On May 2, 2014, “LL Recordings” label released “I Never Learn”, the third Lykke Li studio album. It was recorded in 2013, at “Ingrid”, “Studio Spegeln”, ”Music & Words”, “Decibel Studios” in Stockholm, Sweden, “Echo Studio”, “Sonora Recorders” in Los Angeles, California, “The Green Building” in Santa Monica, California, and was produced by Greg Kurstin, Lasse Mårtén, Lykke Li and Björn Yttling.
Personnel:
- Lykke Li– vocals, harmonies
- Bjorn Yttling– acoustic guitar, electric bass, Mellotron, percussion, piano, production, recording, sitar, Taurus, zither
- Thomas Tjärnkvist – electric guitar
- Rick Nowels– acoustic guitar, recording
- Anders Pettersson – electric guitar, steel guitar
- Calle Olsson – synthesizer
- Greg Kurstin– bass, drums, electric guitar, guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, Orchestron, organ, percussion, piano, recording
- Lars Skoglund – drums, percussion
- John Eriksson– percussion
- Erik Arvinder – violin
- Ketil Solberg – violin
- Conny Lindgren – violin
- Andreas Forsman – violin
- Erik Holm – viola
- Christopher Öhman – viola
- Leo Svensson – cello
- Cecilia Linné – cello
- Mariam Wallentin – vocals
- Andrea Thomas – choir
- Talitha Manor – choir
- Lasse Mårtén – percussion, drum programming, recording, mixing
- Vincent Brantley – choir
- Katherine Dancy – choir
- Sean Dancy – choir
- Yolanda Dancy – choir
- Brandon Hampton – choir
- Amanda Hollingby Matsson– additional vocals
- Laura Sisk – recording
- Kieron Menzies – recording
- Julian Burg – recording
- Alex Pasco – recording
- Nille Perned – recording
- Gustav Lindelöw – recording
- Hans Stenlund – recording
- Trevor Yasuda – recording
- Ted Jensen– mastering
- Karl Lindman – art direction
- Brendan Dunne – design
- Josh Olins – photography
Track listing:
All lyrics by Lykke Li; all music by Lykke Li and Björn Yttling except where noted.
- I Never Learn
- No Rest for the Wicked
- Just Like a Dream
- Silver Line – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling, Greg Kurstin
- Gunshot – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
- Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
- Never Gonna Love Again
- Heart of Steel – Lykke Li, Rick Nowels, Bjorn Yttling
- Sleeping Alone
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