Life (The Cardigans album)

Life
Studio album by The Cardigans
Released	March 1, 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Pop rock
Length	45:22 (Original version), 47:04 (UK), 47:59 (US)
Label	Stockholm Records
Producer	Tore Johansson
The Cardigans chronology
Emmerdale (1994) Life (1995) First Band on the Moon (1996)
Singles from Life
"Carnival" "Hey! Get Out of My Way" "Rise and Shine" "Sick and Tired"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC Online	(favourable)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(A)[3]
Spin	(favourable)[4]

Life is the second studio album of The Cardigans. It was released worldwide in 1995 and was an international success, especially in Japan, where it achieved platinum status. Outside of Sweden and Japan (where debut Emmerdale had been released in 1994), the album was released as their first album as a compilation of tracks from both Emmerdale and Life. It was released in the United States under the label Minty Fresh Records.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Swedish edition 1.2 UK, French, Brazilian & Canadian edition 1.3 US edition 2 Personnel 3 Other appearances 4 Singles 4.1 Japan/Sweden 4.2 Continental Europe/UK 5 Links

Track listing

Swedish edition

1. "Carnival" – 3:37
2. "Gordon's Gardenparty" – 3:22
3. "Daddy's Car" – 3:35
4. "Pikebubbles" – 3:05
5. "Tomorrow" – 3:05
6. "Beautiful One" – 3:28
7. "Travelling with Charley" – 4:09
8. "Fine" – 3:11
9. "Sunday Circus Song" – 3:56
10. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" – 3:32
11. "Closing Time" – 10:22

UK, French, Brazilian & Canadian edition

1. "Carnival" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Persson, Svensson, Sveningsson) – 3:37
2. "Gordon's Gardenparty" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Persson, Svensson) – 3:22
3. "Daddy's Car" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson, Lagerberg) – 3:35
4. "Sick and Tired" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:24
5. "Tomorrow" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:05
6. "Rise and Shine" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:30
7. "Beautiful One" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:28
8. "Travelling with Charley" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 4:09
9. "Fine" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:11
10. "Celia Inside" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 4:42
11. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Persson, Svensson) – 3:32
12. "After All..." (Music: Svensson Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 2:57
13. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Music: Iommi, Butler, Ward, Osbourne Lyrics: Butler) – 4:32^[5]

This version omits "Pikebubbles", "Sunday Circus Song" and "Closing Time", replacing them with "Sick and Tired", "Rise and Shine", "Celia Inside", "After All..." and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" from Emmerdale.

US edition

1. "Carnival" – 3:36
2. "Daddy's Car" – 3:36
3. "Fine" – 3:09
4. "Rise and Shine" – 3:28
5. "Our Space" – 3:29
6. "Celia Inside" – 4:40
7. "Over the Water" – 2:13
8. "Tomorrow" – 3:03
9. "Sick and Tired" – 3:23
10. "Beautiful One" – 3:27
11. "Gordon's Gardenparty" – 3:19
12. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" – 3:30
13. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 4:30^[5]
14. "Happy Meal" – 2:36

This version omits "Pikebubbles", "Travelling with Charley", "Sunday Circus Song" and "Closing Time", replacing them with "Rise and Shine", "Our Space", "Celia Inside", "Over the Water", "Sick and Tired" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" from Emmerdale and exclusive US bonus track "Happy Meal". The four omitted tracks were included as a bonus disc with the US version of Emmerdale, released in 1997.

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ BBC Online review
3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
4. ^ Spin review
5. ^ ^{a b} Originally performed by Black Sabbath

Personnel

• Peter Svensson - guitar, vocals
• Magnus Sveningsson - bass, vocals
• Bengt Lagerberg - drums, percussion
• Lars-Olof Johansson - keyboards, piano
• Nina Persson - lead vocals

Other appearances

• "Carnival" was featured in the soundtrack for the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.

Singles

Japan/Sweden

• "Carnival"
• "Hey! Get Out of My Way"
• "Rise and Shine" (Japan only re-release)

Continental Europe/UK

• "Carnival" (10 June 1995, #72 UK)
• "Sick and Tired" (23 September 1995, #34 UK)
• "Carnival" (re-release 25 November 1995, #35 UK)
• "Rise and Shine" (10 February 1996, #29 UK)

Links

• The Cardigans discography at the band's official site
• Polyhex UK chart information

The Cardigans Lars-Olof Johansson · Bengt Lagerberg · Nina Persson · Magnus Sveningsson · Peter Svensson Studio albums Emmerdale · Life · First Band on the Moon · Gran Turismo · Long Gone Before Daylight · Super Extra Gravity Compilations The Other Side of the Moon · Best of Singles "Rise and Shine" · "Black Letter Day" · "Sick and Tired" · "Carnival" · "Hey! Get Out of My Way" · "Lovefool" · "Been It" · "Your New Cuckoo" · "My Favourite Game" · "Erase/Rewind" · "Hanging Around" · "For What It's Worth" · "You're the Storm" · "Live and Learn" · "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" · "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" · Airplay/Promo Only "Losers" · "Communication" · "Godspell" · EPs Rise & Shine: Under The Covers EP  · Gran Turismo Overdrive Related articles Discography · Songs · Albums