First Band on the Moon

First Band on the Moon
Album cover: a photo of people at a concert with the album and band name superimposed at the top
Studio album by
the Cardigans
Released6 September 1996 (1996-09-06)
RecordedSeptember 1995 – June 1996
StudioTambourine Studios (Malmö, Sweden)[1]
Genre
Length39:01
LabelStockholm·Mercury
ProducerTore Johansson
The Cardigans chronology
Life
(1995) 		First Band on the Moon
(1996) 		The Other Side of the Moon
(1997)
Singles from First Band on the Moon
  1. "Lovefool"
    Released: 10 August 1996[5]
  2. "Been It"
    Released: 25 November 1996[6]
  3. "Your New Cuckoo"
    Released: 9 December 1996[7]

First Band on the Moon is the third studio album by the Cardigans. It features the international single "Lovefool". It was first released on 12 August 1996 and internationally on 6 September 1996.

The album was a major breakthrough for the band, both in their native Sweden and internationally. It is their best-selling album in the United States, having sold around 664,000 copies there as of September 2010.[8]

  1. ^ Sillitoe, Sue (March 1999). "Tore Johansson: Recording The Cardigans 'My Favourite Game'". Sound On Sound. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Freedom du Lac, Josh (1 January 1998). "The Cardigans". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 77.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Q 1996 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Morton, Rob (2005). "The Cardigans – First Band on the Moon". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 791.
  5. ^ "ラブフール | カーディガンズ" [Lovefool | Cardigans] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 23 November 1996. p. 29.
  7. ^ "ユア・ニュー・ククー | カーディガンズ" [Your New Cuckoo | Cardigans] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Week Ending Sept. 26, 2010: Moving Forward, Falling Back – Chart Watch". Yahoo! Music. 29 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2011.