The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
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Artist: The CardigansEdition: Music CD
Published: 1998
CD Release Date: 2007-01-08
Music Label: Island / Mercury
Soundtracks:
- Paralyzed
- Erase/Rewind
- Explode
- Starter
- Hanging Around
- Higher
- Marvel Hill - The Cardigans, Sveningsson, Magnus
- My Favourite Game
- Do You Believe
- Junk of the Hearts
- Nil - The Cardigans, Johansson, Lars-Olo
Free Music Notes for Gran Turismo
Free Music Review: Things change... bands evolve.
Hit: 4 Stars
First of all: this album doesn't sound like "Life", "Emmerald" or "First Band on the Moon". If you want music like the one on any of those albums, go and grab them as you may get disappointed with "Gran Turismo" as a few reviewers here did.
This is simply a different Cardigans sound, which reflects the healthy evolution of a band, moving away from positive cheesy fun pop for a younger audience to an electro-guitar-led trip-hop, much more labored, self-conscious album, a bit too far away from the mainstream. And that's just great from my side.
Hypnotic. Inspired. Slow enough. Fast enough. Sophisticated. Stylish. Cool.
If I wanted The Cardigans to sound always the same as they did on their previous albums, then it would be much easier to push the 'repeat all' button on my CD player when listening "Life" or "Emmerald".
It would also save me some bucks by the way...
Gran Turismo Poster
Until now, the Swedish group the Cardigans were easily identified by their sunny, pop-friendly, melodic releases. Fearing being typecast as an act fluffier than a Nordic lamb, the band decided to head farther north for the winter. With Gran Turismo, their fifth release, you'll need your favorite, um, sweater, because the season has turned, the atmosphere is frosty, and, indeed, the nights are long and dark. Gran Turismo is a trip-hop album following the lead of grim meisters Portishead. The CD is punctuated with distorted, muted, uncomplicated guitar riffs and keyboard effects that often sound like a harpsichord played through a fuzz box. Nina Persson's slightly aching, sleepy little cutesy lead vocals sound as frictionless as rubbing two ice cubes together. Although the skies are grayer here, the one familiar musical element is their simple yet compelling rhythm structures, as evidenced in their jazz-informed drum patterns. If the Cardigans weren't competent musicians, this album would come across as nothing more than a career-sustaining maneuver. But with this solid, dark, and intriguing release, they've clearly demonstrated their ability to compose great songs, no matter what the weather. --Beth BessmerAlternative Rock Music CDs
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