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A Family Affair is the debut studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Mikael Bolyos. The album was issued on CD on 14 June 2007 by EMI, in conjunction with Bolyos' own independent record label Mikael Bolyos Music. [1] It features the vocals of Bolyos' wife Marie Fredriksson (part of the duo Roxette), and Mats Ronander.
Her first musical collaboration with husband Mikael Bolyos, "Herren ber för dig" ("The Lord Prays for You"), was released in November 1994 on the charitable compilation Vilda fåglar: sånger om barn (Wild Birds: Songs About Children), the proceeds of which were donated to children's hospitals in Nordic territories.
The track was written and produced by Fredriksson alongside her husband Mikael Bolyos, [2] and recorded at the couple's home studio in Djursholm. [3] [4] [5] The song was a minor hit in her home country upon release, peaking at number 34 and spending eight weeks on the Swedish Singles Chart. [6]
Following the diagnosis and treatment, Fredriksson and her husband Mikael Bolyos began work on the album as a form of therapy in their home studio in Djursholm, Stockholm, with Bolyos acting as producer. Musically, the record is inspired and influenced by roots, rhythm and blues and gospel music the vocalist listened to as a child.
It was compiled by Fredriksson alongside her husband Mikael Bolyos and former EMI executive Kjell Andersson, and consists of personal favourites among her previously recorded ballads, along with new songs "Ordet är farväl" and "Ett bord i solen". Both of these tracks were issued as airplay-only promotional singles in Sweden.
"2:nd Chance" was written solely by Marie Fredriksson, [2] who composed its lyrics in approximately ten minutes. [3] The track was produced by her husband Mikael Bolyos, [4] [5] and has a length of three minutes and twenty-four seconds. [6]
Bolyos composed the music to all but two songs on the record: "Sista sommarens vals", Fredriksson's sole writing contribution to the album, and "Känn dig som hemma", which was written by Roxette songwriter and guitarist Per Gessle. [5] Fredriksson explained that "[Mikael and I] have been writing this album for six years.
All songs produced by Lars-Göran "Lasse" Lindbom, except tracks 1, 2, 15, 16 and 17 produced by Marie Fredriksson and Mikael Bolyos; track 11 produced by Fredriksson, Anders Herrlin and Per "Pelle" Andersson; tracks 12, 13 and 14 produced by Fredriksson and Herrlin. Mastered by Åsa Winzell at Polar Mastering in Stockholm.