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	The Cardigans - Biography - AOL Music
		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.
		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.
		First Band on the Moon, released in September 1996, de-emphasized the pure pop in favor of abstract arrangements and some rather violent themes.
	music.aol.com /artist/the-cardigans/165310/biography (541 words)

	The Cardigans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The follow up, First Band On The Moon, shows The Cardigans fine tuning their pop smarts, and provides a strong argument that they may be Sweden's hippest export since the Volvo P-1800.
		On the previous albums, Peter composed the music and and Magnus the lyrics, however, First Band On The Moon shows the debut of Nina as a major contributor, writing half of the lyrics on the album.
		First Band On The Moon was produced and engineered by Tore Johansson on 24 track analogue at the Tambourine Studios in Malmo, Sweden.
	www.lilithfair.com /lilith97/artists/Cardi.html (258 words)

	Rolling Stone : First Band On The Moon : Review
		In this world of cookie-cutter, post-alternative bands, the Cardigans are fueled by a deep and abiding faith in novelty.
		Yet with First Band on the Moon, their second U.S. album, the Cardigans prove to be more than the sum of their gimmicks.
		First Band on the Moon, with its insinuating melodies and carefully crafted, bittersweet fun, is truly sophisticated and irony-free, except for the Cardigans' take on that most iconographic of Sabbath anthems, "Iron Man." It's a thrill to hear Persson purr, "Heavy boots of lead/Fills his victims full of dread," over a Jim Hall-style jazz-guitar figure.
	www.rollingstone.com /reviews/album/161419/first_band_on_the_moon (355 words)

	Cardigans weave dance and bizarre
		The dreamy songs on First Band on the Moon are a Euro-pop for the `90s, recalling Abba while still sounding unique and current.
		First Band on the Moon will bring a smile to the face of all but the most jaded music fans--and some of them will even love it.
		The band even takes its name from a Japanese cartoon series, which comes as no surprise because Japanese animation is the current hot cult item with the sci-fi and comic crowd.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V129/N57/03-cardigans.57d.html (749 words)

	The Cardigans : First Band on the Moon - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		The Cardigans : First Band on the Moon
		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.
		Still, First Band on the Moon is saved by the Cardigans' core strengths: Persson's vocals and Svensson's arrangements.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,235314,00.html (263 words)

	INKPOT MUSIC REVIEWS: THE CARDIGANS First Band On The Moon (1996)
		For FIRST BAND ON THE MOON, their third album, the Sabbath anthem of choice is "Iron Man," and hearing Nina Persson sing "ooooh, Iron Man" and then tag a string of boop-boop-be-boop beep-beep-de-beep's to tne end of the song is bound to strike a perverse chord in anybody's soul.
		Even though some of the songs on FIRST BAND ON THE MOON swing in the same carefree, sunshine-in-the-countryside way of those found on LIFE, the general swing is towards an uncharacteristic, even disturbing melancholia.
		It was the first gig he had been to in years and he said he was fascinated by the eerie sound the band had created on their three Sabbath/Ozzy covers.
	inkpot.com /music/cardfirst.html (698 words)

	First Band on the Moon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		First Band on the Moon is the third studio album by The Cardigans.
		It was first released on August 12, 1996 and later internationally on September 9, 1996.
		The French edition features the bonus track "Sick and Tired" (Svensson, Sveningsson) which was originally released on the band's first album Emmerdale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Band_on_the_Moon (270 words)

	Snopek : First Band on the Moon - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		His backing band (most of whom performed with him earlier in his career) made the adjustment smoothly as well.
		Unlike most progressive bands that felt the need to dramatically alter their sound by the end of the '70s, Snopek didn't appear as contrived and awkward as other more notable prog-rockers cum pop stars.
		Sigmund Snopek's underlying progressive keyboards are still the foundation of these tracks, but the solid and authoritative guitar playing of Byron Wiemann, and the steady rhythm of bassist Jim Gorton and drummer Mike Lucas give this album character and distinction amongst the countless displaced '70s prog artists.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,165404,00.html (401 words)

	The Michigan Daily Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Cardigans is an equally comfy and buttoned-down Swedish band that enjoys pleasing people of all ages with its lounge-flavored pop-rock.
		The mixture of styles melds best on the album's first single, "My Favourite Game," which wraps Nina Persson's sweet vocals around a pulsing, guttural groove that is matched measure for measure by a distorted underbelly of muted "Ooh ooh"'s.
		And since the group's sound isn't working overtime, the band resorts to lyrics of the utmost mediocrity, over-reaching well into the depths of the average, annoying euro-pop world they have so ingeniously avoided until now.
	www.pub.umich.edu /daily/1998/nov/11-03-98/arts/arts7.html (395 words)

