First Band on the Moon

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First Band on the Moon
Studio album by The Cardigans
Released September 17, 1996
Recorded September 1995–June 1996
Genre Pop rock, alternative rock
Length 39:01
Label Stockholm
Producer Tore Johansson
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The Cardigans chronology
Life
(1995)		 First Band on the Moon
(1996)		 Gran Turismo
(1998)
Alternative cover
Second Japanese edition cover

First Band on the Moon is the third studio album by The Cardigans. It features the international single "Lovefool". It was first released on August 12, 1996 and later internationally on September 9, 1996.

The album was a major breakthrough for the band, both in their native Sweden and internationally. It is their best-selling album in the United States, having sold around 664,000 copies there as of September 2010.[4]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Nina Persson, Peter Svensson) – 3:57
  2. "Been It" (Persson, Svensson) – 4:06
  3. "Heartbreaker" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:42
  4. "Happy Meal II" (Lynette Koyana, Persson, Magnus Sveningsson, Svensson) – 2:37
  5. "Never Recover "(Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:21
  6. "Step on Me" (Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:48
  7. "Lovefool" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:21
  8. "Losers" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:06
  9. "Iron Man" (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward) – 4:20
  10. "Great Divide" (Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:17
  11. "Choke" (Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:26
    Japanese edition
  12. "Country Hell" (Svensson) – 2:48
    Second Japanese edition
  13. "Blah Blah Blah" (Svensson) – 3:00
    French edition
  14. "Sick & Tired" (Svensson, Sveningsson)1

1Originally released on the band's first album Emmerdale.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Singles

  • "Lovefool" (first release 14 September 1996, #21 UK)
  • "Been It" (30 November 1996, #56 UK)
  • "Lovefool" (re-release 24 February 1997, #2 UK)
  • "Your New Cuckoo" (31 August 1997, #35 UK)

Release dates refer to UK single releases. In Europe and Japan, "Your New Cuckoo" was released much earlier than in the UK, where the release was delayed due to the continued success of "Lovefool" and also to commission new remixes for the single release.

[edit] Charts, awards and certifications

Charts Peak
Billboard 200 35[5]
UK Albums Chart 18[6]
Swedish Albums Chart 2[7]
Billboard Heatseekers 3[8]
Finnish Albums Chart(IFPI) 16[9]
New Zealand Albums Chart (RIANZ) 12[10]
Country Certification Sales
Sweden Gold 20,000+
United States Gold[11] 664,000+
United Kingdom Gold 100,000+
Japan Platinum[12] 250,000+
Worldwide 2,500,000+

[edit] Singles

United States
  • Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: "Lovefool"; #1
  • Billboard Adult Top 40: "Lovefool"; #2
  • Billboard Modern Rock Tracks: "Lovefool"; #9
  • Billboard Top 40 Mainstream: "Lovefool"; #1
  • Billboard Adult Contemporary: "Lovefool"; #23
  • Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: "Lovefool"; #5
  • Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxisingle Sales: "Lovefool; #24
  • Billboard Rhythmic Top 40: "Lovefool"; #18
  • Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents: "Lovefool" #1
UK
  • UK Radio Airplay: "Lovefool"; #1
  • UK Top 75 Singles: "Lovefool"; #21, "Been It"; #56, "Lovefool" (Re-issue); #2, "Your New Cuckoo"; #35
Australia
  • ARIA Top 100 Singles 1997 Year-End Chart: "Lovefool"; #52
Sweden
  • Swedish Top 100 Singles 1996 Year-end Chart: "Lovefool"; #60

[edit] References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "First Band on the Moon". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3522. 
  2. ^ http://sonicjerk.blogspot.com/2011/01/cardigans-first-band-on-moon-1996.html
  3. ^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/cardigans/first_band_on_the_moon/index.html
  4. ^ "Week Ending Sept. 26, 2010: Moving Forward, Falling Back - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. 2010-09-29. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/66463/week-ending-sept-26-2010-moving-forward-falling-back/#mwpphu-container. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 
  5. ^ "Billboard Top 200". http://www.billboard.com/#/album/the-cardigans/first-band-on-the-moon/190867. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  6. ^ "UK Albums Charts". http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=47223. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  7. ^ "Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=First+Band+On+The+Moon&cat=a. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  8. ^ "US Top Heatseekers". http://books.google.it/books?id=wQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT16&lpg=PT16&dq=the+cardigans+top+heatseekers&source=bl&ots=KNTA_xVisB&sig=WfPCMBltOOwyWN76I8wYLY0CgP8&hl=it&sa=X&ei=nRo9T4KRGKfa4QTNyL3DCA&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=the%20cardigans%20top%20heatseekers&f=false. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  9. ^ "Finnish Albums Chart". http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=First+Band+On+The+Moon&cat=a. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  10. ^ "New Zealand Albums Chart". http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=First+Band+On+The+Moon&cat=a. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  11. ^ "Gold in the US". http://www.stim.se/en/PRESS/Portraits/Nina-Persson---The-reluctant-rock-goddess-whose-songs-are-a-perfect-fit1/. Retrieved 19 February 2012. 
  12. ^ "Platinum in Japan". http://www.stim.se/en/PRESS/Portraits/Nina-Persson---The-reluctant-rock-goddess-whose-songs-are-a-perfect-fit1/. Retrieved 19 February 2012. 

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