Best Of (The Cardigans album)
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   link |
| Digital Spy | link |
| NME | Feb 08 |
| Planet Sound | Feb 08 |
| stv.tv | link |
| Subba Cultcha | 9/10 link |
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
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rise and Shine" | Emmerdale (1994) | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Sick & Tired" | Emmerdale | 3:24 |
| 3. | "After All..." | Emmerdale | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Carnival" | Life (1995) | 3:37 |
| 5. | "Daddy's Car" | Life | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Lovefool" | First Band on the Moon (1996) | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Been It" (radio edit) | First Band on the Moon | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Losers" | First Band on the Moon | 3:06 |
| 9. | "War" | A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack (1997) | 3:57 |
| 10. | "My Favourite Game" | Gran Turismo (1998) | 3:36 |
| 11. | "Erase/Rewind" | Gran Turismo | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Hanging Around" | Gran Turismo | 3:40 |
| 13. | "Higher" | Gran Turismo | 4:32 |
| 14. | "For What It's Worth" | Long Gone Before Daylight (2003) | 4:16 |
| 15. | "You're the Storm" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 3:53 |
| 16. | "Live and Learn" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:16 |
| 17. | "Communication" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:28 |
| 18. | "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" | Super Extra Gravity (2005) | 3:33 |
| 19. | "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:37 |
| 20. | "Godspell" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:29 |
| 21. | "Bonus Track" | Super Extra Gravity | 0:22 |
| 22. | "Burning Down the House" (duet with Tom Jones) | Reload (1999) | 3:40 |
CD 2
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pooh Song" | "Sick & Tired" (1994) | 3:15 |
| 2. | "After All..." (Demo '93) | 2:37 | |
| 3. | "I Figured Out" (Demo '93) | 2:07 | |
| 4. | "Laika" | "Sick & Tired" | 1:20 |
| 5. | "Plain Parade" | "Sick & Tired" | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Emmerdale" | "Carnival" (1995) | 2:25 |
| 7. | "Carnival" (Puck Version) | "Hey! Get Out of My Way" (1995) | 2:52 |
| 8. | "Happy Meal I" | 2:39 | |
| 9. | "Nasty Sunny Beam" | "Lovefool" (1996) | 2:54 |
| 10. | "Blah Blah Blah" | "Been It" (1996) | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Losers" (First Try) | "Been It" | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Country Hell" | "Your New Cuckoo" (1996) | 2:47 |
| 13. | "Lovefool" (Puck Version) | "Lovefool" | 3:14 |
| 14. | "War" (First Try) | The Other Side of the Moon (1997) | 4:09 |
| 15. | "Deuce" | The X-Files: The Album (1998) | 3:32 |
| 16. | "The Road" | "For What It's Worth" (2003) | 6:52 |
| 17. | "Hold Me" (Mini Version) | 0:36 | |
| 18. | "Hold Me" | "You're the Storm" (2003) | 3:41 |
| 19. | "If There Is a Chance" | "Live and Learn" (2003) | 4:16 |
| 20. | "For the Boys" | "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" (2005) | 3:37 |
| 21. | "(If You Were) Less Like Me" | "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" (2006) | 4:05 |
| 22. | "Slowdown Town" | Super Extra Gravity (JP, FR) | 4:09 |
| 23. | "Give Me Your Eyes" | Super Extra Gravity (UK) | 3:23 |
| 24. | "Slow" | Super Extra Gravity (UK) | 4:03 |
Canadian edition
| No. | Title | Original Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lovefool" | First Band on the Moon | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Been It" (radio edit) | First Band on the Moon | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Carnival" | Life | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Rise and Shine" | Emmerdale | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Sick & Tired" | Emmerdale | 3:24 |
| 6. | "My Favourite Game" | Gran Turismo | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Erase/Rewind" | Gran Turismo | 3:35 |
| 8. | "Hanging Around" | Gran Turismo | 3:40 |
| 9. | "For What It's Worth" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:16 |
| 10. | "You're the Storm" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 3:53 |
| 11. | "Live and Learn" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:16 |
| 12. | "Communication" | Long Gone Before Daylight | 4:28 |
| 13. | "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:37 |
| 15. | "Burning Down the House" | Reload | 3:40 |
| 16. | "Godspell" | Super Extra Gravity | 3:29 |
Charts
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[1] | 81 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[2] | 8 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[3] | 60 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[4] | 5 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[5] | 93 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] | 5 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 78 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 32 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
|
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Cardigans – Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Danishcharts.dk – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Cardigans". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Cardigans – Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "British album certifications – Cardigans – Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