	Spotlight on THE CARDIGANS
		The same year the band made their debut for the label with Emmerdale and later won the accolade of "Best Album of 1994" from Slitz, at the time Sweden's leading music magazine.
		Prior to the First Band On The Moon album in September 1996, The Cardigans released "Lovefool".
		Although the first response to the single was very positive and landed them in the Top 40, it achieved nowhere near the impact that awaited it the following Spring.
	www.universalbuzz.com /ArtistspotlightNumber.asp?Number=104 (649 words)

	Amazon.com: First Band on the Moon: Music: The Cardigans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Nina's voice is still syrupy-sweet..and the music is very imaginative and catchy...but you could hear the beginnings of the changes of the Cardigans music, the "growing-up" phase that most bands go through, which leads to darker lyrics and music...and if you are a fan of their first album, it can be a little dissapointing.
		Though "First Band on the Moon" is more straight pop-rock music than their previous "Life", it is still quite different from the music Cardigans are making today.
		First Band on the Moon ~ The Cardigans
	www.amazon.com /First-Band-Moon-Cardigans/dp/B000001EP1 (1310 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Life - The Cardigans at Epinions.com
		Life was a coy, campy sort of affair rooted in pop but peppered with an incredible range of instruments from a flute to a saxophone and from a trombone to a cello.
		Carefree and shimmering, Life cemented the band into the minds of folks around the world with enough foresight to realize that this was a band to be watched.
		The first is definitely the fact that the Cardigans are at times too damn sticky-sweet.
	www.epinions.com /content_130847641220 (954 words)

	First Band on the Moon - The Cardigans - Similar Albums
		When No Doubt's debut album proved a disappointment to Interscope executives, the label withdrew support from the band and refused to release them from their contract.
		The group's self-produced reply, recorded during several sessions from 1993 to early 1995, is their finest album.
		The synth and new wave influences of the debut are pushed to the...
	www.mp3.com /albums/190751/similar.html (631 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: First Band on the Moon: Music: The Cardigans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But while FIRST BAND ON THE MOON, the quintet's second American album, hints at these touchstones and others like them, the muscular guitars that emanate from behind the Cardigans' expansive arrangements easily distinguish them from their forebears.
		FIRST BAND ON THE MOON is the second consecutive record on which singer Nina Persson reconstitutes a song by Ozzy and company (in this case, "IronMan") within a Swedish bubblegum context.
		i must say, "1st band on the moon" is one of the best records i've eva heard.
	www.amazon.co.uk /First-Band-Moon-Cardigans/dp/B000001EP1 (741 words)

	Detailed Reviews [Snopek - 1980/2002 - "First Band On the Moon"] - ProgressoR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		If the "First Band On the Moon" album, initially released in 1980, had been released relatively recently, I would say that Dr. Alles (track 2) is one of the most impudent borrowings I've ever heard.
		Furthermore, the instrumental arrangements, consisting usually of varied interplay between solos of electric and bass guitars and synthesizers and passages of piano, flow mostly non-stop on them (as well as on all of the other songs on the album, though) regardless whether there are vocals or not.
		I won't say that I like "First Band On the Moon" as much as Snopek's Rock Opera "Trinity", which, certainly, should be regarded as his life work.
	www.progressor.net /review/snopek_1980.html (991 words)

	Reviews of The Cardigans \| First Band on the Moon, and Go Sailor
		While Peter and Magnus are the main songwriters for the ten tracks on First Band on the Moon, Nina wrote half the lyrics.
		All told First Band on the Moon is a sweet slice of pop.
		The band (consisting of Rose on guitar and vocals, Amy on drums, and Paul on base and vocals) favors a cheerful pop sound.
	www.cdshakedown.com /020597.htm (354 words)

	umusic.ca :: The Cardigans
		That the last album marked the beginning of a new chapter in the Swedish bands history was obvious.
		A European club tour in the autumn of 2003 was followed by a short break, during which the band found time to record a bonus track for the American version of the album.
		The band not only performed a yearlong world tour complete with endless radio sessions and press and television interviews, but even ended up making guest appearances on Beverley Hills 90210 and the David Letterman Show.
	umusic.ca /cardigans/index.php (928 words)

	PROGRESSIVEWORLD.NET: REVIEWS BY STEPHANIE SOLLOW
		It is quirky, as was most of Oingo Boingo's material, but in the use of keyboards, vocals, and the arrangements there is a kinship to Saga.
		There is the sense that the band know that for all the slight kitsch in the music -- "Controller's Reply" and "Armpit Shuffle" (for example) -- there was some intelligence behind it, a smirk, something sly, some reference that meant something at the time.
		First Band On The Moon an interesting release, or as Fred Trafton calls in his review at the GEPR, "Novelty Rock." I know exactly what he means - it's that same kind of askew material that would find it's way on Doctor Demento's show.
	www.progressiveworld.net /snopek2.html (763 words)

