Personnel: Peter Lindgard (violin, trumpet); Asa Hakansson (violin); Ivan Bakran (cello); Anders Nordgren (flute); Sven Andersson (saxophone); Tore Johansson (trumpet); Jens Lindgard (trombone).
The Cardigans: Nina Persson (vocals); Peter, Bengt, Magnus, Lars-Olof.
Additional personnel: Asa Hakansson (violin); Ivan Bakran (cello); Anders Nordgren (flute); Sven Andersson (saxophone); Petter Lindgard, Tore Johansson (trumpet); Jens Lindgard (trombone).
Spin (1/96, p.64) - Included on Spin's list of the "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '95." - "...The Cardigans are the great beat combo you've never heard, creating childlike melodies and wit-filled arrangements to tickle your cranium and set your toes a-tapping..." Entertainment Weekly (2/23-3/1/96, p.126) - "Call them the Swedish Pizzicato Five, the Rentals in their own wildest dreams, or the true heirs to ABBA's legacy: This coed Stockholm quintet are all that and then some..." - Rating: A Option (5-6/96, p.98) - "...the sweetest pop since new Coke..." Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp.66-67) - Ranked #43 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's `Albums Of The Year' - "...From the Etienne/Pizzicato/Stereolab school of cinematic sixties nouvelle vague....How Swede it is."
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yesterday's retro is allways today retro!!! if you wheren't aware of it in 1995, you missed it, if by today you haven't listened to it, you are still the same. very underated album, and may pinpoint somehow, today's retro-rock trend... whatsoever... GREAT ALBUM Submitted by al156017 (Calexico, CA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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