Verkligen

在他们1995年的演出后，Martin Roos离开了Kent。于是他们找来他们的老朋友Harri Manty。一年后，他们的第二张专集《Verkligen》发表了，Kent的音乐事业出现了转机。热门单曲"Kram (Sa Nara Far Ingen Ga)"在《Verkligen》前发表，也使后者取得了巨大成功。他们在第二张专集改变了他们的音乐方向，与第一张有许多失真效果不同的是，他们增加了许多伤感的曲子，听起来很有radiohead的味道。

by Tommy Gunnarsson

A year after the release of Kent, the band returned with a follow-up, Verkligen. The band toured during the year that passed, and judging by this record, it wasn't a very happy time. Here we get a bunch of melancholy songs, something the debut album lacked. The songs are often very good, but they are in general a bit too slow and quiet. But not all of the tracks are sleepy -- "10 Minuter (For Mig Sjalv)" and "Halka" are two great uptempo tracks, and "En Timme En Minut" starts off as another sad song, but after a while lifts off; the wall of guitars so common on the first album are brought back to life here, and they keep on going for over eight minutes. To sum it up, this record isn't quite as good as the first one, but it's still a great album.