In the beginning on Emmerdale, the lyrics were almost evenly divided between Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson. Songwriting wise, Gran Turismo evinces continual involvement from the outfit’s frontwoman, Nina Persson. Whether it is the late-night, alt-pop glide of “Erase/Rewind,” the electro crawl of “Higher” or the rapid-fire rock and roll bluster of “My Favourite Game”-all the music on Gran Turismo lends itself to a cinematic gait. Said foundation can form itself to whatever unique lyrical or melodic set-up the tracks call for. Take the chameleonic, rhythmic foundation of the effort, forged from the percussion, bass and programming skills of Lagerberg, Sveningsson and Johansson. Much of this rests on how The Cardigans build their songs. As the sessions began picking up speed, The Cardigans whipped up a heavy and stormy aural composite of modern rock and electronic aesthetics-a significant departure from the overall sweet-faced vibes of their initial records.Ĭoming in succinctly at eleven tracks, Gran Turismo possesses the breadth and grandiosity of a double album. Work on Gran Turismo, The Cardigans’ fourth album, began in early-to-mid 1998 and saw Tore Johansson return to the producer’s seat to assist the band in achieving their vision for a layered, weightier sound. Backed into a stylish corner of their own making, The Cardigans decided to move the dial toward their darker, exploratory non-single fare from Emmerdale, Life and First Band on the Moon often obscured by the larger (and lighter) hits from these collections. This provided portions of the music press an out to dismiss the group’s first three efforts as pleasant, but ultimately disposable. As such, some fans and pundits mistook their usage of vintage pop for kitsch. What they hadn’t counted on was that some listeners-and some critics-wouldn’t grasp the ironic humor The Cardigans had sewn into their material. Suddenly, by 1997, The Cardigans’ global profile had been raised high for all to see. The enterprising quintet-Bengt Lagerberg (drums), Lars-Olof Johansson (keyboards), Magnus Sveningsson (bass), Peter Svensson (lead guitar), and Nina Persson (lead vocals)-expanded on Emmerdale’s sonic pathway with their second (1995’s Life) and third (1996’s First Band on the Moon) LPs on the larger label houses of Stockholm and Mercury Records. This was to say nothing of their acerbic lyricism. Produced by Tore Johansson, Emmerdale platformed The Cardigans’ taste for retro ‘60s pop grooves matched to contemporaneous rock musicianship. Happy 20th Anniversary to The Cardigans’ fourth studio album Gran Turismo, originally released October 19, 1998.Įmmerdale, the debut album from the Swedish pop-rock group The Cardigans, was quietly released on the indie imprint Trampolene Records in 1994 in their native Sweden and in Japan.
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