release date: Mar. 1, 1995
format: digital
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,08]
producer: Tore Johansson
label: Stockholm Records - nationality: Sweden
Tracklist: 1. "Carnival" (4 / 5) (live) - 2. "Gordon's Gardenparty" - 3. "Daddy's Car" (live) - 4. "Pikebubbles" - 5. "Tomorrow" - 6. "Beautiful One" - 7. "Travelling With Charley" - 8. "Fine" - 9. "Sunday Circus Song" - 10. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" - 11. "Closing Time"
2nd studio album by The Cardigans. This release annoyed me a bit for many years because it included several tracks from the debut album. But the thing is, it comes in at least three versions with the same cover and released almost at the same time. Only recently, I managed to get hold of the original Swedish album edition, which is without any tracks from the debut, which makes sense. The international (UK, French, Canadian) release on the other hand has five tracks from Emmerdale, and that was unfortunately the most common release very soon outside Sweden. Another version was released in the US with a different track list but also featuring five tracks from the debut. Anyway, the best tracks on the original Swedish release are "Carnival", "Daddy's Car", "Pikebubbles" (omitted on the international editions), and "Tomorrow".
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]
1995 Favourite releases: 1. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill - 2. The Cardigans Life - 3. The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
