Life (The Cardigans album)

Life
Studio album by The Cardigans
Released	1 March 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)Emmerdale1994 Life (1995) First Band on the Moon (1996)First Band on the Moon1996
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 Music	(favourable)[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]
Spin	(favourable)[6]

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.

Track listing

All music composed by Peter Svensson, except "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Iommi, Butler, Ward, Osbourne

Swedish edition

1. "Carnival" (Lyrics: Nina Persson, Svensson, Sveningsson) – 3:37
2. "Gordon's Gardenparty" (Lyrics: Persson, Svensson) – 3:22
3. "Daddy's Car" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Bengt Lagerberg) – 3:35
4. "Pikebubbles" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:05
5. "Tomorrow" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:05
6. "Beautiful One" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:28
7. "Travelling with Charley" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 4:09
8. "Fine" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:11
9. "Sunday Circus Song" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:56
10. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" (Lyrics: Persson, Svensson) – 3:30
11. "Closing Time" (Lyrics: Lars-Olof Johansson, Sveningsson, Svensson) – 10:22

UK, French, Canadian and Brazilian version

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

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. "Celia Inside" is a longer edit, and "Rise & Shine" is a new recording, while the others are taken directly from the previous album. The omitted song "Pikebubbles" was released internationally as the B side to the 1995 "Rise & Shine" single. Additionally, "Hey! Get Out Of My Way" is a unique version.

US edition

1. "Carnival" – 3:36
2. "Daddy's Car" – 3:35
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^[7]
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.

Personnel

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

Other appearances

• "Carnival" was featured in the soundtracks of the 1997 film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and the 1996 Australian film Love And Other Catastrophes.
• "Carnival" was featured in one episode of MTV animated series Daria.

Singles

Continental Europe/UK

• "Sick and Tired" (March 1995, #118 UK)
• "Carnival" (10 June 1995, #72 UK)
• "Sick and Tired" (re-release, 23 September 1995, #34 UK)
• "Carnival" (re-release, 25 November 1995, #35 UK)
• "Rise and Shine" (10 February 1996, #29 UK)

Japan/Sweden

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

Charts

Certifications

External links

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

References

1. ↑ Allmusic review
2. ↑ BBC Music review
3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
4. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 137–138. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. 
6. ↑ Spin review
7. 1 2 Originally performed by Black Sabbath
8. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Cardigans – Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
9. ↑ Island plötur og diskar (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. 24 April 1996. p. 40. Retrieved 22 October 2015. 
10. ↑ カーディガンズのランキング [The Cardigans album sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2017. 
11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – The Cardigans – Emmerdale". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
12. ↑ "Cardigans | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 7 June 2017.
13. ↑ "有料音楽配信認定" [Recording Industry Association of Japan - Statistics - Certified Awards]. 日本レコード協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2017.  Note: User must enter "カーディガンズ" ("The Cardigans") in "アーティスト" ("Artist") field.
14. 1 2 Craig Rosen (21 September 1996). "Sweden's Cardigans Wrap Up U.S.". Billboard. 108 (38): 9, 89. ISSN 0006-2510. 
15. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 3 March 2017. 
16. ↑ David Sinclair (23 December 1995). "Global Music Pulse | The Latest Music News From Around The Planet | APRIL". Billboard. 107 (50): 65. ISSN 0006-2510. 
17. ↑ "British album certifications – The Cardigans – Life". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 March 2017.  Enter Life in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search