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The Cardigans - The Best Of Audio CD

A fair review of the The Cardigans "The Best Of" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Cardigans reviews here, or go back to the The Cardigans tabs.

The Cardigans Band: The Cardigans
Title: The Best Of
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-05-13
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Rise and Shine 2: Sick and Tired 3: After All.. 4: Carnival 5: Daddy's Car 6: Lovefool 7: Been It 8: Losers 9: War 10: My Favourite Game 11: Erase / Rewind 12: Hanging Around 13: Higher 14: For What It's Worth 15: You're The Storm 16: Live and Learn 17: Communication 18: I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer 19: Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds) 20: Godspell 21: Burning Down The House - Tom Jones, The Cardigans

The Best Of
Elsewhere in Europe it did alright but nothing special, peaking at #32 in the UK chart. The Best Of is a compilation album released by the Cardigans 2008 and did quite well in Scandinavia peaking in the top 10 of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Here we get great tracks such as "Rise & Shine", "Lovefool" and "My Favorite Game". The booklet contains no lyrics but we get liner notes for each track and two great photographs. The cover I do not like as it looks like a friend drew that at random. 4/5. .


Advertised as 2 discs, but only got one
I know that because I have nearly every track already as I own all of the Cardigans albums. Nothing wrong with the music on here. I bought this because it was supposed to have a second disc of rarities, but the single disc version was sent to me instead. That was a real disappointment. Watch out for misleading listings that trick you into buying a mislabeled item. I gave this a 3 star rating based solely on the lack of the second disc, not on the quality of the music which is great.


Terrific Compilation!
CD one contains the the singles along with a few selected album-tracks. This compilation of the Cardigans is really great and as good as a 2 CD collection can be hoped for. Big fans of the band will already have the majority, if not all, of these songs. If you are not familiar with the Cardigans, this CD is highly recommended, as it covers the whole career of the band from 1994 till 2005.

CD 2 contains rarities and B-sides and this will obviously be the one that big fans of the band will appreciate the most. I'm not aware of any tracks missing that should have been included. Moreover the quality of most these tracks is on par with the material found on their regular albums.

Personally I first really began to appreciate the band after "Long Gone Before Daylight", when their sound had become more tighter and fuller. The change from the early "thin" ( but charming ) sound of their early albums had in fact already begun with "Gran Turismo", which contains the great "Erase and Rewind", and even "Been it" from the previous album sounds just right. "Long Gone Before Daylight" is my clear favourite album, and all songs from that album would have been great picks for a compilation. Furthermore the outtakes and B-sides from this period, and included here, are as good as the best songs on the two recent albums. "The Road", "Hold Me", "If There's a Chance", "For the Boys", "Less Like Me" and "Slowdown Town" are all outstanding songs and at least as good as the hits on CD 1.

Fine booklet with interesting notes about each song.

Highly recommended. .


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