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Rating: What a pleasant discovery, a breath of fresh air, simple rock 'n' roll, old and always good rock; after the easier pop glamor of "Gran Turismo", now released way back in 1998, and the richness of an album that was very underrated and overlooked, but simply magnificent like "Long Before Daylight", this fascinating and, I must say, very intriguing Swedish group returns, now far from the easy flirtations of "Emmerdale" or the hit "Love Fool".
I was saying the prevailing sensation when listening to this work is the freshness, the immediacy of certain compositions is not entirely sacrificed for more refined sounds as in the previous album, an effort has been made to make the work more fluid and suitable for simpler tastes, that cannot afford to get lost in Persson's lyrics or in the slowness of Svensson's acoustic guitar. The result is pleasing right from the start with Persson's beautiful voice putting the listener at ease in "Losing A Friend", a track that combines a typically '60s organ with a guitar solo directly from the '70s, all masterfully packaged by a production that doesn't suffocate the song and lets it breathe until the magnificent final part. The major tracks are all characterized by a more rock and raw melodic choice, which at the same time still maintains the taste for the clarity and cleanliness of melodies typical of the Cardigans, very successful tracks in this regard are "Drip Drop Teardrop" and "Godspell". Calmer atmospheres come instead from "Overload", a magnificent track, "Little Black Cloud" and from the ballad "Good Morning Joan", highlighting the lyrics, very ironic but sharp like in "Good Morning Joan" and in "Losing A Friend" of Persson.
Definitely worth mentioning is "Don't Blame Your Daughter", a remarkable song released as the second single that pushed me to purchase the album.
An album that opens a new path for these talented Swedes, they have been on stage for more than a decade but they still have some shots left in the barrel and judging by the last two works, we can expect something interesting in the future.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Losing a Friend (03:49)
You're losing a friend
You got it all wrong
It's not about revenge
But you're losing a friend
I didn't see it coming
With my head stuck in the sand
But now I'm losing a friend
And it's keeping me up
It's the ribbons I tied
I would rather just die
Go to heaven crawl back
Than let you go
You're losing a friend
You jeopardize me
Bad bad blood on your hands
And see you're losing a friend
I'm fickle and I'm vain
And you tricked me over and over again
And now I'm losing you
And it's killing me
It's the strings that I tie
I would rather just die
Go to heaven and crawl back
Than let it all by
My mistake..to lose you
Oh no.. Oh no..
So this is the end now
I'm losing you
Oh.. Look at you
Look what you're wasting.
You're losing a friend
Oh no.. Oh no..
I'm losing a friend.
Oh oh oh no..
02 Godspell (03:29)
i heard about a great big swindle
i read about it in a book
the book flew out the window
was later found by geeks and crooks
now theyre singing hallelujah
i wondering just what did they find
they said eh what's it to yah
just take a place in line
and wait, so i wait
i wait, and wait and i...
i'n one of a few survivors
and a drawer labeled lost and found
though troubled and some deep sea divers
whos oxygens are pouring out
now maybe if their gods be willin
they'll give us something to fill our empty cups
sit down in the boat dont spill it
or we'll just have to line back up
and wait, so we wait
we wait and wait yes we wait
and we wait
we can wait
we will wait till we...
guitar solo rawr
you can hear it in the beat they march to
you can feel the earth shake when they start to dance
you can tell by the way they move you
its not murder its an act of faith baby
and as the world moves faster
whip lashing us around and round
its quite a slow disaster
and people keep on falling down
yes we wait, we wait
and we wait
we wait
and we wait
we wait
03 Drip Drop Teardrop (03:22)
I'm gonna watch you
while you get me wrong
I'm gonna sing
until you hate this song
I'm gonna tell you
in my sweetest voice
I'm gonna choose you
'cause you have no choice
This funny thing we got
Is never gonna stop. Oh no!
