Gran Turismo (album)
1998 studio album by The Cardigans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gran Turismo is the fourth studio album by Swedish band the Cardigans, released internationally on 19 October 1998 and in November 1998 in the United States. It features a darker and more moody type of music, mixed with more electronic sounds.
Gran Turismo | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 19 October 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997–1998 | |||
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Length | 42:36 | |||
Label | Stockholm | |||
Producer | Tore Johansson | |||
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Singles from Gran Turismo | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Boston Phoenix | [6] |
Entertainment Weekly | B+[1] |
The Guardian | [7] |
Los Angeles Times | [8] |
NME | 6/10[9] |
Pitchfork | 7.0/10[10] |
Q | [11] |
Rolling Stone | [12] |
USA Today | [13] |
In an interview in 2009, producer and sound engineer Tore Johansson commented on the dark sound of the record, which sets it apart from the warm, jammy feel of many other recordings made at Tambourine Studios: "It's a very cold and defined recording, no natural reverb or audio curtains: there's not a sound element on that disc which wasn't deliberately put there."[14]
The album and band were nominated for a total of seven awards at the 1999 Grammis—the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards.[15] Gran Turismo sold more than three million copies worldwide.[16]