First Band on the Moon

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First Band on the Moon
Studio album by The Cardigans
Released	August 12, 1996
Recorded	1995-1996
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	39:01
Label	Stockholm
Producer	Tore Johansson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork (8.1/10) link Robert Christgau (B+) link Rolling Stone 2/2/1998
The Cardigans chronology
Life (1995) First Band on the Moon 1996 Gran Turismo (1998)

First Band on the Moon is the third studio album by The Cardigans. It features the international hit-single "Lovefool". It was first released on August 12, 1996 and later internationally on September 9, 1996. The album's name is a parody of Neil Armstrong, who was obviously referred as the "First man on the moon".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Charts, awards and certifications 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Your New Cuckoo" (Nina Persson, Peter Svensson) – 3:57
2. "Been It" (Persson, Svensson) – 4:06
3. "Heartbreaker" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:42
4. "Happy Meal II" (Lynette Koyana, Persson, Magnus Sveningsson, Svensson) – 2:37
5. "Never Recover "(Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:21
6. "Step on Me" (Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:48
7. "Lovefool" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:21
8. "Losers" (Persson, Svensson) – 3:06
9. "Iron Man" (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward) – 4:20
   • originally recorded by Black Sabbath on the Paranoid album.
10. "Great Divide" (Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:17
11. "Choke" (Sveningsson, Svensson) – 3:26

• The first Japanese edition features the bonus track "Country Hell" (Svensson).
• The second Japanese edition has a different cover and features the bonus tracks "Country Hell" (Svensson) and "Blah Blah Blah" (Svensson).
• The French edition features the bonus track "Sick & Tired" (Svensson, Sveningsson) which was originally released on the band's first album Emmerdale.

[edit] Singles

Lovefool (first release 14 September 1996, #21 UK)
Been It (30 November 1996, #56 UK)
Lovefool (re-release 24 February 1997, #2 UK)
Your New Cuckoo (31 August 1997, #35 UK)

• Release dates refer to UK single releases. In Europe and Japan, "Your New Cuckoo" was released much earlier than in the UK, where the release was delayed due to the continued success of "Lovefool" and also to commission new remixes for the single release.

[edit] Charts, awards and certifications

[edit] Album

• Billboard Heatseekers: #3
• Billboard Top 200 Albums: #35
• UK Top 200 Albums: #18 with 41 weeks in the Top 200
• Swedish Top 100 Albums: #2
• Swedish Top 100 Albums 1996 Year-end Chart: #60
• Grammis Awards 1996: Best Pop/Rock Group of the Year and Swedish Government's Music Export Award.
• Certified Gold in Sweden and the UK
• Certified Platinum in the U.S. and Japan
• Certified 2.5 million albums sold worldwide

[edit] Singles

(US)

• Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: "Lovefool"; #1
• Billboard Adult Top 40: "Lovefool"; #2
• Billboard Modern Rock Tracks: "Lovefool"; #9
• Billboard Top 40 Mainstream: "Lovefool"; #1
• Billboard Adult Contemporary: "Lovefool"; #23
• Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: "Lovefool"; #5
• Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxisingle Sales: "Lovefool; #24
• Billboard Rhythmic Top 40: "Lovefool"; #18
• Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents: "Lovefool" #1

(UK)

• UK Radio Airplay: "Lovefool"; #1
• UK Top 75 Singles: "Lovefool"; #21, "Been It"; #56, "Lovefool" (Re-issue); #2, "Your New Cuckoo"; #35

(Australia)

• ARIA Top 100 Singles 1997 Year-End Chart: "Lovefool"; #52

(Sweden)

• Swedish Top 100 Singles 1996 Year-end Chart: "Lovefool"; #60

v • d • e The Cardigans Lars-Olof Johansson · Bengt Lagerberg · Nina Persson · Magnus Sveningsson · Peter Svensson Studio albums Emmerdale (1994) · Life (1995) · First Band on the Moon (1996) · Gran Turismo (1998) · Long Gone Before Daylight (2003) · Super Extra Gravity (2005) Compilation albums The Other Side of the Moon (1999) · iTunes Originals – The Cardigans (2005) · Best of (2008) Singles "Rise and Shine" · "Black Letter Day" · "Sick and Tired" · "Carnival" · "Hey! Get Out of My Way" · "Lovefool" · "Been It" · "Your New Cuckoo" · "My Favourite Game" · "Erase/Rewind" · "Hanging Around" · "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)" · Discography · Category:songs · Category:albums

[edit] External links

• First Band on the Moon microsite
• The Cardigans' Complete Discography @ Marvelhill
• The Cardigans' discography on Rolling Stone website
• IFPI Sweden
• Polyhex UK chart information