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 Records
The Cardigans chronology
Super Extra Gravity
(2005)
Best Of
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Digital Spy link
NME Feb 08
Subba Cultcha Link
stv.tv Link
Allmusic Link
Planet Sound Feb 08

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

CD 1

  1. "Rise and Shine"
  2. "Sick and 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

  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

  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

Chart Peak
position
Danish Albums Chart[1] 8
European Top 100 Albums 63
Irish Albums Chart[2] 60
Norwegian Albums Chart[3] 5
Swedish Albums Chart[4] 5
Swiss Albums Chart [5] 78
UK Albums Chart[6] 32

Release history

Country Date
Netherlands 25 January 2008 (2008-01-25)
Sweden 30 January 2008 (2008-01-30)
Ireland 29 February 2008 (2008-02-29)
Germany 7 March 2008 (2008-03-07)
Canada 6 May 2008 (2008-05-06)

References