in the mid-1970s, törnell oriented herself against rock, and toured for some time with her own band consisting of henrik "hempo" hildén (from the jazz fusion group ) on drums, per sydén on bass guitar, and her brother, bobo törnell on guitar. in 1975 came the english-language album "", which was produced by björn j:son lindh. several members of splash were involved with the album. bobo was involved with some of monica's later albums, both as a guitarist and songwriter. the album was a kind of revolt against the image of her as folksinger. during the progg movement, it was controversial for a swedish artist to sing in english. she is often associated with this movement, but rarely sung in a progressive context, since she belonged to a commercial record company. however, she was critical of the movement, and said in 1977 that she hoped that progg was the beginning of moving forward, instead of being simplistic, and music would be more open. the media compared her voice to that of melanie safka and janis joplin, but she said that the french chanson had been her inspiration. in 1977, törnell released another english-language album, bush lady, recorded in the uk and produced by the american jazz trumpeter stephen franckevich; however, this album was no more successful.