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As Nina Persson's velour-smooth vocals prove, Life is much sweeter and more profound than a simple a box of chocolates. Her gorgeous voice is the perfect complement to the rest of the Cardigans' jazz-tinged retro sound. Straight out of Sweden, the quintet plays a unique hybrid of confectionated pop and space age bachelor-lounge music. The lush arrangements are festooned with vibes, horns, bassoons, bells, strings, and futuristic synthesizers, leaving one with the incorrect but plausible impression that these intensely creative Scandinavians have kidnaped Burt Bacharach and looted his back catalog. Amazingly, there's not a sample to be found on the entire disc. The bureaucratic FDA has yet to develop (let alone, approve) an inoculation strong enough to resist the highly infectious pop of "Daddy's Car" or "Rise & Shine" from attacking your pop immune system. The flute refrains on "Over the Water" and "Sick & Tired" (the first single) are pure Ennio Morricone spaghetti western kitsch, while the trip-hoppy "Our Space" could be a track on a Portishead album. With nary a lame song to be found on the entire 14 tracks, Life is worth living over and over again.
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Nina Persson, Author, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Composer, Author, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Author, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Åsa Håkansson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Bells, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vibraphone, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Bassoon, Drums, Percussion, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Peter Svensson, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Peter Svensson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer - Magnus Sveningsson, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Author, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
Nina Persson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Bells, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vibraphone, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Bassoon, Drums, Percussion, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Bakran, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Universal Music AB
Ozzy Osbourne, ComposerLyricist - Tony Iommi, ComposerLyricist - Nina Persson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Svensson, Bells, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vibraphone, Vocals, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tore Johansson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Terence "Geezer" Butler, Composer - Magnus Sveningsson, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - William Thomas Ward, ComposerLyricist - The Cardigans, MainArtist - Bengt Lagerberg, Bassoon, Drums, Percussion, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Olof Johansson, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Universal Music AB
Album review
As Nina Persson's velour-smooth vocals prove, Life is much sweeter and more profound than a simple a box of chocolates. Her gorgeous voice is the perfect complement to the rest of the Cardigans' jazz-tinged retro sound. Straight out of Sweden, the quintet plays a unique hybrid of confectionated pop and space age bachelor-lounge music. The lush arrangements are festooned with vibes, horns, bassoons, bells, strings, and futuristic synthesizers, leaving one with the incorrect but plausible impression that these intensely creative Scandinavians have kidnaped Burt Bacharach and looted his back catalog. Amazingly, there's not a sample to be found on the entire disc. The bureaucratic FDA has yet to develop (let alone, approve) an inoculation strong enough to resist the highly infectious pop of "Daddy's Car" or "Rise & Shine" from attacking your pop immune system. The flute refrains on "Over the Water" and "Sick & Tired" (the first single) are pure Ennio Morricone spaghetti western kitsch, while the trip-hoppy "Our Space" could be a track on a Portishead album. With nary a lame song to be found on the entire 14 tracks, Life is worth living over and over again.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:07
- Main artists: The Cardigans
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music AB
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1995 Universal Music AB This Compilation ℗ 1995 Universal Music AB
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