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Communicate This! blog gave their top 5 albums of 2009 with A Camp’s Colonia coming in at #4.
It’s a beautifully constructed piece, with no dud tracks, all with lyrics that veer wildly from prophetic and deep to caustic and rude to fantasy and whimsy. It’s put together over some very pleasant guitar-and-strings style backing, kind of like little guitar concertos, and I think it’s very good.
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Discopop Directory gives their rundown of the top 10 albums of 2009, with Colonia from A Camp coming in at number 3.
A cheery record about rape, pillage, divorce and war in the Belgian Congo. The work of former Cardigan Nina Persson, her husband Nathan Larson and Atomic Swing’s Niclas Frisk, Colonia was inspired by 60s girl-pop and the works of Adam Ant. Brilliantly, it manages to sound nothing like either of them. Instead, it’s a sumptuous, orchestral, alt-rock album, encompassing bittersweet ballads (Stronger Than Jesus), regal waltzes (The Crowning) and glam rock stomps (My America). A towering achievement.
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Hecklerspray gives their rundown on the top albums of 2009, including A Camp’s Colonia.
While I could quite easily favour this album because of the heavenly beauty of Nina Persson alone, that’s not really it. I loved this album from the first listen, the opening track, The Crowning, teases you in with a gentle piano intro then builds more and more layers until you’re in the middle of a deep, warm and surrounding sound. Before you know it you’re at the melancholic but uplifting conversational duet Golden Teeth and Silver Medals. This is one of the few albums I’ve come to appreciate more after experiencing live, I’m going to listen to it some more now.
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Coqblog gave their top 10 albums of 2009 and A Camp – Colonia came in at #3!
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Safe Digression has put out their top 20 albums of the year. Coming in at #12 is A Camp’s Colonia.
They write:
Not sure if this means the end of the Cardigans, but if these lush melodies are the new vessels for Nina Persson’s sweet songs, I’ll take it.
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