Album · The Cardigans
Life by The Cardigans
Life is an album by The Cardigans, released in 1995. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Carnival”, on 2 lists with a best position of #19.
Life, the Cardigans' second album, came out on Stockholm Records in 1995 with Tore Johansson producing, and it's the record that carried the Jönköping five-piece out of Sweden and into the wider world. Nina Persson sings with an ice-cool sweetness while Peter Svensson, Magnus Sveningsson, Bengt Lagerberg and Lars-Olof Johansson wrap her in sunny, cleverly arranged pop rock that sounds like a lounge band that raided an indie record shop.
Japan fell hardest, sending it all the way to platinum. Most other countries got a different beast: outside Sweden and Japan, Life became their introduction, a mix of songs from it and from their debut, Emmerdale. America finally caught up on 20 February 1996, when Minty Fresh Records put it out there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Life on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnival | 2 | #19 | – | 1996–1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.