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

Initial 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".

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Track listing

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)

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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

Release history

References

2014 debut albums

Nina Persson albums

Lojinx albums

The End Records albums

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