LOL (Basshunter album)

On 21 November 2005, Basshunter announced that he was working on a new album and had completed ten songs. He announced his upcoming single "Welcome to Rainbow" the following month, and it was released on 1 April 2006. The single included the hardstyle remix and two bonus tracks: "Evil Beat" and "Boten Anna". Basshunter re-recorded "Boten Anna" in March, and posted it on his website for download. He signed with Extensive Music in April, and Warner Music Sweden and "Boten Anna" was released on 9 May. Basshunter worked on LOL for three and a half weeks. The album was recorded at Basshunter Studio and PJ Harmony Studio. Basshunter produced most of the songs; three were produced by PJ Harmony. Vocals were recorded by Basshunter and Robert Uhlmann at Basshunter Studio and Extensive Studio. LOL was mastered by Björn Engelman at the Cutting Room. Ali Payami assisted Basshunter on three tracks. "Strand Tylösand" is inspired by party that Basshunter and its friends had in the summer of 2005. Basshunter said that he had more songs and planned to release a continuation of LOL called ROFL or KTHXBYE for free but he couldn't do it due to the record label. In 2025, Basshunter revealed that he no longer has the project for "Strand Tylösand", so he had to use an artificial intelligence tool to remove the vocals, so he could get a decent instrumental version. == Reception ==

According to Matthew Chisling of AllMusic, LOL contains Basshunter's best "beats and grinds". Stefan Thungren of Svenska Dagbladet sensed an intentional inadequate execution in the material, and wrote that the sophisticated, difficult shout in "Festfolk" was inspired by the musician E-Type. Thungren compared "Strand Tylösand" to the band Gyllene Tider's summer hits, criticised the trance adaptation of the Swedish national anthem in "Sverige", and noted a certain melancholy in the instrumental version of "Boten Anna". Andreas Nordström from Expressen negatively described album as one of the most difficult records in the history. Basshunter found the Nordström review amusing. == Chart performance ==

LOL entered the Swedish albums chart at its peak position at number 5 on 7 September 2006. It stayed on the chart for eight weeks. Album stayed there for 24 weeks on the chart. In 2007 LOL debuted on Austrian albums chart and in 2008 it entered French albums chart and also charted at the United States Top Dance/Electronic Albums. ==Track listing==

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