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Long Gone Before Daylight by Cardigans (The) (CD, May-2004, 2 Discs, Koch Records USA)
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Artist: Cardigans (The)
Release Date: May 2004
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2 Discs
Record Label: Koch Records (USA)
Genre: Alternative, Rock & Pop
UPC: 099923956525
Product ID: EPID30015989
Description: The Cardigans include: Nina Persson (vocals).
Additional personnel: Pelle Almquist, Nick Royale.
The Cardigans: Nina Persson (vocals); Peter Svensson (guitar); Lars-Olof Johansson (keyboards); Magnus Sveningsson (bass guitar); Bengt Lage...
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How did the world miss this amazing record???!!!?
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I purchased this album at a time when the rest of the world had already forgotten who this band is. Once made famous with the single 'Lovefool' I was amazed to hear this record and discover a band at it's musical peak and penmanship. The lyrics are inspiring and unique, as is the music. Absolute Highlights on this Album are: "Storm" & "Live and Learn". There is no song I'd skip, this album rocks. And a fellow swedish musician that actually released a hugely successful album that year in their homecountry said, the Cardigans would have deserved all the success he had with his album more.. that says something! (It was Per Gessle, maker of Gyllene Tider, Son of a Plumber and Roxette)
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) Most people in the USA associate The Cardigans with their lone big Stateside hit Lovefool. However, as knowledgeable music connoisseurs know, The Cardigans are a very accomplished band and they are far from a one hit wonder.
Since the early 90’s, they have matured and perfected their sound. This is exemplified on their 2004 release Long Gone Before Daylight. In my opinion, this is their best album to date. Long gone are the infectious rhythms and melodies from their previous albums; this album’s sound is more ambient, maturely written, and American influenced.
If you like well-written music that seems to touch your soul, rather than simply entertain you, you should definitely add this album into your collection.
Since the early 90’s, they have matured and perfected their sound. This is exemplified on their 2004 release Long Gone Before Daylight. In my opinion, this is their best album to date. Long gone are the infectious rhythms and melodies from their previous albums; this album’s sound is more ambient, maturely written, and American influenced.
If you like well-written music that seems to touch your soul, rather than simply entertain you, you should definitely add this album into your collection.
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The Cardigans-Long Gone Before DaylightReview created: 01/03/06(updated 07/24/08)
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The Cardigans' "Lomg Gone Before Daylight" features exquisite musicianship with inspired lyrics delivered by Nina Persson. Comfort, on several levels, seems to permeate this album. The songs alone are vital and comforting, the lyrcs speak of comfort sought and lost, tension, compromise and surrender. In "You're the Storm" she sings "you're the storm that I believed in/ and all this peace has been decieving." "A Good Horse' is a wide-eyed real-life confessional, stating,
"These are the Promises I can keep, to live like I must and ride with the dust in my veins, in Grace."
What comes to the front are the conflicts of human identity.
"And Then You Kissed Me" is a sad love song, vital with soft acoustic guitars and distant symbals, sublime in its simplicity "It struck me that love was a sport, so I pushed you a little bit more."
What we take from these songs are a sense of humanness.
"Blue blue black and blue red blood sticks like glue. True love is cruel love. Red blood say power fuel. sweet love tasty blood my heart overflows."
"Please Sister", is a ballad alive with cellos and bells, highly arranged, with noteworthy lyrics. "With a sampled heartbeat and a stolen soul I sold my songs to have my forture told."
"For What It's Worth" is peppy, acoustic, clean and original. Here Persson showcases her ability to sing with great poise, holding notes with enough duration to make lesser singers asphyxiate. She mixes her low and high ranges with an attitude, ever-surprising and sensual.
"Lead me Into The Night" is a heartwarming ballad, jousting again with issues of comfort and security "I ride the tide on a boat made of sand I'm sailing for another to guide me to land."
Live and Learn is upbeat with harder driving acoustics and definite attitude.
"Got kicked in the head so I started a fight cause I knew I was right but I learned I was wrong I remember a slaughter I remember I fought for the money I brought" These songs are essentially human.
I highly recommend this album. Any lyrics noted are for review purposes only and are the property of the Cardigans.
"These are the Promises I can keep, to live like I must and ride with the dust in my veins, in Grace."
What comes to the front are the conflicts of human identity.
"And Then You Kissed Me" is a sad love song, vital with soft acoustic guitars and distant symbals, sublime in its simplicity "It struck me that love was a sport, so I pushed you a little bit more."
What we take from these songs are a sense of humanness.
"Blue blue black and blue red blood sticks like glue. True love is cruel love. Red blood say power fuel. sweet love tasty blood my heart overflows."
"Please Sister", is a ballad alive with cellos and bells, highly arranged, with noteworthy lyrics. "With a sampled heartbeat and a stolen soul I sold my songs to have my forture told."
"For What It's Worth" is peppy, acoustic, clean and original. Here Persson showcases her ability to sing with great poise, holding notes with enough duration to make lesser singers asphyxiate. She mixes her low and high ranges with an attitude, ever-surprising and sensual.
"Lead me Into The Night" is a heartwarming ballad, jousting again with issues of comfort and security "I ride the tide on a boat made of sand I'm sailing for another to guide me to land."
Live and Learn is upbeat with harder driving acoustics and definite attitude.
"Got kicked in the head so I started a fight cause I knew I was right but I learned I was wrong I remember a slaughter I remember I fought for the money I brought" These songs are essentially human.
I highly recommend this album. Any lyrics noted are for review purposes only and are the property of the Cardigans.
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"Lovefool" no more!Review created: 06/10/04
by: nicola_six -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
11/12 songs are great, especially Feathers and Down
11/12 songs are great, especially Feathers and Down
Cons:
"Couldn't Care Less" (boring)
"Couldn't Care Less" (boring)
If you're not an avid fan of the Cardigans, you most likely know them from their overplayed radio hit "Lovefool" (you probably found yourself becoming REALLY annoyed with the song). Or perhaps on TV you glimpsed the striking beauty of the cool blond lead singer Nina Persson. Either way, their star in the U.S came and went very quickly in the mid-1990s, even though they are a very prolific (elsewhere) and talented to boot. It's a shame that the Cardigans don't have a bigger fan base in the United States, because this CD is really, really good. Filled with Persson's deceptively simple but...
Review ID: 10000000000646363
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