# Vapen & ammunition

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Aftonbladet | |
| Dagbladet | |
| Dagens Skiva | 6/10 |
| Expressen | |
| VG | |
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 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."

## 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.

## Track listing

All music and lyrics written by Joakim Berg, except "FF" lyrics written by Berg and Nancy Danino.

## 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

## Certifications

Certifications for Vapen & ammunition :
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark) | 2× Platinum | 40,000$^‡$ |
| Finland (Musiikkituottajat) | Platinum | 57,339 |
| Norway (IFPI Norway) | 2× Platinum | 100,000$^*$ |
| Sweden (GLF) | 6× Platinum | 360,000$^^$ |
| $^*$ Sales figures based on certification alone. $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||