The Cardigans – First Band On The Moon (1996) [2022 Release, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cardigans – First Band On The Moon (1996) [2022 Release, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
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Total Size: 1.58 GB (DSF) + 798 MB (FLAC) + 1.61 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music Hong Kong | Japan | Cat#: 5396310 | Genre: Pop Rock

For listeners who had caught up with the Cardigans on their breakout album, Life, the group’s third album was a confusing pastiche which included several conventional pop songs, but also added tracks with left-field arrangements and some (comparatively) disturbing lyrics. In reality, however, the group had simply returned to the mood and feel of their debut album. On Emmerdale, the melancholy was personal and solitary in nature, but here depression is focused on unfaithful lovers — in both the songs which vocalist Nina Persson helped out with lyrics and those written by the rest of the band (“Choke,” “Step on Me,” “The Great Divide”). Even the single, “Lovefool,” is a depressing lament of unrequited affection, and the presence of another Black Sabbath cover (“Iron Man”) certainly isn’t an immediate upper. Still, First Band on the Moon is saved by the Cardigans’ core strengths: Persson’s vocals and Svensson’s arrangements. ― Allmusic

Tracklist
01. Your New Cuckoo – 03:55
02. Been It – Album Version – 04:05
03. Heartbreaker – 03:42
04. Happy Meal II – 02:36
05. Never Recover – 03:21
06. Step On Me – 03:48
07. Lovefool – Radio Edit – 03:14
08. Losers – 03:17
09. Iron Man – 04:20
10. Great Divide – 03:16
11. Choke – 03:26

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