Author: CARDIGANS

Format: Audiobook

Release Date: 03-11-1998

Details: Review [The Cardigans shed] their tired '60s-isms in favor of blissfully kitschless trip-hop. -- Entertainment Weekly[The Cardigans swap] blissful kitsch for grim reality.... Singer Nina Persson sounds less coy on these poignant, atmospheric plaints, suffused with atmosphere and trip-hop leanings. -- USA Today Amazon.ca Oh my, they hated "Lovefool" so much. As they'd started out as Scandinavian miserablists, the hugeness of the fluffy "Lovefool" merely served to remind The Cardigans of what they really loved; and so Gran Turismo is a triumphal home-coming to the Void. Still, Gran Turismo just can't help being an incredibly classy pop treat. Dear God, they know what to do with a chorus. Take "Erase And Rewind": played on an acoustic guitar it would sound pleasant, certainly, but not the kind of song that has you jamming your head in the speakers and yelping. But with a grossly distorted bass here; a processed vocal there; a judicious pause just before the chorus comes in--oh hot mamma! Play your pop manna to me! That key-shift in "Hanging Around"--it's cleverer than Heinz Wolff using Big Blue to prop open a door! And let's not forget how Iggy Pop would kill a car with his teeth for "My Favourite Game". --Caitlin Moran

UPC: 731455908121

EAN: 0731455908121

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood