Animal Heart
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Animal Heart is the debut studio album by Nina Persson, singer of The Cardigans, released on February 10, 2014 through Lojinx in Europe and The End Records in North America. A video for the title track of the album was released in November 2013.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Drowned in Sound | 5/10 |
| The Irish Times | |
| The Line of Best Fit | 6/10 |
| Mojo | |
| Pitchfork | 5.5/10 |
| PopMatters | 6/10 |
| Q | |
| Uncut | 7/10 |
| Under the Radar | 7/10 |
Critical reception of the album has been generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 68, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Track listing
All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson, Nathan Larson and Nina Persson; except "Food for the Beast" by Joan Wasser.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Animal Heart" | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Burning Bridges for Fuel" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Dreaming of Houses" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Clip Your Wings" | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Jungle" | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Food for the Beast" | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Digestif" | 0:42 |
| 8. | "Forgot to Tell You" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Catch Me Crying" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "The Grand Destruction Game" | 3:55 |
| 11. | "Silver" | 3:41 |
| 12. | "This Is Heavy Metal" | 2:38 |
| 13. | "Sometimes" (Japanese bonus track) | 2:55 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Musicians
- Nina Persson – vocal and instrumental performance, production
- Nathan Larson – bass guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, percussion, pump organ, synthesizer, vibraphone, background vocals, engineer, production
- Eric D. Johnson – autoharp, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, percussion, piano, pump organ, synthesizer, background vocals, engineer, production
- Brian Kantor – drums (1 to 5, 7 to 9, 11, 12)
- Bengt Lagerberg – drums (6, 10)
Technical personnel
- Sophie Bille Brahe – illustration
- Kalle Gustafsson – engineer
- Annele Hencz – publicity
- Nicholas Johansson – A&R
- Fred Kevorkian – mastering
- Joe McGinty – engineer
- Thom Monahan – mixing
- Staffan Persson – engineer
- Jörgen Ringstrand – photography
- Geoff Sanoff – engineer
- Barry Taylor – management
- Jessica Weitz – management
Album charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten) | 14 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) | 19 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) | 2 |
| UK Albums (OCC) | 120 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) | 23 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | January 29, 2014(2014-01-29) | CD, digital download | Nippon Columbia |
| Sweden | CD, digital download, LP | Universal | |
| Taiwan | February 10, 2014(2014-02-10) | CD, digital download | Love Da Records |
| United Kingdom | CD, digital download, LP | Lojinx | |
| Hong Kong | February 11, 2014(2014-02-11) | CD, digital download | Love Da Records |
| United States | CD, digital download, LP | The End Records |