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Released | 25 January 2008 | |||
Recorded | 1993–2005 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Label | Stockholm | |||
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Subba Cultcha | 9/10 link |
Best Of is a greatest hits album by the Swedish group The Cardigans, released in Europe in January 2008. It contains twenty-one singles and album tracks. There is also a double-CD version with rare tracks and B-sides. Both versions of the album contain no new songs, though some tracks had previously been released only in the UK or Japan.
It was released in Canada in May 2008 with a different track listing, containing only sixteen tracks.
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [1] | 81 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [2] | 8 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [3] | 60 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [4] | 5 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [5] | 93 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6] | 5 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] | 78 |
UK Albums (OCC) [8] | 32 |
Country | Date |
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Netherlands | 25 January 2008 |
Sweden | 30 January 2008 |
Ireland | 29 February 2008 |
Germany | 7 March 2008 |
Canada | 6 May 2008 |
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