Vapen & ammunition

Vapen & ammunition (Swedish for Weapons & Ammunition) is the fifth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 15 April 2002 through RCA Records and BMG. Absent from this album is a long, mostly-instrumental song, rounding the album off, as had been a characteristic of the band ever since their second record Verkligen. The white tiger on the cover is a tribute to the band's hometown Eskilstuna: the zoo in town had white tigers as its main attraction.

Vapen & Ammunition
Studio album by Kent
Released	15 April 2002
Recorded	July 2001 – February 2002
Studio	Medley Studio (Copenhagen) DHS Studio (Stockholm)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:46
Label	RCA, BMG
Producer	Kent, Zed, Martin von Schmalensee
Kent chronology
B-Sidor 95-00 (2000) Vapen & Ammunition (2002) Du & jag döden (2005)
Singles from Vapen & ammunition
"Dom andra" Released: 18 March 2002 "Kärleken väntar" Released: 8 July 2002 "FF / VinterNoll2" Released: 4 November 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Aftonbladet	[1]
Dagbladet	[2]
Dagens Skiva	6/10[3]
Expressen	[4]
VG	[5]

Vapen & ammunition was voted Best Album of 2002 on the Grammis awards, the Swedish equivalent to the Grammy. It is the best-selling album by Kent.

In an interview in January 2003, Berg spoke about the great success of Vapen & ammunition: "What exists is a self-confidence underpinned by many years of work, a certainty that we know the art, know the craft, we can redo it and more than that, we can do it better. But that in itself is no guarantee that the commercial success can be surpassed. What happened to us may never happen again. Regardless of whether we make the best album in world history next time. It's not really about that. It's more about timing, releasing the right kind of album at the right kind of time. Last year I kind of had to shake myself up and think: Enjoy! This is maybe once in a lifetime. Maybe this will be the best year of my life. It gives strange perspectives. At the same time, it is a depressing thought."^[6]

Commercial performance

Vapen & ammunition debuted at number one in Sweden, Norway and Finland, and at number four in Denmark. In 2003, the album had sold over 600,000 copies worldwide.^[7][8]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Joakim Berg, except "FF" lyrics written by Berg and Nancy Danino.^[9]

Vapen & ammunition track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sundance Kid"	5:09
2.	"Pärlor" (Pearls)	3:56
3.	"Dom andra" (The Others)	3:46
4.	"Duett" (Duet)	4:42
5.	"Hur jag fick dig att älska mig" (How I Made You Love Me)	5:22
6.	"Kärleken väntar" (Love Awaits)	3:59
7.	"Socker" (Sugar)	5:35
8.	"FF"	4:13
9.	"Elite"	6:05
10.	"Sverige" (Sweden)	2:59

Limited edition – disc 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"VinterNoll2" (WinterZero2)	4:24

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Vapen & ammunition.

Kent

• Joakim Berg – music, lyrics, vocals, guitar
• Martin Sköld – bass, keyboards
• Sami Sirviö – guitar, keyboards
• Markus Mustonen – drums, backing vocals, keyboards, piano
• Harri Mänty – rhythm guitar, percussion

Additional musicians

• Martin von Schmalensee – slide guitar on track 1, acoustic guitar on track 9
• Titiyo – vocals on track 4
• Nancy Danino – vocals on track 8
• Henrik Rongedal, Ingela Olson, Jessica Pilnäs, Niklas Gabrielsson – backing vocals on track 9
• Thobias Gabrielsson – backing vocal arrangement on track 9
• Jojje Wadenius – acoustic guitar on track 10

Technical

• Kent – producer
• Zmago Smon (Zed) – producer, mixing, recording
• Martin von Schmalensee – producer, recording
• Björn Engelmann – mastering

Artwork

• Jonas Linell – photography
• Helen Sköld – design

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Vapen & ammunition Chart (2002) Peak position Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Vapen & ammunition Chart Year Position Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 2002 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 2003 7 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 2005 98 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 2015 55 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 2016 42 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 2017 65 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 2018 60 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 2021 64 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 2022 59 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 2024 11

Certifications

Certifications for Vapen & ammunition

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[24]	2× Platinum	40,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[25]	Platinum	57,339[25]
Norway (IFPI Norway)[26]	2× Platinum	100,000*
Sweden (GLF)[27]	6× Platinum	360,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.