so in November 2000, Kent released the two-CD collection B-sidor 95–00 (B-Sides 95–00). It featured 21 b-sides and two new songs.
In April 2000, an English version of Hagnesta Hill was released, in which two songs from the Swedish version were replaced with two new English tracks (“Just Like Money” and “Quiet Heart”). The album was also released in a limited digipack with one of the excluded songs, “A Timekill to…
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A documentary was also shot the same year, Så nära får ingen gå – ett år med Kent (“No One Can Get This Close – a year with Kent”), produced by Per Sinding-Larsen and Mathias Engstrand.
With heavy touring in Scandinavia and Europe in 2000, the band took a much-needed break.
In December 1999, Kent released Hagnesta Hill , named after Hagnestahill, a part of Eskilstuna where the band had their first rehearsal space. The first single from the album, ” Musik non stop “, a disco-rock song, became a huge radio hit. The album was, for the most part, faster…
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In 1999, they did two US tours to promote the album. The first was in support of fellow Swedes The Cardigans , and the second was a double bill with American band Papa Vegas . The English version of Isola sold poorly.
In the summer of 1999, the band started working on a new album.
In May, the band started touring again, playing in Europe and Scandinavia. Singles were released in various territories for three of the album’s songs, “If You Were Here”, “Things She Said” and “747”.
In April 1998, Kent released an English version of Isola , featuring an extra song only available on the English version, “Velvet”.
In November 1997, Kent released Isola . They had toured heavily with Verkligen , which had gained them some reputation. The pre-release single from Isola , ” Om du var här ” (If You Were Here), became a radio hit. Musically the album was quite different from Verkligen , going…
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