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February 19, 2003

Cardigans Return to Daylight

Band readies first record in five years
January 29, 2002

The Music Behind "Storytelling"

Persson, Larson, and Belle and Sebastian set mood for Solondz flick
November 7, 1998

Cardigans Spill the Beans

q&a
November 6, 1998

Their New Cuckoo

The Cardigans on crap Swedish music, life after "Lovefool," Lilith Fair, "90210" and, oh yeah, their new album

Recordings and Reviews

Super Extra Gravity

Long removed from their days as U.S. hitmakers ("Lovefool," anyone?), the Cardigans are still huge in their native Sweden, and better than you remember. Their sixth studio album balances blander pop rock like "In the Round" with darker, rougher stuff and spunky little ditties such as "Little Black C...

2006 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Long Gone Before Daylight

2003

Gran Turismo

1998

First Band On The Moon

1996

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Biography

From a distance, the Cardigans fit all the adjectives usually heaped upon Swedish pop groups: Bubbly. Perky. Winsome. Cute. But this lounge-pop fivesome's world isn't all sweetness and light. Frontwoman Nina Persson's breathy, girlish voice may seem carefree, but the words she sings often carry a uniquely Scandinavian gloom, shadowing the corners of an otherwise sunny vista.

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