Gran Turismo (album)

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Gran Turismo

Studio album by The Cardigans
Released	October 1, 1998
Genre	Rock/Alternative Rock
Length	42:36
Label	Stockholm Records
Producer(s)	Tore Johansson
All Music Guide link NME link Pitchfork (7.0/10) link Robert Christgau (honorable mention) link Rolling Stone 10/29/1998
The Cardigans chronology
First Band on the Moon (1997)	Gran Turismo (1998)	Long Gone Before Daylight (2003)

Gran Turismo is the fourth studio album by the Swedish band The Cardigans, released internationally on October 1, 1998 and in November 1998 in the U.S..

1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 Charts, awards and certifications
- 3.1 Album
- 3.2 Singles
4 Audio sample
5 Miscellaneous
6 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Paralyzed" (Nina Persson, Peter Svensson) – 4:54
"Erase/Rewind" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:35
"Explode" (Persson, Svensson) – 4:04
"Starter" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:49
"Hanging Around" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:40
"Higher" (Persson, Svensson) – 4:32
"Marvel Hill" (Persson, Magnus Sveningsson, Svensson) – 4:16
"My Favourite Game" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:36
"Do You Believe" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:19
"Junk of the Hearts" (Persson, Sveningsson, Svensson) – 4:07
"Nil" (Lars-Olof Johansson) – 2:18

[edit] Singles

My Favourite Game (10 October 1998, #14 UK)
Erase/Rewind (28 February 1999, #7 UK)
Hanging Around (17 July 1999, #17 UK)
Gran Turismo Overdrive EP (The Cardigans remixed by Naid) (19 November 1999, released outside the UK)

[edit] Charts, awards and certifications

[edit] Album

Swedish Top 100 Albums: Debuted at #1
UK Top 200 Albums: #8, spent 92 weeks in the Top 200
Billboard Top 200 Albums: #151
Swedish Grammis Awards 1998: Album of the Year and Pop/Rock Group of the Year.
Certified gold in Sweden.
Certified platinum in the UK.
Certified sales of more than 3 million copies worldwide.

[edit] Singles

Swedish Top 100 Singles: "My Favourite Game"; #3, "Erase/Rewind"; #12,
UK Top 75 Singles: "My Favourite Game"; #14, "Erase/Rewind"; #7, "Hanging Around"; #17
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks: "My Favourite Game"; #16
Canadian Singles Chart: "My Favourite Game"; #19

[edit] Audio sample

The Cardigans - My Favourite Game excerpt (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- An excerpt from My Favourite Game
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[edit] Miscellaneous

The album is named after the PlayStation game Gran Turismo which the band played extensively while on tour^{[citation needed]}.
The song My Favourite Game opens the racing game Gran Turismo 2, the sequel to the above mentioned game. In the European/Japanese versions, the song was a remix.
The song Erase/Rewind is featured in the end credits of the movie The Thirteenth Floor.
The song My Favourite Game was used is Chris Haslam's part of Almost: Round Three, a popular skateboarding film of the team, Almost.