Best Of (The Cardigans album)
2008 greatest hits album by the Cardigans
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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.
| Best Of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 25 January 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–2005 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Stockholm | |||
| The Cardigans chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   link |
| Digital Spy | link |
| NME | Feb 08 |
| Planet Sound | Feb 08 |
| stv.tv | link |
| Subba Cultcha | 9/10 link |
It was released in Canada in May 2008 with a different track listing, containing only sixteen tracks.
Track listing
CD 1
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rise and Shine" | Emmerdale (1994) | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Sick & Tired" | Emmerdale | 3:24 |
| 3. | "After All..." | Emmerdale | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Carnival" | Life (1995) | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Daddy's Car" | Life | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Lovefool" | First Band on the Moon (1996) | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Been It" (radio edit) | First Band on the Moon | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Losers" | First Band on the Moon | 3:06 |
| 9. | "War" | A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack (1997) | 3:57 |
| 10. | "My Favourite Game" | Gran Turismo (1998) | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Erase/Rewind" | Gran Turismo | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Hanging Around" | Gran Turismo | 3:40 |
| 13. | "Higher" | Gran Turismo | 4:32 |
| 14. | "For What It's Worth" | Long Gone Before Daylight (2003) | 4:16 |
| 15. | "You're the Storm" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 3:53 |
| 16. | "Live and Learn" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:16 |
| 17. | "Communication" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:28 |
| 18. | "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" | Super Extra Gravity (2005) | 3:33 |
| 19. | "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:37 |
| 20. | "Godspell" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:29 |
| 21. | "Bonus Track" | Super Extra Gravity | 0:22 |
| 22. | "Burning Down the House" (duet with Tom Jones) | Reload (1999) | 3:40 |
CD 2
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pooh Song" | "Sick & Tired" (1994) | 3:15 |
| 2. | "After All..." (Demo '93) | 2:37 | |
| 3. | "I Figured Out" (Demo '93) | 2:07 | |
| 4. | "Laika" | "Sick & Tired" | 1:20 |
| 5. | "Plain Parade" | "Sick & Tired" | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Emmerdale" | "Carnival" (1995) | 2:25 |
| 7. | "Carnival" (Puck Version) | "Hey! Get Out of My Way" (1995) | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Happy Meal I" | 2:39 | |
| 9. | "Nasty Sunny Beam" | "Lovefool" (1996) | 2:54 |
| 10. | "Blah Blah Blah" | "Been It" (1996) | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Losers" (First Try) | "Been It" | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Country Hell" | "Your New Cuckoo" (1996) | 2:47 |
| 13. | "Lovefool" (Puck Version) | "Lovefool" | 3:14 |
| 14. | "War" (First Try) | The Other Side of the Moon (1997) | 4:09 |
| 15. | "Deuce" | The X-Files: The Album (1998) | 3:32 |
| 16. | "The Road" | "For What It's Worth" (2003) | 6:52 |
| 17. | "Hold Me" (Mini Version) | 0:36 | |
| 18. | "Hold Me" | "You're the Storm" (2003) | 3:41 |
| 19. | "If There Is a Chance" | "Live and Learn" (2003) | 4:16 |
| 20. | "For the Boys" | "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" (2005) | 3:37 |
| 21. | "(If You Were) Less Like Me" | "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" (2006) | 4:05 |
| 22. | "Slowdown Town" | Super Extra Gravity (JP, FR) | 4:09 |
| 23. | "Give Me Your Eyes" | Super Extra Gravity (UK) | 3:23 |
| 24. | "Slow" | Super Extra Gravity (UK) | 4:03 |
Canadian edition
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lovefool" | First Band on the Moon | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Been It" (radio edit) | First Band on the Moon | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Carnival" | Life | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Rise and Shine" | Emmerdale | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Sick & Tired" | Emmerdale | 3:24 |
| 6. | "My Favourite Game" | Gran Turismo | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Erase/Rewind" | Gran Turismo | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Hanging Around" | Gran Turismo | 3:40 |
| 9. | "For What It's Worth" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:16 |
| 10. | "You're the Storm" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 3:53 |
| 11. | "Live and Learn" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:16 |
| 12. | "Communication" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:28 |
| 13. | "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:37 |
| 15. | "Burning Down the House" | Reload | 3:40 |
| 16. | "Godspell" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:29 |
Charts
| 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 (Official Charts)[8] | 32 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Country | Date |
|---|---|
| Netherlands | 25 January 2008 |
| Sweden | 30 January 2008 |
| Ireland | 29 February 2008 |
| Germany | 7 March 2008 |
| Canada | 6 May 2008 |