9 Lives (Pandora album)

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9 Lives
9 Lives by Pandora.jpg
Studio album by Pandora
Released 26 September 2003 (2003-09-26)
Genre Europop
pop
Label Mariann Records, Virgin Records, EMI Music
Producer
  • Johan Fransson
  • Jon Wesamaa
  • Jonas Stadling
  • Jorgen Ringqvist
  • Lars "Dille" Diedricdon
  • Magnus John
  • Maki Kolemainen
  • Mats Nyman
  • Mika Metala
  • Pandora
  • Sami Lehto
  • Tommy Ekman Christer Sandelin
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgrenn
  • Tomas Axelsson
  • Tracy Lipp
Pandora chronology
Won't Look Back
(2002)		9 Lives
(2003)		 Greatest Hits & Remixes
(2005)
Singles from 9 Lives
  1. "You"
    Released: February 2003
  2. "Don't Worry"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Runaway"
    Released: February 2004
  4. "I'm Confused"
    Released: October 2004
  5. "A Love Like This (promo) "
    Released: 2005

9 Lives is the ninth studio album by Swedish singer Pandora, released in Japan in September 2003, in Scandinavia in June 2005 and Internationally in September 2006. The album peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Charts, becoming Pandora's third top twenty album, and first since Tell the World in 1995.

Swedes nation and ethnic group native to Sweden

Swedes are a Germanic ethnic group native to Sweden. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular Finland, with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States.

Pandora (singer) singer

Anneli Magnusson, known by her stage name Pandora, is a Swedish eurodance artist. She was most popular during the mid-1990s in the Nordic countries, in Asia and Australia in the end of 1990s to mid-2000s but is still active and releasing material more recently as United DJs vs. Pandora.

<i>Tell the World</i> (Pandora album) album

Tell the World is the second studio album by Swedish singer Pandora, released in Sweden in February 1995 by Virgin Records. The album peaked at number 11 in Sweden. The Japanese edition featured "One of Us", originally by ABBA. By September 1996, the album had sold over 455,000 copies in Japan alone.

Contents

The album includes Pandora's two Melodifestivalen songs, "You" in 2003 and "Runaway" in 2004, with neither progressing past the semi-finals.

Melodifestivalen Swedish Eurovision Song Contest preselection

Melodifestivalen is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1958. Since 2000, the competition has been the most popular television programme in Sweden; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the semi-finals averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.

Melodifestivalen 2003 season of television series

Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semi-finals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Luleå, Sundsvall and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The show was watched by 1,230,751 people.

Melodifestivalen 2004 was the selection for the 44th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 43rd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five semifinals had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, in Karlstad, Gothenburg, Umeå, Malmö and a Second Chance round in Stockholm. The final was broadcast on SVT1 and Sveriges Radio's P4 network. The winner was Lena Philipsson with "Det gör ont" who later that year came in 5th place in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Turkey with the English-language version It Hurts.

On the album sleeve, Pandora writes; "9 albums in 10 years, I feel so fortunate. This is music that has been in my head for quite sometime waiting... growing... Thanks to all of you who have been following me over the years and welcome to the new listeners". [1]

Track listing

Japanese version

  1. "A Love Like This" – 3:24
  2. "Girl in a Daydream" – 2:59
  3. "Chapter One" – 3:32
  4. "Tomorrow Comes Too Soon" – 3:45
  5. "Best Friends" – 4:08
  6. "I'll Be Gone" – 3:30
  7. "You" – 3:03
  8. "When I'm Over You" – 3:41
  9. "Invisible Girl" – 3:38
  10. "Been All Around" – 3:59
  11. "You & I" – 3:20
  12. "I'm the Better Woman" – 3:11
  13. "Summer Rain" – 3:59
  14. "Never Give Up" – 4:19

Scandinavian/International version

  1. "A Love Like This" – 3:24
  2. "I'm Confused" – 3:33
  3. "Runaway" – 2:52
  4. "Girl in a Daydream" – 2:59
  5. "Tomorrow Comes Too Soon" – 3:45
  6. "Best Friends" – 4:08
  7. "I'll Be Gone" – 3:30
  8. "You" – 3:03
  9. "Don't Worry" – 4:00
  10. "Chapter One" – 3:32
  11. "You & I" – 3:20
  12. "Invisible Girl" – 3:38
  13. "I'm the Better Woman" – 3:11

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
scope="row"Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [2] 16

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Japan [3] 26 September 2003 CD Mariann Records, Virgin Records VJCP-68490
ScandinaviaJune 2005CD, Digital download EMI Finland, Westridge Music7243 875452 2 9
Worldwide [4] 26 September 2006Digital downloadMariann Grammofon

Video games

The songs "A Love Like This" and "Girl in a Daydream" are included in the international arcade releases of the Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova series and Dance Dance Revolution X . The Japanese PlayStation 2 version of the first SuperNova game also included both songs.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova</i> 2006 video game

Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, released in Europe as Dancing Stage SuperNova, is an arcade and PlayStation 2 game in the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) series of music video games. It was produced by Konami and released through Betson Enterprises. The game was released in Europe on April 28, 2006, followed shortly by a North American release on May 15 and a Japanese release on July 12. Unlike previous DDR arcade releases, all versions have the same features and song list. It is the 5th arcade release in Europe, the 3rd arcade release in North America, and the 9th arcade release in Japan.

<i>Dance Dance Revolution X</i> video game

Dance Dance Revolution X is a music video game, part of the Dance Dance Revolution series. DDR X was announced by Konami in 2008 for Japan and on May 15, 2008 for the North American PlayStation 2. The arcade version was announced on July 7, 2008, July 9, 2008 in Europe, and July 10, 2008 for North America. Released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dance Dance Revolution, DDR X sports an improved interface, new music, and new modes of play. The arcade release featured an overhauled cabinet design with a widescreen display, e-Amusement and USB access, and an improved sound system. Despite such new design of its arcade cabinet, upgrade kit to change the edition of DDR on its first generation arcade cabinet from SuperNOVA2 to X is also available. The PlayStation 2 release has link ability with the arcade machine, multi-player support over LAN, and other improved and returning features such as EyeToy support. DDR X was called a "truly global version", with a multi-regional release by all three major Konami houses.

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References

  1. ↑ 9 Lives (CD). Pandora. Mariann Records. 2003.
  2. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Pandora – 9 Lives". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pandora 9 Lives". HMV Japan. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "9 Lives by Pandora". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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