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The Cardigans
First Band on the Moon
Release Date: 1996 09 17
Running Time: 39:01
Label: Stockholm Records
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For listeners who had caught up with the Cardigans on their breakout album, Life, the group's third album was a confusing pastiche which included several conventional pop songs, but also added tracks with left-field arrangements and some (comparatively) disturbing lyrics. In reality, however, the group had simply returned to the mood and feel of their debut album. On Emmerdale, the melancholy was personal and solitary in nature, but here depression is focused on unfaithful lovers -- in both the songs which vocalist Nina Persson helped out with lyrics and those written by the rest of the band ("Choke," "Step on Me," "The Great Divide"). Even the single, "Lovefool," is a depressing lament of unrequited affection, and the presence of another Black Sabbath cover ("Iron Man") certainly isn't an immediate upper. Still, First Band on the Moon is saved by the Cardigans' core strengths: Persson's vocals and Svensson's arrangements. John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Your New CuckooSvensson, Cardigans3:57
2Been ItCardigans, Svensson4:06
3HeartbreakerSvensson, Cardigans3:42
4Happy Meal IIKoyana, Svensson, Sveningsson, Cardigans2:37
5Never RecoverSvensson, Sveningsson3:21
6Step on MeCardigans, Sveningsson, Svensson3:48
7LovefoolSvensson, Cardigans3:21
8LosersSvensson, Cardigans3:06
9Iron ManBlack Sabbath, Ward, Butler, Osbourne, Iommi4:20
10Great DivideSvensson, Sveningsson3:17
11ChokeSveningsson, Svensson3:26

Other Releases:
First Band on the Moon [Japan Bonus Tracks]
Release Date: 1996
Label: Gut Bounce








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