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 | | Sveningsson aborted their heavy metal phase and made it their new mission in life to be "as good as The Beatles." The instrumental lineup was formed by guitar Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, guitarist Matthias Alfheim and drummer Bengt Lagerberg. |  | | Peter composes the music and Magnus the lyrics, however, the third album "First Band On The Moon" introduces Nina as a major contributor, writing half of the lyrics on the album. |  | | Svensson and Sveningsson had been in heavy metal bands together, but Persson speculated in Option that even in their headbanging days they were better suited for pop. |
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| | VITAMINIC_the music evolution |
 | | Magnus' thougths about life is clearly something that can be noticed on the lyrics of the Righteous Boy album. |  | | When Magnus surfaces in Stockholm to promote his debut album he has just finished the first sessions of the recording of the new Cardigans album in a Spanish studio. |  | | The single "Loved among friends" was released in Sweden in December and the album "I sing because of you" in January. |
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| | The Cardigans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in October of 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | Living together in a small apartment, The Cardigans recorded a demo tape which record producer Tore Johansson heard, leading to an invitation to record at a studio in Malmö. |  | | During the break that followed, Nina Persson released an album as A Camp and the Cardigans recorded a duet cover of Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" with Tom Jones on his album Reload, Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from Joakim Berg from Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded as Righteous Boy. |
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 | | In the past year Nina has recorded a solo, singer-songwriter album with a friend, and Sveningsson is looking forward to making music with some of his friends after the tour. |  | | Sveningsson recently relinquished his lyric writing to Nina. |  | | Their music is clean, glamorous and refined-and so are they. |
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| | THE CARDIGANS FACTS AND INFORMATION |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in October of 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina_Persson. |  | | The group is perhaps best-known for their breakthrough album, ''Life'' (1995) and their single "Lovefool", which was one of the tracks from the soundtrack of Baz_Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. |  | | During the break that followed, Nina Persson released an album as A_Camp and the Cardigans recorded a duet cover of Talking_Heads' "Burning Down the House" with Tom Jones on his album ''Reload'', Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from Joakim Berg from Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded as Righteous_Boy. |
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| | The Cardigans - Iridis Encyclopedia |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life (1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". |  | | Nina Persson released an album as A Camp, Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from Joachim Berg of Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded as Righteous Boy. |
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| | The Cardigans - InformationBlast |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life (1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". |  | | Living together in a small apartment, The Cardigans recorded a demo tape which record producer Tore Johansson heard, leading to invitation to record at a studio in Malmö. |
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| | phoenixnewtimes.com Music Fluffers 1997-02-13 |
 | | Sveningsson attributes Life's light retro-pop sound to producer Tore Johansson, who saw potential in the band's straightforward pop songs and infused it with glamour and bubbly style. |  | | Both Svensson and Sveningsson, the group's founders, were devout hard rockers before Svensson learned jazz chords at music school and Sveningsson discovered the Cure on MTV Europe. |  | | The Cardigans have inevitably jelled as a live unit after a couple of world tours (the band is huge in Japan) and Sveningsson says the group is slowly gravitating toward the sparse, alternative folk sounds of bands like the Red House Painters and Palace. |
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| | I Sing Because of You (Righteous Boy) |
 | | First solo album from Magnus Sveningsson of the Cardigans. |  | | Sveningsson finally reveals his true wits and inspiration and without much difficulty, wins the listener. |  | | One of the best records around that everyone who loves good music should check out. |
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| | The Cardigans - free-definition |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life (1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". |  | | Nina Persson released an album as A Camp, Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from Joachim Berg of Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded as Righteous Boy. |
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 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson,both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life (1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". |  | | Living together in a small apartment, TheCardigans recorded a demo tape which record producer Tore Johansson heard, leading toinvitation to record at a studio in Malmö. |
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| | The Universal - Artists - The Cardigans |
