We shouldn't have done that record (reffering to Gran Turismo)

01/04/2011 22:37

 How The Cardigans survived success

 

"We were messes. We shouldn't have done that record," says Persson - but she is proud the clipped, precise recordings "captured the atmosphere" in the studio.

As an example, Sveningsson explains that the hit single My Favourite Game, a driving electro-rock powerhouse built around a two-note guitar riff, was originally supposed to be "a shuffle song".

"It sort of sounded like Old Man from Neil Young's Harvest album," he says.

"When Peter [Svensson, guitarist and chief songwriter] first played it, I thought 'that sounds like crap' and I walked out.

"So there was a lot of tension at that time, and I was grumpy as hell."

By Mark Savage. Entertainment reporter, BBC News. March 2008

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