A vintage pop oddity of sorts, but one that's worthwhile for its musical content at least as much as its curiosity value, the lone LP by Swedish chanteuse (nee Svensson) is an accomplished and somewhat offbeat collection of lush pop, soul, and light funk. Cut in 1970 with a handful of veteran Swedish jazz and rock musicians who sound completely at home playing in a variety of primarily American idioms, reveals to be a singer of considerable range with plenty of personality. She's a throaty belter on the funky, country-inflected the Northern soul-styled groovers and and the brassy pop-soul title tune (even coming off a bit worryingly unhinged as she exhorts "you've got to love the one you love/and the whole darn world as well") -- but she scales back the fireworks for sweet, if somewhat fey, ballads like which call to mind the sophisticated songwriter pop of fellow lost gem . There's also a heartfelt, tastefully orchestrated rendition of 's and -- easily the album's most unusual moment -- the bizarre, unsettling jazz-psychedelia of which sounds like nothing you'd expect to hear on an ostensibly pop record from any era (it evokes something similar to 's enigmatic melancholy, or 's tormented retro-pop noir, several decades down the line.) Add in a smattering of upbeat big-band swing tunes -- and the organ-led shuffle -- the goofy, vaudeville-ish and a jaunty cover of and you've got a true smorgasbord -- a little something for everybody, although it's all still quite listenable as a single entity. The world may not have given much love in her day, but she's certainly comparable in terms of raw vocal ability to would-be peers like -- or, as the liner notes suggest, -- arguably outstripping them in the adventurousness of her musical range (in a single album, no less), and is outfitted here with perfectly decent if not necessarily exceptional material. Worth rediscovering, particularly since several CD reissues have made it readily available. ~ K. Ross Hoffman