Long Gone Before Daylight - The Cardigans
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65 out of 100

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9.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the fifth album (and first in six years) for the Swedish outfit led by vocalist/lyricist Nina Persson and guitarist Peter Svensson.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Amazon.com
    90
    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.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    The band's best album yet - which is to say that it contains considerably more than three good songs.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Although this is certainly flawed, the Cardigans deserve kudos for recognising their faults, trying with all their might to rectify them. [Apr 2003, p.103]
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  4. Blender
    60
    Persson does sadness the way Eminem does anger: with a conviction that takes the breath away.

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
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  1. AdamZ
    10
    Simple, deep, reflective, and most of all, it's a beautiful album. It's not an uplifting collection by any means, but Nina's vocals together with interesting melodies are hypnotic if nothing else. This one is thoughtful and sincere and definitely worth it.… Expand
  2. marios
    10
    the cardigans es lo mejor!!
  3. MarkC
    10
    Probably there best album even better than Gran Turismo (and i thought that was a great album) I think they matured a bit with this one lovely melodies and lovely lyrics when you listen it really gets to you makes you think but not all songs are mellow there a some great upbeat guitars tracks included aswell. Definately Buy it. This is a band that is so underestimated by the media and radio stations its as if they have been cast a side. THE CARIDIGANS Probably the Best Thing to Come out of Sweden for Ages… Collapse
  4. JeebsV
    10
    A more mature yet great cardigans album

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