 | | On the previous albums, Peter composed the music and and Magnus the lyrics, however, First Band On The Moon shows the debut of Nina as a major contributor, writing half of the lyrics on the album. |  | | First Band On The Moon was produced and engineered by Tore Johansson on 24 track analogue at the Tambourine Studios in Malmo, Sweden. |  | | The Cardigans released their Swedish debut, Emmerdale, in May of '94. |
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| | CMJ.com: new music first |
 | | The track titles alone are enough to give away the cause of Sveningsson’s inner turmoil, with songs like “No More Love,” “I Made It Hard For You To Love Me” and “I Feel Apart” reflecting a shattered relationship outside his band, rather than within it. |  | | Taking some time off, Sveningsson created his Righteous Boy alter ego to indulge in his first songwriting efforts since the Cardigans 1994 debut, Emmerdale, and ended up with this collection of sad, often dark, orchestral pop and grim beat-driven songs. |  | | A few years back, Cardigans bassist Magnus Sveningsson found himself in one of those times. |
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| | The Cardigans |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life (1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". |  | | Nina Persson released an album as A Camp, Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from Joachim Berg of Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded as Righteous Boy. |
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| | The Cardigans @ Soundbug |
 | | Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in 1992 in Jönköping, Sweden, with drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. |  | | They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life (1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". |  | | Nina Persson released an album as A Camp, Peter Svensson worked on the project Paus with help from Joachim Berg of Kent, and Magnus Sveningsson recorded as Righteous Boy. |
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| | Amazon.com: Music: I Sing Because of You [IMPORT] |
 | | First solo album from Magnus Sveningsson of the Cardigans. |  | | Listen to it, then listen to it a couple more times and after the second or third listen you ought to be hooked. |  | | It is similar to his work on "Life" and "Emmerdale" (the Cardigans) in that the melodies and words are beautiful, but with a definite touch of darkness (due in part to Magnus' unique and voice). |
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 | | On the previous albums, Peter composed the music and and Magnus the lyrics, however, First Band On The Moon shows the debut of Nina as a major contributor, writing half of the lyrics on the album. |  | | The follow up, First Band On The Moon, shows The Cardigans fine tuning their pop smarts, and provides a strong argument that they may be Sweden's hippest export since the Volvo P-1800. |  | | The Cardigans released their Swedish debut, Emmerdale, in May of '94. |
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| | Righteous Boy: I Sing Because of You - PopMatters Music Review |
 | | By CD's end, Sveningsson is ready to advise others not to make the same mistakes he has made. |  | | Following on the heels of projects by guitarist Peter Svensson and singer Nina Persson comes this solo effort by bassist Magnus Sveningsson, otherwise known as Righteous Boy. |  | | In an interesting musical transposition, Sveningsson takes the relatively upbeat "Loved Among Friends" into a slowed down and somber "Lone among Friends". |
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| | History |
 | | At first, the band consisted of Peter Svensson and Matthias Alfheim on guitars, Magnus Sveningsson on bass and drummer, Bengt Lagerberg. |  | | In October 1992 Magnus Sveningsson and Peter Svensson formed the band The Cardigans in Jonkoping, Sweden. |  | | The band also needed singer, so Nina Persson, a friend of Magnus, joined the band. |
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| | Music: Cardigans Return |
 | | The Cardigans--Nina Persson, vocals; Peter Svensson, guitar; Bengt Lagerberg, drums; Magnus Sveningsson, bass; Lasse Johansson, keyboard, acoustic guitar--debuted in the U.S. back in 1994 when their debut album, Emmerdale was released by the small indie label Minty Fresh. |  | | The bonus tracks found on import copies will be included as part of the regular CD, but there there will be an all new, bonus track that is exclusive to the U.S. version. |  | | They released one more album, Life, through Minty Fresh before signing to Mercury records in 1995. |
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| | Seattle Weekly: Music: Righteous Boy: Sweet and Righteous by Kurt. B. Reighley |
 | | Sveningsson started writing and recording the songs during the winter of 1999, a year after announcing he was taking a sabbatical from the Cardigans. |  | | Even Sveningsson's oft-cited heavy-metal adolescence poked its head out at least once ("I nicked a bass line from Metallica's cover of 'Small Hours,'" he admits), although the result, "Isle of the Colourblind," was relegated to the flip side of the album's first single, "Loved Among Friends." |  | | That said, nobody had to coerce me into listening to I Sing Because of You (Future Farmer Recordings) by Righteous Boy, the recording alias of Magnus Sveningsson, bass player for brooding Swedish pop ensemble the Cardigans. |
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| | Att Fånga Nätet : Kvalitativa Metoder För Internetforskning av Bergquist, Magnus, Lövheim, Mia, ... |
 | | av Bergquist, Magnus / Lövheim, Mia / Sveningsson, Malin |  | | Att Fånga Nätet : Kvalitativa Metoder För Internetforskning av Bergquist, Magnus, Lövheim, Mia, Sveningsson, Malin |
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| | The Cardigans: no longer tourists |
