Life (The Cardigans album)

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Life
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Studio album by
The Cardigans
Released1 March 1995
Recorded1994
Studio Tambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden) [1]
Genre
Length45:22 (Original version)
47:04 (UK)
47:59 (US)
Label Stockholm Records
Producer Tore Johansson
The Cardigans chronology
Emmerdale
(1994)		Life
(1995)		 First Band on the Moon
(1996)
Singles from Life
  1. "Carnival"
  2. "Hey! Get Out of My Way"
  3. "Rise and Shine"
  4. "Sick & Tired"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly A [8]
NME 8/10 [9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Sunday News 8/10 [11]

Life is the second studio album by Swedish pop rock band The Cardigans. It was released worldwide in 1995 and was an international success, especially in Japan, where it achieved platinum status. Outside of Sweden and Japan (where debut Emmerdale had been released in 1994), it was released as their first album: a compilation of tracks from both Emmerdale and Life. It was released in the United States under the label Minty Fresh Records.

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Peter Svensson, except "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Iommi, Butler, Ward, Osbourne

Swedish edition

  1. "Carnival" (Lyrics: Nina Persson, Svensson, Sveningsson) – 3:37
  2. "Gordon's Gardenparty" (Lyrics: Persson, Svensson) – 3:22
  3. "Daddy's Car" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Bengt Lagerberg) – 3:35
  4. "Pikebubbles" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:05
  5. "Tomorrow" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:05
  6. "Beautiful One" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:28
  7. "Travelling with Charley" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 4:09
  8. "Fine" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:11
  9. "Sunday Circus Song" (Lyrics: Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:56
  10. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" (Lyrics: Persson, Svensson) – 3:30
  11. "Closing Time" (Lyrics: Lars-Olof Johansson, Sveningsson, Svensson) – 10:22

UK, French, Canadian and Brazilian version

  1. "Carnival" – 3:37
  2. "Gordon's Gardenparty" – 3:22
  3. "Daddy's Car" – 3:35
  4. "Sick & Tired" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:24
  5. "Tomorrow" – 3:05
  6. "Rise & Shine" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 3:30
  7. "Beautiful One" – 3:28
  8. "Travelling with Charley" – 4:09
  9. "Fine" – 3:11
  10. "Celia Inside" (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 4:42
  11. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" – 3:32
  12. "After All..." (Lyrics: Sveningsson) – 2:57
  13. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Lyrics: Butler) – 4:32 [12]

This version omits "Pikebubbles", "Sunday Circus Song" and "Closing Time", replacing them with "Sick & Tired", "Rise & Shine", "Celia Inside", "After All..." and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" from Emmerdale. "Celia Inside" is a longer edit, and "Rise & Shine" is a new recording, while the others are taken directly from the previous album. The omitted song "Pikebubbles" was released internationally as the B-side to the 1995 "Rise & Shine" single. Additionally, "Hey! Get Out Of My Way" is the single version.

US edition

  1. "Carnival" – 3:36
  2. "Daddy's Car" – 3:35
  3. "Fine" – 3:09
  4. "Rise & Shine" – 3:28
  5. "Our Space" – 3:29
  6. "Celia Inside" – 4:40
  7. "Over the Water" – 2:13
  8. "Tomorrow" – 3:03
  9. "Sick & Tired" – 3:23
  10. "Beautiful One" – 3:27
  11. "Gordon's Gardenparty" – 3:19
  12. "Hey! Get Out of My Way" – 3:30
  13. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 4:30 [12]
  14. "Happy Meal" – 2:36

This version omits "Pikebubbles", "Travelling with Charley", "Sunday Circus Song" and "Closing Time", replacing them with "Rise & Shine", "Our Space", "Celia Inside", "Over the Water", "Sick & Tired" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" from Emmerdale and exclusive US bonus track "Happy Meal". The four omitted tracks were included as a bonus disc with the US version of Emmerdale, released in 1997.

Personnel

Other appearances

Singles

Continental Europe/UK

Japan/Sweden

Charts

Chart (1995–96)
  • Peak
  • position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 50
Icelandic Albums (Plötur og Diskar) [14] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] 13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 51

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ) [18] 2× Platinum500,000 [19]
Sweden (GLF) [20] Platinum191,000 [21]
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Gold100,000*
Summaries
Worldwide—1,500,000 [19]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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