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Best Of (The Cardigans album)

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Best Of
Greatest hits album by
Released25 January 2008 (2008-01-25)
Recorded1993–2005
GenrePop rock
LabelStockholm
The Cardigans chronology
Super Extra Gravity
(2005)
Best Of
(2008)
The Rest of the Best
(2024)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Digital Spy link
NME Feb 08
Planet Sound Feb 08
stv.tv link
Subba Cultcha9/10 link

Best Of is a greatest hits album by the Swedish group The Cardigans, released in Europe in January 2008. It contains twenty-one singles and album tracks. There is also a double-CD version with rare tracks and B-sides. Both versions of the album contain no new songs, though some tracks had previously been released only in the UK or Japan.

It was released in Canada in May 2008 with a different track listing, containing only sixteen tracks.

Track listing

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CD 1

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  1. "Rise and Shine"
  2. "Sick & Tired"
  3. "After All..."
  4. "Carnival"
  5. "Daddy's Car"
  6. "Lovefool"
  7. "Been It"
  8. "Losers"
  9. "War"
  10. "My Favourite Game"
  11. "Erase/Rewind"
  12. "Hanging Around"
  13. "Higher"
  14. "For What It's Worth"
  15. "You're the Storm"
  16. "Live and Learn"
  17. "Communication"
  18. "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer"
  19. "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)"
  20. "Godspell"
  21. "Bonus Track"
  22. "Burning Down the House" (duet with Tom Jones)

CD 2

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  1. "Pooh Song"
  2. "After All..." (Demo '93)
  3. "I Figured Out" (Demo '93)
  4. "Laika"
  5. "Plain Parade"
  6. "Emmerdale"
  7. "Carnival" (Puck Version)
  8. "Happy Meal 1"
  9. "Nasty Sunny Beam"
  10. "Blah Blah Blah"
  11. "Losers" (First Try)
  12. "Country Hell"
  13. "Lovefool" (Puck Version)
  14. "War" (First Try)
  15. "Deuce"
  16. "The Road"
  17. "Hold Me" (Mini Version)
  18. "Hold Me"
  19. "If There Is a Chance"
  20. "For the Boys"
  21. "(If You Were) Less Like Me"
  22. "Slowdown Town"
  23. "Give Me Your Eyes"
  24. "Slow"

Canadian edition

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  1. "Lovefool"
  2. "Been It"
  3. "Carnival"
  4. "Rise & Shine"
  5. "Sick & Tired"
  6. "My Favourite Game"
  7. "Erase/Rewind"
  8. "Hanging Around"
  9. "For What It's Worth"
  10. "You're the Storm"
  11. "Live and Learn"
  12. "Communication"
  13. "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer"
  14. "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)"
  15. "Burning Down the House" (duet with Tom Jones)
  16. "Godspell"

Charts

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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[1] 81
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[2] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[3] 60
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[5] 93
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 78
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 32

Release history

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Country Date
Netherlands 25 January 2008
Sweden 30 January 2008
Ireland 29 February 2008
Germany 7 March 2008
Canada 6 May 2008

References

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  1. ^ "Ultratop.be – The Cardigans – Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Cardigans". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2020.