 | | Magnus went to see Austin Powers and he told us that one of our songs was in the movie, Lasse said. |  | | The Cardigans exploded onto the music scene a few years back with the hit single Lovefool, and since that time this five-member band from Sweden has captured the hearts of music-lovers all around the world. |  | | Peter writes most of the songs and plays guitar while Magnus plays bass. |
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| | Luna Kafé - Righteous Boy: I Sing Because Of You |
 | | Like that band's guitarist Peter Svensson and singer Nina Persson he has made a solo record. |  | | The only up-tempo track is "Elephant Man" which is fuzzy and distorted, but still kind of cuddly. |  | | , Sveningsson sings and sounds like his heart will never mend. |
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| | The Cardigans Frequently Asked Questions (and then some!) page |
 | | I think these new songs show how much more fun it is to record live takes, rather than computer stylee. |  | | Paus - largely Peter's first solo album and side band along with Bengt and Joakim (?) Berg from Kent. |  | | "I was really into A Chain of Flowers [Magnus' favorite song by The Cure] back in the days. |
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| | The Cardigans - GRAN TURISMO |
 | | Gran Turismo represents a new lyrical plane for The Cardigans as well, with Persson for the first time penning the majority of the words, instead of collaborating with Sveningsson or singing his lyrics. |  | | "I like Magnus' stuff, but if I'm going to spend a lot of time with the songs, I want to know what they're about," Persson says. |  | | Gran Turismo is very much my type of songwriting big melodies, very simple, written on guitar - we just added the loops and stuff afterwards." |
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 | | Eggstone's album In San Diego was one of the band's favorites at the time, so it seemed natural for The Cardigans to team up with him. |  | | The band's manager tells Sveningsson that the soundcheck will begin in 15 minutes. |  | | "Maybe we could bring The King back," Sveningsson replies, while pointing at a large, carpet wall hanging of Elvis Presley adorning one of the walls in the office of Atlanta's Variety Playhouse. |
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 | | The music for Gran Turismo was composed by Cardigans founder member and guitarist Peter Svensson, while the lyrics were written by singer Nina Persson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson (the band's other co-founder). |  | | Before going into the studio Svensson had written seven songs in a month, but he had no lyrics. |
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| | Reviews of The Cardigans First Band on the Moon, and Go Sailor |
 | | While Peter and Magnus are the main songwriters for the ten tracks on First Band on the Moon, Nina wrote half the lyrics. |  | | The band (which was formed in 1992) also includes guitarist Peter Svensson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, and keyboardist Lasse Johansson. |  | | But don't think that the Cardigans want to be pigeon-holed as just another Swedish act. |
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| | Righteous Boy : I sing because of you / CD-Kritik |
 | | Der leicht ungelenke Album-Titel "I sing because of you" täuscht dabei zunächst über die Tatsache hinweg, dass Sveningsson, der sich "Righteous Boy" nennt (nach einem Stück seines Albums), wenn er solo unterwegs ist, über beachtliche Songwriter-Qualitäten verfügt, die auch südlich des Polarkreises auf einiges Interesse stoßen dürften. |  | | Denn Sveningssons Album ist vom ursprünglichen "Easy Listening"-Feeling der Band meilenweit entfernt. |  | | Hätte er seitdem weitere Lieder der Band geschrieben, wären die Cardigans vielleicht einen anderen Weg gegangen. |
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| | CNN - WorldBeat Spotlight - Cardigans enjoying Swede sound of success - February 1, 1999 |
 | | MAGNUS SVENINGSSON, THE CARDIGANS: I think the biggest influence is ourselves and our producer. |  | | Knitted together from the threads of a heavy metal band, Nina Persson's sugary vocals helped launch the band into global orbit with their third album, "First Band on the Moon." |  | | Throughout our four records we've always done what comes very naturally, what we are thinking or what we're doing, who's doing it. |
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| | Stockholm Records |
 | | This solo-project is his first outing beyond The Cardigans, and showcases Magnus songwriting talent and wonderful, dark voice. |  | | If you like your music moody, but beautiful with strong melodies, Righteous Boy is the band for you to discover. |  | | Not only the bass-player in The Cardigans, Magnus Sveningsson is also the man behind Righteous Boy. |
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| | Recensies Maandag Pinkpop 2003 |
 | | CONCERT: The Cardigans uit Zweden (Pinkpop, 9 juni 2003, Zuid-podium), te weten zangeres Nina Persson, gitarist Peter Svensson, toetsenist/gitarist Lasse Johansson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg en bassist Magnus Sveningsson met achtergrondzangeres/gitariste. |
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| | Barnes & Noble.com - Music Search: Magnus Sveningsson |
 | | Barnes and Noble.com - Music Search: Magnus Sveningsson |  | | Portions of content provided by All Music Guide®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC |  | | Title (A to Z) View all titles on which Magnus Sveningsson contributed. |
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| | First Band On The Moon The Cardigans - 1003 |
 | | ChokeAlbum CreditsTore Johansson, EngineerTore Johansson, ProducerAlbum NotesThe Cardigans: Nina Persson (vocals, snaps); Peter Svensson (guitar); Lasse Johansson (guitar, keyboards); Bengt Lagerberg (flute, drums); Magnus Sveningsson (bass). |  | | First Band On The Moon The Cardigans - 1003 |
