Gran Turismo (album)

Gran Turismo
Studio album by
The Cardigans
Released19 October 1998
Recorded1997–1998
Genre
Length42:36
LabelStockholm
ProducerTore Johansson
The Cardigans chronology
The Other Side of the Moon
(1997) 		Gran Turismo
(1998) 		Long Gone Before Daylight
(2003)
Singles from Gran Turismo
  1. "My Favourite Game"
    Released: 14 September 1998
  2. "Erase/Rewind"
    Released: 20 January 1999
  3. "Hanging Around"
    Released: 12 July 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Boston Phoenix[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[1]
The Guardian[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
NME6/10[9]
Pitchfork7.0/10[10]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
USA Today[13]

Gran Turismo is the fourth studio album by Swedish band the Cardigans, released internationally on 19 October 1998 and in November 1998 in the United States. It features a darker and more moody type of music, mixed with more electronic sounds.

In an interview in 2009, producer and sound engineer Tore Johansson commented on the dark sound of the record, which sets it apart from the warm, jammy feel of many other recordings made at Tambourine Studios: "It's a very cold and defined recording, no natural reverb or audio curtains: there's not a sound element on that disc which wasn't deliberately put there."[14]

The album and band were nominated for a total of seven awards at the 1999 Grammis—the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards.[15] Gran Turismo sold more than three million copies worldwide.[16]

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  6. ^ Pappademas, Alex (2 November 1998). "The Cardigans: Gran Turismo (Mercury)". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (23 October 1998). "The Cardigans: Gran Turismo (Stockholm)". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Holdship, Bill (8 November 1998). "The Cardigans, 'Gran Turismo,' Mercury". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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  11. ^ "The Cardigans: Gran Turismo". Q (159): 115. December 1999.
  12. ^ Kot, Greg (29 October 1998). "The Cardigans: Gran Turismo". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  13. ^ Gundersen, Edna (10 November 1998). "The Cardigans, Gran Turismo". USA Today.
  14. ^ "Gran Turismo Live – Snuggling with the Enemy". 16 November 2012.
  15. ^ "Artists & Music | Stockholm Records". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 7. 13 February 1999. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510.
  16. ^ "GT sales". Retrieved 19 February 2012.