

One side of the inner covers advertised for Danielsson's holiday village Orfa, which is located between Bollnäs and Ljusdal, and a discount coupon authorizing 10% discount for cottage renting during 1987.

Charts

Chart (1986–1987)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4]	29

References

1. Svensktoppen - 1986
2. Svensktoppen - 1987
3. Information på Svensk mediedatabas (läst 20 april 2011)
4. "Swedishcharts.com – Kikki – Papaya Coconut". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 June 2020.