The Cardigans

The Cardigans is a Swedish band formed in the town of Jönköping in 1992. The music style changed often between albums. In the beginning they were very indie rock, but later they made more on the 60s-inspired pop and rock.

Their debut album Emmerdale from 1994 she gave in own country, but also in Japan. The second album Life from 1995, the band internationally known. Each album attracted a new audience. The single "Lovefool"from the album First Band on the Moon from 1996 is seen as the most famous number. Because it was used as soundtrack of the movie Romeo + Juliet by Director Baz Luhrmann, the band was even more popular. After this single, the band still had hits with the singles " My Favourite Game andErase/Rewind, both from the album Gran Turismo. In Sweden the band scored a few hits with songs from previous albums.



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[hide] *1 Band members  ==Band Members[ Edit] == ==History[ Edit] == Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavymetalmuzikanten, founded the band in October 1992 in Jönköping with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and singer Nina Persson.They lived together in an apartment, where The Cardigans a demo recordings, which was heard by producer Tore Johansson. He let the band recording in a studio in Malmö. In 1994 released their debut albumEmmerdale in Sweden and Japan and was eventually released internationally in 1997 . On this album was the Swedish hit Rise & Shine and was later voted the best of 1994 by the magazine Slitz.
 * 2 History
 * 3 discography
 * 3.1 Studio albums
 * 3.2 Compilations
 * 3.3 Singles
 * 4 external link
 * Nina Persson - vocals
 * Peter Svensson - guitarist
 * Magnus Sveningsson - bass guitar
 * Lars-Olof "Lasse" Johansson - keyboard and guitar
 * Bengt Lagerberg - drums

During the remainder of 1994 the band toured Europe and recorded the album was Life , which was released in 1995. Life was an international success, more than a million copies were sold and became Platinum in Japan. In 1996, Life released at the record label Minty Fresh in the United States, but this was essentially a compilation of tracks from Emmerdale and Life. Life is seen as a satirical comment on the first album; the band was more avant-garde in terms of arrangements and the cd booklets.

After the success of Life got The Cardigans signed to Mercury Records, where they released the album First Band on the Moon released in 1996. With this album the band was promoted to a more complex, darker being; the songs had themes of heartbreak, infidelity and hopelessness. "Lovefool" was a worldwide hit, especially in the United States and Japan, where the album was Platinum in just three weeks. However, the single was not representative of the album and many critics called the band sweet soft-pop on the basis of "Lovefool".

1998 's Gran Turismo was darker and had even more character. After this album the band took a long break and the band members had solo projects. Also in 1998 only in Japan a compilation of rare B-sides, titled The Other Side of The Moon. This album is rather rare outside Japan.

During the break after these albums Nina Persson released an album under the name The Cardigans names A Camp and a duet cover of the Talking Headssong "Burning Down the House" with Tom Jones, came to be that on his album Reload. Pope Peter Svensson worked on the project with help from Joakim Berg of the band Knows and Magnus Sveningsson recorded music under the name Righteous Boy. The Cardigans returned in 2003 with Long Gone Before Daylight, a quieter collection songs, mainly written by Nina Persson and Peter Svensson. Long Gone Before Daylight became one of the best selling albums in Sweden in 2003 with more than 120,000 copies sold (double platinum). On 19 October 2005 the sixth album Super Extra Gravity from. The album debuted at number 1 on the Swedish album chart and is Gold to date (more than 40,000 sold). ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Studio albums<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Compilations<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Singles<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===