A Cardigans occurs as Swedish band formed in the town of Jönköping in 1992. A band's genre has varied greatly from either album to album & encompasses their early indie leanings passing through 60s-inspired pop and more band-depending rock.

Both one of their records has opened a recently market & attracted the attention of newly audiences. Their debut album Emmerdale (1994) gave them the firm base within their page united states & raised occasionally flags overseas, especially in Japan. However it wasn't until their breakthrough 2nd album Life (1995) that international audiences and critics responded. A band is perchance better known for their international hit individual "Lovefool", from either a album First Band on the Moon (1996). Its inclusion in the soundtrack of ''William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet by director Baz Luhrmann secured their popularity and although some might consider them a one-hit wonder the band has had international success after that with the singles "My Favourite Game" and "Erase/Rewind", both from the album Gran Turismo.

Members

Peter Svensson - lead guitar Magnus Sveningsson - bass Bengt Lagerberg - drums Lars-Olof "Lasse" Johansson - keyboards and guitar Nina Persson - vocals

History

Peter Svensson & Magnus Sveningsson, each heavy metal musicians, formed the class action inside October of 1992 within Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson & lead singer Nina Persson. Residing together around the little flat, The Cardigans recorded a demo tape which record producer Tore Johansson heard, leading to an invitation to record at a studio within Malmö. Inside 1994 it freed their debut album, Emmerdale around Sweden and Japan (it was re-freed internationally in 1997). A album includes a Swedish radio hit "Rise & Shine" and was later voted the best of 1994 in a poll in Slitz magazine.

A rest of 1994 was spent touring Europe & recording Life, which was released worldwide within 1995. Life became an international profits, selling to the higher degree a million copies & achieving platinum status in Japan. Around 1996 Life was freed under a label Minty Fresh in the U.S., but this release was essentially a compilation of tracks from Emmerdale and Life. Life was perchance the satiric riposte to the number one album, & saw the b& move witharound a further avant-garde counsel in terms of arrangements and nontextual matter.

When their profits by having Life, A Cardigans signed to Mercury Records, under which they freed First Band on the Moon'' worldwide in 1996. By using this album, a b& got developed into a further complex, darker beast, the songs involved themes of grief, unfaithfulness and despair. "Lovefool" was a hit through a earth, especially around the United States & over agaaround in Japan, in which the album reached atomic number 78 in simply trinity weeks. Still, it was unrepresentative of the album as a whole &, although it helped it achieve gold sales status in America, several critics branded the children treacly soft-pop on the basis of "Lovefool".

1998's Gran Turismo was darker & further moody, and was followed by an extended hiatus when you took which a band members pursued solo side projects. the equivalent month it besides freed a compilation of uncommon B-sides called The Other Side of the Moon as a Japan-only release which makes this album somewhat uncommon outside Japan.

In a period of the break that followed, Nina Persson freed an album as A Camp and the Cardigans recorded the duet handle of Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" by having Tom Jones on his album Reload, Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from either either Joakim Berg from Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded when Righteous Boy. A Cardigans returned around 2003 with the quietly, further introverted Long Gone Before Daylight.

Recently, the band has followed a extra country music style. A band finished recording their sixth album, Extr Additional Gravity, around Can 2005, & these are placed to exist as freed October 19 2005.

Discography
Albums
Emmerdale (1994) - re-released in the U.S. around 1999 Life (1995) - re-released in the U.S. within 1996 First Band on the Moon (1996) The Other Side of the Moon (1997) - B-side & rarities compilation released lone within Japan and Australia Gran Turismo (1998) Long Gone Before Daylight (2003) - re-released in the U.S. inside 2004 Super Extra Gravity - (2005)

Singles
"Rise & Shine" (1994) - Originally released in Sweden only, re-recorded and reissued for Sweden, Japan and UK in 1995 and for Europe in 1996 (#29 UK) "Black Letter Day" (1994) - discharged inside Sweden & Japan only "Sick & Tired" (1994) (#34 UK) "Carnival" (1995) (#35 UK) "Hey! Get Out of My Way" (1995) - discharged inside Europe & Japan only "Lovefool" (1996) - Reissued internationally around 1997 (#21 UK (original release), #2 UK (1997 remix)) "Been It" (1996) - discharged around Europe & Australia. Late discharged in the U.S. within 1997 (#56 UK) "Your New Cuckoo" (1996) - discharged within Japan. Reissued inside Europe & Australia within 1997 (#35 UK) "My Favourite Game" (1998) (#14 UK) "Erase/Rewind" (1999) (#7 UK) "Hanging Around" (1999) (#17 UK) "Junk Of The Hearts" (1999) "For What It's Worth" (2003) (#31 UK) "You're The Storm" (2003) (#74 UK) "Live and Learn" (2003) "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer" (2005) (#3 Sweden, #59 UK)