	Paralyzed/The Cardigans \|\| Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		They were still in their teens when they formed the band in their hometown of Jonkoping in 1992.
		The touring schedule to support First Band On The Moon was arduous.
		Rather than impose daunting pressure, the band's popularity was cause for inspiration.
	members.tripod.com /paralyzed99/biography (855 words)

	The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - The Cardigans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This voice, with this accent, and the light, crystalline hi-hat-driven sound of the band, creates the effect of music carried to the listener through icy mountain air on a brilliantly sunny winter morning.
		Both of their recent CDs [First Band on the Moon and Gran Turismo] are in my top 10 of this year.
		The ballads on this are gorgeous, particularly the first two tracks: 'Communication' and 'You're the storm'.
	ectoguide.org /alpha/c/cardigans.the (713 words)

	The History of Rock Music. Cardigans: biography, discography, reviews, links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Singer Nina Persson soon became the main attraction of the band with her softly sensual, dreamy, cocktail-lounge phrasing.
		The Cardigans unexpectedly turned cheerful with First Band on the Moon (Mercury, 1996), that yielded their biggest hit, Lovefool, quintessence of their baroque kitsch.
		I Cardigans cambiarono radicalmente le loro tonalità malinconiche con altre più allegre con First Band on the Moon (Mercury, 1996), e questo li fece conoscere al grande pubblico, Lovefool segnava la quintessenza del loro kitsch barocco.
	www.scaruffi.com /vol6/cardigan.html (649 words)

	Sigmund Snopek III - First Band On The Moon
		Sigmund Snopek III - First Band On The Moon
		For some reason I have to think of Talking Heads when hearing these first two songs.
		Lots of tongue-in-cheekness with Zappa influences in the mood, and musically I hear a lot of 10CC, Steely Dan and the beginnings of the cold New Wave.
	www.cs.uu.nl /~jur/reviews/firstbandonthemoon.html (605 words)

	SongBook / First Band On The Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		LoveFool annoys me on many levels, not the least of which is the "I don't care how you treat me, just don't leave" message that the lyrics present - does anyone really want their daughter or sister listening to something like that?
		Been It just flat shocked me - it's a much better song musically, and the lyrics are much more cohesive in that they actually mean something - though I think it's the first time I'd ever heard the word "whore" on top 40 radio before the Cardigans came along.
		Something about the message woven into the Cardigans' lyrics bothers me greatly as someone who is aware that people - especially impressionable young people - do receive these messages loud and clear.
	www.thelogbook.com /disc/a-d/cardigan.html (226 words)

	Rolling Stone : Cardigans Return to Daylight
		Swedish pop band the Cardigans will return with new album Long Gone Before Daylight, the follow up to 1998's Gran Turismo, later this year.
		The quintet, who initially found success in the U.S. with smash single "Lovefool" (from 1996's The First Band on the Moon), spent nearly two years writing and re-recording the set.
		Other tracks "For What it's Worth," "Communication" and "You're the Storm" are also tipped for the release, which the band produced with longtime friend Per Sunding.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5936687/cardigans_return_to_daylight (294 words)

	Cardigans - First Band On the Moon - Buy Music at Real Groovy New Zealand NZ
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	Review: The Cardigans, First Band OnThe Moon - Robin Lapid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		You've got to admire any band that persists in transforming Black Sabbath songs into kitschy-cool pop gems.
		The band lays down a plethora of sounds and instruments on each track, all anchored by some suave guitar licks by guitarist Peter Svensson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson, a duo whose heavy metal background finds a unique outlet in this indie pop album.
		, the new album does herald a band that continues to grow and experiment with a sound that aims to be the definitive soundtrack for a sequel to "Barbarella".
	www.westnet.com /consumable/1996/12.02/revcardi.html (343 words)

	Tower Records - First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans
		Tower Records - First Band On The Moon - The Cardigans
		NME (9/28/96, p.57) - 8 (out of 10) - "...LIFE was actually a sweet'n'simple compilation of their first two Swedish albums, which rather sneakily left out all the weird'n'nasty bits.
		Melody Maker (9/21/96, p.49) - Bloody Essential - "If people this cool, this clever and this outrageously gifted weren't also thoroughly misunderstood, it wouldn't be fair....FIRST BAND ON THE MOON is, on its own terms, one of the most accomplished and affecting pop records of the year....This is real music..."
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1120483 (514 words)

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		With the release of their third full length album, First Band On The Moon, The Cardigans have announced their arrival as a pop quintet with an expanded worldview, a growing audience and panoramic music visions.
		First Band On The Moon was produced and engineered by Doc-Tore Johansson on 24 track analogue at the Tamborine Studios in Malmo, Sweden.
	www.grabow.biz /Contemporary/TheCardigans.htm (402 words)

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