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Persson, the finest pop lyricist working today, is on peak form while the band's back-to-roots grand piano and grander acoustic guitars provide an appropriately magnificent backing.
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The band's best album yet - which is to say that it contains considerably more than three good songs.
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Their slickest and most formulaic pop constructions to date.
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The electronics of Gran Turismo has been supplanted by an organic sound with countryish overtones (see Live and Learn) that suits Persson's melancholy lyrics.
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A sensitive, fully mature contribution to the pop music lexicon, it proves that, like the rare child actor who actually works well into adulthood, The Cardigans have weathered a difficult transition.
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MojoDeep, mournful, impressive. [Apr 2004, p.99]
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Entertainment WeeklyPersson's tender voice, coupled with the Cardigans' welcome desire to explore new musical territory, allows this once-fizzy group to pull off a sultry coup. [28 May 2004, p.124]
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PlanetThe new Cardigans still write great pop songs, except now the music resonates with substance and meaning. [#7, p.72]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 27
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JeebsVJan 11, 2007A more mature yet great cardigans album
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MarkCOct 27, 2005