Strange Place for Snow

{{Infobox album | name = Strange Place for Snow | type = studio | artist = Esbjörn Svensson Trio | cover = Eststrangesnow.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = March/June 2002 | recorded = December 2001 | venue = | studio = Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden | genre = | length = 69:02 | label = ACT Music/Sony BMG | producer = Esbjörn Svensson Trio | prev_title = Good Morning Susie Soho | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Seven Days of Falling | next_year = 2003 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref name=AMG>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r589853|first=David R.|last=Adler}}</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> }} '''''Strange Place for Snow''''' is a studio album by the Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio released in 2002.

==Background== The album was recorded in December 2001 and released in Europe on March 1, 2002, by ACT Music.<ref name=ACT /> The international release was on June 4, 2002, by Sony BMG.<ref name=AMG />

==Reception== The recording was awarded the annual prize of the German Record Critics 2002 and the German Jazz Award.<ref name=ACT />

==Track listing== # "The Message" – 5:16 # "Serenade For The Renegade" – 4:30 # "Strange Place For Snow" – 6:44 # "Behind The Yashmak" – 10:30 # "Bound For The Beauty Of The South" – 5:10 # "Years Of Yearning" – 5:44 # "When God Created The Coffeebreak" – 6:38 # "Spunky Sprawl" – 6:29 # "Carcrash" – 18:01

The last track of the CD release – "Carcrash" – contains a hidden track.<ref name=AMG /> The tracks itself ends at 05:05<ref name=ACT /> and after about three minutes of silence the hidden track commences.<ref name=Rateyourmusic />

==Personnel==

*Daniel Berglund – Double Bass *Magnus Öström – Percussion, Drums *Esbjörn Svensson – Keyboards, Piano (Grand)

==Production==

*E.S.T. – Producer *Janne Hansson – Engineer, Mixing *Åke Linton – Engineer *Tommy Lydell – Mastering

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=ACT>{{Citation | last = ACT Catalog | title = Esbjörn Svensson Trio Strange Place for Snow CD release page | url = https://www.actmusic.com/en/Artists/Esbjoern-Svensson-Trio-e.s.t./Strange-Place-For-Snow/Strange-Place-For-Snow-CD | accessdate = 12 June 2019}}</ref> <ref name=Rateyourmusic>{{Citation | last = rateyourmusic.com | title = Strange Place for Snow landing page | url = https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/esbjorn_svensson_trio/strange_place_for_snow/ | accessdate = 12 June 2019}}</ref> }}

Category:2002 albums Category:Esbjörn Svensson Trio albums Category:ACT Music albums