關於the cardigans....

一組來自瑞典的五人indie-pop band.......

主音 Nina Persson , 結他手 Peter Svensson , Bass Magnus Sveningsson , keyboard Lars-Olof Johansson同鼓
手Bengt Fredrik Arvid Lagerberg

92年10月 , The Cardigans 正式成立 , 憑著主音Nina甜美的歌聲 , 以及樂隊出色的創作 , 令The Cardigans 成為90's最受歡迎的 indie-pop band......
94年5月推出首張專輯 《Emmerdale》 , 售出二十萬張 , 一曲Rise & Shine 成為瑞典電台大熱 , 更被當地音樂雜誌 投票選為1994年最佳唱片 , 之後在歐洲進行巡迴演唱.....

95年3月推出第二張專輯 《Life》 , 全球銷量高達150萬張 , 令The Cardigans 的音樂衝出歐洲 , 逐漸得到世界性的認同.......

96年9月推出第三張大碟《First Band on the Moon》, 在大碟內作了新嘗試 , Lovefool成為電台大熱作品 , 更在日本創下7日內售出30萬張唱片的佳績.....

98年推出《Gran Turismo》, 以電視遊戲取名 , 原因係因為佢地在錄音期間瘋狂迷上Gran Turismo , 唱片意境同歌詞亦是由Gran Turismo取靈感 , 唱片籠罩住陰沈同憂鬱氣氛.........

之後待03及05年推出《Long Gone Before Daylight》, 《Super Extra Gravity》大碟.....

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至於cardigans 好歌也有不少, 以下是個人喜好.....可以推介
《Life》---Gordon's Gardenparty, Beautiful One
《First Band On The Moon》 --- Your New Cuckoo, Lovefool, Iron Man
《Gran Turismo》 --- Erase/rewind, Higher, My Favourite Game, Junk Of The Hearts
《Emmerdale》 --- Over The Water, Rise & Shine
《For What It's Worth》 --- For What It's Worth
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你可以去二手cd店睇下有無.....or 去圖書館借都可以~~

link:
http://hk.geocities.com/qqbun/cardigans.htm
http://www.cardigans.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thecardigans

One of the most pleasing pop groups of the '90s, the Cardigans specialize in sugary confections that would grow annoying very quickly if they weren't backed by great musicianship and clever arrangements. The band's 1995 breakout album, Life, reflected the Cardigans at their most saccharine — the sunny disposition of vocalist Nina Persson being the major argument in favor — and critics inserted the group into the space age pop revivalist camp. The Cardigans later proved that they were more difficult to pigeonhole, however.

Even the band's origins show that their later appearance was quite misleading; two heavy metal fanatics formed the group in October 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Guitarist Peter Svensson met bassist Magnus Sveningsson in a hardcore group, though he had previously trained in music theory and jazz arranging. The two later grew tired of metal and decided to form a pop band with Nina Persson — an art-school friend who had never sung professionally — plus keyboard player Lars-Olof Johansson and drummer Bengt Lagerberg.

All five Cardigans moved into a small apartment in 1993 and began recording a demo tape that entered the hands of producer Tore Johansson later that year. He liked what he heard and invited the group to record at his Malmö studio. Signed to the dance-oriented Stockholm label, the Cardigans released Emmerdale in May 1994. The single "Rise & Shine" became a hit on Swedish radio soon after the release of the LP, and a readers poll in Sweden's Slitz magazine voted Emmerdale the best album of 1994.

The Cardigans spent the last half of 1994 touring Europe and recording their second album. A satirical response to their moody debut, Life showed the band at their most upbeat, including an angelic picture of Persson in an ice-skating outfit for the cover. Released in March 1995 — with several re-recordings of songs from Emmerdale — the album eventually sold one and a half million copies worldwide and became especially popular in Japan, where it achieved platinum status.

A deal with Minty Fresh gave the Cardigans an American release of Life in spring 1996, and the group played eight sold-out shows in the U.S. that summer. The American major labels began to notice the attention, and Mercury signed them soon after. First Band on the Moon, released in September 1996, de-emphasized the pure pop in favor of abstract arrangements and some rather violent themes. Nevertheless, the infectious single "Lovefool" became a radio hit by early 1997, and First Band on the Moon eventually reached gold status in America, as well as platinum certification in Japan (just three weeks after its release).

Gran Turismo followed in 1998, though it lacked an obvious hit and led to a long hiatus for the band. Finally, the Cardigans returned in 2003 with Long Gone Before Daylight, marking a clear transition with confessional material closer to the singer/songwriter tradition. Super Extra Gravity followed in 2005. - BY john bush