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| | Columbus Alive |
 | | Wrapping each song in an electronica-noir veneer with elements of dub and the kind of pop the Cardigans specialize in, Sveningsson croons in his best Leonard Cohen rasp about all the trouble he’s seen. |  | | I Sing Because of You, as the album name and song titles like “No More Love” and “I Made It Hard for You to Love Me” suggest, is a personal work and most likely an open letter to a lover who did Magnus wrong. |  | | Taking time off from his role as bassist in the Cardigans and working at Tambourine Studios in Malmö, Sweden, Magnus Sveningsson ended up recording under his own direction accompanied by some friends. |
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| | Drowned in Sound - Bands - Righteous Boy |
 | | The side band of Cardigans bassist Magnus Sveningsson. |  | | The band are described by him as 'moody, but beautiful with strong melodies. |  | | Sing along with Alan McGee at new club night |
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| | Artists - Righteous Boy |
 | | This solo-project is his first outing beyond The Cardigans, and showcases Magnus' songwriting talent and wonderful, dark voice. |  | | ot only the bass-player in The Cardigans, Magnus Sveningsson is also the man behind Righteous Boy. |
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 | | Earlier Bands: Different hardrock bands in my early teens, thereafter a couple of bands with Magnus Sveningsson the years before The Cardigans |  | | The Cardigans: Started the group with Magnus in October 1992 |
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| | Domain of Culture - Cultural Events |
 | | The Cardigans are Nina Persson (vocals), Peter Svensson (guitar), Bengt Lagerberg (drums), Magnus Sveningsson (bass) and Lasse Johansson (keyboard, acoustic guitar). |  | | They met as teenagers in Jonkoping, a small Swedish town in which the only distinguishing feature is that it has fifty-two churches. |  | | In October 1992, bonded by their mutual love of hard rock music, Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson conceived The Cardigans. |
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| | eye - Better sweater - 05.13.04 |
 | | Persson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson both released solo projects in the interim, and the group found themselves wondering if the end was near. |  | | The long-time friends, who started the group as teenagers over a decade ago, rented a house in LA and simply hung out together for two weeks. |  | | To hear Persson tell it, the very future of The Cardigans was a big question mark following the draining Gran Turismo tour. |
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| | The Cardigans: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more Music.com |
 | | The two later grew tired of metal and decided to form a pop band with Nina Persson [+] -- an art-school friend who had never sung professionally -- plus keyboard player Lars-Olof Johansson and drummer Bengt Lagerberg. |  | | Guitarist Peter Svensson [+] met bassist Magnus Sveningsson [+] in a hardcore group, though he had previously trained in music theory and jazz arranging. |  | | Even the band's origins show that their later appearance was quite misleading; two heavy metal fanatics formed the group in October 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden. |
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| | The Winyls ::: Official Website ::: Band |
 | | The journey carries you from The Rolling Stones' London to 21st century Malmö, where the band recorded their debut single at the legendary Tambourine Studios. |  | | The Winyls found it easy and fruitful to work with Per Sunding (The cardigans, The Ark) and Herman Söderström (Swan Lee, Magnus Carlson). |  | | During the sessions the Cardigans' Magnus Sveningsson was rocking with the guys and actually got himself caught on tape. |
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| | Spotlight on THE CARDIGANS |
 | | In October 1992, bonded by their mutual love of hard rock music, guitarist Peter Svensson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson conceived The Cardigans. |  | | The five-piece met as teenagers in Jonkoping, a small Swedish town in which the only distinguishing feature is its fifty-two churches. |  | | As their hometown was hardly a Mecca of musical enterprise, the group packed up and moved to the somewhat more central fishing port of Malmo, Sweden's third largest city, to seek their fortune. |
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| | Serendipity Media www.serendipity.windwhispers.net |
 | | In October 1992, bonded by their mutual love of hard rock music, guitarist Peter Svensson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson conceived The Cardigans. |  | | This five-piece met as teenagers in Jonkoping, a small Swedish town in which the only distinguishing feature is its fifty-two churches. |  | | As their hometown was hardly a Mecca of musical enterprise, the group packed up and moved to the somewhat more central fishing port of Malmo, Sweden's third largest city, to seek their fortune. |
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| | Music Righteous Boy |
 | | Not that I Sing Because of You is purely derivative or without a pop persona — it’s a sincere pop production that has a classic feel. |  | | Righteous Boy is actually bassist Magnus Sveningsson of Sweden’s Cardigans, a man-boy who approximates the emotional distress of Barry Manilow, the clever melodies of Prefab Sprout, and the doe-eyed romanticism of Jimmy Webb. |  | | And the glockenspiel-filled "I Made It Hard for You To Love Me" is a gossamer whirligig that carries the softhearted yet poised Sveningsson right off into outer space. |
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