Seven Days of Falling

{{Infobox album | name = Seven Days of Falling | type = studio | artist = Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) | cover = Seven Days of Falling audio cover.jpg | alt = | released = 9 December 2003 | recorded = June 2003 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = | label = ACT Music | producer = E.S.T. | prev_title = Strange Place for Snow | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Live in Stockholm | next_year = 2003 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name=AMG>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r669504|first=Stewart|last=Mason}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1368}}</ref> }}

'''''Seven Days of Falling''''' is a studio album by the Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio that was recorded and released in 2003. The album had the unusual distinction charting on both the top jazz and popular music albums charts.<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2140984/Esbjrn-Svensson.html |title=Esbjörn Svensson |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=June 17, 2008 |accessdate=April 27, 2009 }} </ref>

==Reception==

The recording was praised for its accessibility by ''The Times'',<ref> {{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1060195.ece |title=Jazz – The delight in accessible melodies |work=Times Online |accessdate=April 27, 2009 |date=October 10, 2003 |last=Bungey |first=John }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> and was ''The Birmingham Post''{{'}}s Jazz CD of the Week.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CD Reviews: Jazz CDs |work=The Birmingham Post |date=September 20, 2003}}</ref> It received the German Jazz and Swedish Grammy-award 2004.<ref name=ACT />

==Track listing== #"Ballad for the Unborn" — 5:32 #"Seven Days of Falling" — 6:26 #"Mingle in the Mincing-Machine" — 6:52 #"Evening in Atlantis" — 0:50 #"Did They Ever Tell Cousteau?" — 6:05 #"Believe, Beleft, Below" — 4:51 #"Elevation of Love" — 6:43 #"In My Garage" — 4:18 #"Why She Couldn't Come" — 6:30 #"O.D.R.I.P." — 14:26

The last track of the CD release – "O.D.R.I.P." – contains a hidden track.<ref name=AMG /> The tracks itself ends at 08:19<ref name=ACT /> and after about several minutes of silence the hidden track commences, a vocal rendering of "Believe, Beleft, Below" sung by Josh Haden.

== Personnel == *Esbjörn Svensson Trio **Dan Berglund – double bass **Magnus Öström – drums **Esbjörn Svensson – piano *Sven Dolling – art direction *Patrik Sehlstedt – photography

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=ACT>{{Citation | last = ACT Catalog | title = Esbjörn Svensson Seven Days of Falling CD release page | url = https://www.actmusic.com/en/Artists/Esbjoern-Svensson-Trio-e.s.t./Seven-Days-Of-Falling/Seven-Days-Of-Falling-CD | accessdate = 14 June 2019}}</ref> }}

== External links == *{{allMusic|class=album|id=r669504|label=''Seven Days of Falling''}} *[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/seven-days-of-falling-esbjorn-svensson-215-music-munich-records-review-by-john-kelman ''Seven Days of Falling''] at Allaboutjazz.com

Category:2003 albums Category:Esbjörn Svensson Trio albums Category:ACT Music albums