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A Good HorseThe Cardigans

Released: March 24, 2003

Songwriter: Peter Svensson Nina Persson

Producer: The Cardigans Per Sunding

[Verse 1]
It takes no match to give me a spark
Now I'm trying out another heart
I've been whinin' bout a fresh start
I found myself a good horse

[Verse 2]
I spurred it over quicksand
And I rode it through a hollow land
I fed it with a shaky hand
I found myself a strong horse

[Chorus]
These are the promises I can keep
These are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
In grace

[Verse 3]
I found myself a good horse
Yes, I found myself a strong horse
But things remained no different than before

[Chorus]
These are the promises I can keep
Yes, these are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
(These are the promises that I will keep)

These are the promises I can keep
These are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
In grace
In grace
In grace

The Cardigans

One of the most pleasing pop groups of the ‘90s, the Cardigans specialized in sugary confections that would grow annoying very quickly if they weren’t backed by solid musicianship and clever arrangements. The band’s 1995 breakout album, Life, reflected the Cardigans at their most saccharine – the sunny disposition of vocalist Nina Persson being the major argument in favor – and critics inserted the group into the space age pop revivalist camp. the Cardigans later proved that they were more difficult to pigeonhole, however.

Even the band’s origins showed that their later appearance was quite misleading; two heavy metal fanatics formed the group in October 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Guitarist Peter Svensson met bassist Magnus Sveningsson in a hardcore group, though he had previously trained in music theory and jazz arranging. The two later grew tired of metal and decided to form a pop band with vocalist Nina Persson – an art-school friend who had never sung professionally – plus keyboard player Lars-Olof Johansson and drummer Bengt Lagerberg.

All five Cardigans moved into a small apartment in 1993 and began recording a demo tape that entered the hands of producer Tore Johansson later that year. He liked what he heard and invited the group to record at his Malmö studio. Signed to the dance-oriented Stockholm label, the Cardigans released Emmerdale in May 1994. The single “Rise & Shine” became a hit on Swedish radio soon after the release of the LP, and a readers poll in Sweden’s Slitz magazine voted Emmerdale the best album of 1994.

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