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Emmerdale is the debut studio album by Swedish pop rock band The Cardigans. It was originally released in Sweden by Trampolene Records on 18 February 1994, and on 24 September 1994 in Japan. It was later reissued in Europe in January 1999 and in Canada in May the same year. A special U.S. version was released in August 1999 by Minty Fresh Records and features a bonus disc of songs from The Cardigans' second album Life. These songs were not released in the U.S. edition of said album and were previously unavailable on any U.S. release. The album was named after the British television soap opera of the same name.

Emmerdale

Studio album by

The Cardigans

Released

18 February 1994[1]
18 May 1999 (U.S re-release)[2]

Recorded

1992–1993

Genre

Twee pop
Indie pop
Lounge
Sunshine pop

Length

44:01

Label

Trampolene Records (Sweden)[1]
Stockholm Records (Europe)[3]
Minty Fresh (U.S.)[2]

Producer

Tore Johansson

The Cardigans chronology

Emmerdale
(1994)

Life
(1995)

Singles from Emmerdale

"Rise & Shine"
Released: 1994
"Black Letter Day"
Released: 1994
"Sick & Tired"
Released: 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, except where noted.

International Version[1][3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sick & Tired"		3:24
2.	"Black Letter Day"		4:31
3.	"In the Afternoon"		4:10
4.	"Over the Water"		2:13
5.	"After All..."		2:56
6.	"Cloudy Sky"	Svensson	4:07
7.	"Our Space"		3:30
8.	"Rise & Shine"		3:28
9.	"Celia Inside"		3:34
10.	"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath¹"	Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward	4:32
11.	"Seems Hard"	Svensson	3:56
12.	"Last Song"	Sveningsson	3:21

U.S. Re-Release Bonus CD²[2]
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Pikebubbles"	3:02
14.	"Travelling with Charley"	4:11
15.	"Sunday Circus Song"	3:54
16.	"Closing Time"	10:22

¹ Originally performed by Black Sabbath. ² These tracks are from the 1995 album Life but were not included on the US version.

Personnel

Lars-Olof Johansson – acoustic guitar, piano
Bengt Lagerberg – percussion, bassoon, drums, recorder
Nina Persson – vocals
Magnus Sveningsson – bass
Peter Svensson – bass, guitar, percussion, piano, arranger, conductor, vocals, bells, vibraphone

Additional personnel

David Åhlén – violin
Ivan Bakran – grand piano
Björn Engelmann – mastering
Lasse Johansson – guitar, piano
Tore Johansson – trumpet, producer, beats
Anders Kristensson – photography
Jens Lingård – trombone
Andreas Mattsson – art direction, design
Anders Nordgren – flute

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	29

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[8]	Gold	100,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)[9]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

discogs.com Swedish release
discogs.com U.S. release
discogs.com UK release
Allmusic review
Entertainment Weekly review
Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 137–138. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
"Swedishcharts.com – The Cardigans – Emmerdale". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
"Japanese album certifications – カーディガンズ – エマーデル" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1997年4月 on the drop-down menu
"Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

External links

v t e The Cardigans
Lars-Olof Johansson Bengt Lagerberg Nina Persson Magnus Sveningsson Peter Svensson
Studio albums	Emmerdale Life First Band on the Moon Gran Turismo Long Gone Before Daylight Super Extra Gravity
Compilations	The Other Side of the Moon Best Of
Singles	"Rise and Shine" "Sick & Tired" "Carnival" "Lovefool" "Been It" "Your New Cuckoo" "My Favourite Game" "Erase/Rewind" "Hanging Around" "Burning Down the House" "For What It's Worth" "You're the Storm" "Live and Learn" "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer" "Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)"
Related articles	Discography A Camp

На других языках

- [en] Emmerdale (album)

[es] Emmerdale (álbum)

Emmerdale es el álbum de debut de la banda sueca The Cardigans. Primero fue publicado en Suecia el 18 de febrero de 1994 y el 24 de septiembre en Japón. Más tarde fue reeditado en Europa en enero y en Canadá en mayo de ese mismo año. Una versión especial fue publicada en EE. UU. por Minty Fresh Records e incluye un disco extra con canciones del segundo álbum de The Cardigans, Life.

[ru] Emmerdale

Emmerdale — дебютный студийный альбом шведской группы The Cardigans. Изначально был выпущен в Швеции 18 февраля 1994 и 24 сентября 1994 в Японии. Позднее переиздан в Европе в январе 1999 и Канаде в мае того же года. В августе 1999 в США лейблом Minty Fresh издана специальная версия альбома с бонусным диском, содержащим песни со второго альбома The Cardigans Life (эти песни не были включены в версию второго альбома, изданную в США).

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