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HANNE KROGH – ALONE (1982)
Alene is Hanne Krogh's third album. After two albums on the EMI Norge label, Hanne Krogh was back where she started – at Arne Bendiksen's record company. Ole Vidar Lien, who produced her previous album Nærbilde, had now started as Norwegian manager at Arne Bendiksen A/S, and Hanne Krogh followed suit. The new album was titled after a newly written song by Philip Kruse and Svein Gundersen. Krogh's biggest hit from this album was the Dutch "T Kleine cafe aan de haven", known in Dag Frøland's language as "Levende lys". From Sweden she brought "Om du en gang kommer fram til Samarkand" by Bergman. Philip Kruse translated "Nocturne" into Norwegian, and Hanne Krogh herself was responsible for the translation of Olle Adolphson's "Råd til deg og meg". In 1982, West Germany won the Eurovision Song Contest with a landslide victory with "Ein bißchen Frieden", sung by Nicole. The German 16-year-old herself recorded versions of the winning song in different languages that were released in the respective countries. The Norwegian right went to Hanne Krogh, and she recorded "Litt mere frihet" which became enormously popular and received a lot of radio play in the summer of 1982. Representatives from the German record industry fell head over heels for "Jeg er glad i deg", and plans were made to launch Hanne Krogh in Germany with this single. But abroad was not tempting enough for her to sacrifice all the time and energy that comes with such a venture. She concentrated on the domestic market, and received maximum results in the first week of 1983. Then the title track "Alene" was tested on Norsktoppen and went straight to the top. In addition, she was named female artist of the year by Dagbladet. The album became the best-selling in its genre in Norway, and she was awarded the silver disc for 25,000 copies sold. The album spent 8 weeks on the VG-lista, with 13th place as its best position.
1 A little more freedom
2 I love you
3 Advice for you and me
4 Candles
5 The audience has gone home
6 If you ever arrive in Samarkand
7 Alone
8 You have a friend
9 Alone and a bit of a romantic
10 Anniken's summer
11 Nocturne