Best Of (The Cardigans album)

Best Of
Greatest hits album by The Cardigans
Released	25 January 2008 (see release history)
Recorded	1993–2005
Genre	Pop rock
Label	Stockholm Records
The Cardigans chronology
Super Extra Gravity (2005) Best Of (2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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 & Shine"
2. "Sick & 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
Sweden	30 January 2008
Ireland	29 February 2008
Germany	7 March 2008
Canada	6 May 2008

References

1. Denmark Albums Top 40 - Music Charts
2. IRMA - Irish Recorded Music Association
3. Norway Albums Top 40 - Music Charts
4. www.sverigetopplistan.se Archived July 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
5. Swiss Albums Top 100 - Music Charts
6. The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART Archived November 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.