I'm gonna take you
to the wilderness
I'm gonna show you
things you might have missed
I'm gonna kiss the parts
that you have lost
It's gonna cost you
but you might hurt less
This funny thing we got
Is never gonna stop
until we drip drop tear drop
I'm gonna work
til we get it on
I'm gonna love you
till we get alone
and when your ears and your eyes are sored
I'm gonna love you just a little bit more
It's funny thing we got
It's never gonna stop
until we drip drop tear drop
04 Overload (03:18)
took a long time to mend
took a long time to make amends
funny how the story goes
strip a man bare and burn his clothes
time is all i crave
it comes in waves
i will be here until i drown
system's on overload
goes to bed warm but wakes up cold
what a bloody cross to bare
time on my hands but i don't care
days are all the same
they wax and wane
i will be here until i drown
time is all i crave
it comes in waves
i will be here until i drown
days are all the same
they wax and wane
i will be here until i drown
time is all i crave
it comes in waves
i will be here until i drown
06 Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds) (03:36)
Don't blame your daughter
that's just sentimental
and don't blame your mom
for all that you've done wrong
Your dad is not guilty
you came out a little faulty
and the factory closed
so you can't hold them liable
You come from an island,
you're cutting diamonds
with a rubbery knife
Your autograph is worthless
so don't send me letters
and don't mail me cash
'cause your money is no good
What's left in your matress
is holes and lack of love left
some hair from a horse,
and none of it is yours, man
You come from an island,
you're cutting diamonds
with a rubbery knife
And the song you sing today
wasn't always in your head,
the words you tryin' to say
are the ones you shouldn't 've said
they're glistenin' like diamonds,
go out and find' em
but don't blame your daughter
Read me your tombstone,
tell me you're sorry, fax me your will,
you owe me something still
Blood is like water
the bath that you poured me
has drained and it's gone,
don't blame it on your son
And the song you sing today
wasn't always in your head,
the words you tryin' to say
are the ones you shouldn't 've said
they're glistening like diamonds,
go out and find'em, boy
The world is full of diamonds
go out and find'em
but don't blame your daughter
08 In the Round (04:16)
I am young and I'm alive
I want to talk about things
I am young and I own my life
I need to talk about it, baby
I am one but I asked for two
I didn't get anything
This puppet's lonely without you
It's tough to walk without strings
I do my dance in the round
I'm right on track but this state is frail
You slip out and derail
I do my dance in the round
So people clap your hands
Clap your hands
I wanna do it right this time
I wanna step in time
I wanna do it right this time, yeah!
Clap your hands
I gotta get get it right this time
I wanna step in time
I wanna do it right this time
I do my dance in the round
I am young, coming at you live
People gonna talk about me
When I'm done, please hang me high
For everybody to see
Cause I do my dance in the round
So people clap your hands
I wanna get it right
I'm dyin'to get it right
I wanna get it right
I'm dyin'to get it right
11 And Then You Kissed Me II (04:03)
slow dancing tight
my barring heart and i
your name used to taste so sweet
then you beat the love right out of me
it's a mystery how people behave!
how we long for a life as a slave
when he kissed me i gladly gave in
to a fight nobody could win
man, he left me blue
and if i could i would do it too
i tell you now like i told you before
love is a powerful force
and it's a mystery how people behave!
how we long for a life as a slave
and tumble into any open arms
that will only ever do you harm
oh, you you it's always you
the best kisser that i ever knew
true love is cruel love
not much to be proud of
nerve-wrecking acrobatic backwards bend
all for a happy end
it's a mistery how people behave!
how we worry ourselves to the grave
when he kissed me i lost everything
then i got up and did it again
oh you you, it's always you, the hardest hitter that i ever knew
true love is cruel love
not much to be proud of
ass-kissing mercy-missing faithless friend
all for a happy end
13 Give Me Your Eyes (03:23)
Oh girl, look at yourself
What have you done?
What have you become?
Well, I couldn't say
Slow down and think of your heart
Where do you go?
How how am I supposed to know
I'm always looking away
Give me your eyes
So I can see me straight
Give me your eyes
I can't tell night from day
Give me your eyes
So I can see me straight
Give me your eyes
And watch me walk away
yeah, yeah
I took a look at myself
Nothing inside
Except cigarettes and wine
Where there should be a life
You've been watching me for a while
And you like what you see
It's in the eyes of the beholder
Now give them to me
(Chorus... Give me your eyes)
Oh, mirror mirror on the wall
Mirror mirror made no reply
Mirror went black and cracked
From side to side
Oh girl, look at yourself
What have you done?
What have you become
you know the camera don't lie
(Chorus... Give me your eyes)
14 Slow (04:03)
Slow, slow, slow
There is something you need to know
There's a feeling I don't understand
Here it comes again
Glow, glow, glow
There was love ten seconds ago
In it's place, now a tiny pain
It comes again
There'll be rain on our wedding day
And the chapel will be mud and clay
There'll be rain on our wedding day
Gray be the sky
I don't know why
Slow, slow, slow
Easy come and easy go
It seems your ring is sliding off my hand
Do you understand?
No, no, no
In every breathe you're dragging me low
In every movement the chill sustains
Here it comes again
There'll be rain on our wedding day
Rotting roses in my bouqet
There'll be rain on our wedding day
Gray be the sky
Too late to cry
Slow, slow, slow
Slow, slow, slow
Slow, slow, slow
Slow, slow, slow
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