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WHAT I LISTENED TO IN THE 80'S, vol. 46 - GEMINI

  Musical Swedish family Glenmark has given several singers and various combinations but the one here is the duo of Anders and Karin. They first scored well in Melodifestivalen 1984 with Kall som is , before becoming the wannabe ABBA when ABBAs boys wrote material for them for the next two albums, and their debut single Just like that was even an unfinished, unreleased ABBA track . Anders also scored internationally with ABBA boys' Chess musical's hit single One night in Bangkok . His falsetto and her chrystal clear voice, what's there not to love? Shame it lasted only two albums (and occasional live returns). As a duo. Both have continued and done a lot of stuff ever since.

Post-ABBA Geminism

After ABBA called it quits and Björn & Benny continued making music together obviously they wanted someone to sing the songs. Anders & Karin Glenmark who were main backing vocalists in original Chess and both had already worked with the guys sounded right and Gemini was born. The first self titled album Gemini was released in 1985 with its lead single Just like that , an old then unreleased ABBA track. Unfortunately it failed across Europe and the other songs didn't do any better, Slowly (previously released by Frida ), Slow emotion and very ABBA-like Another you, another me . However in 1987 second album was released titled Geminism with songs like TLC and Mio my mio , but they still didn't make it and concentrated on their solo projects. In 2005 they released a compilation album with unreleased tracks like When I close my eyes , Swedish version of Too much love is wasted , Den som sa det var det and Kall som is from Melodifestivalen 1984. In 2006 they released...