The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity

A winner - when it hits (which it does more often than it misses), Super Extra Gravity is a marvellous showcase for the frothy, immaculately put together popist gems in which the ever delightful Cardigans specialise. "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer" is still totally righteous and still has maybe the best title of any pop song ever, but it's "Godspell" that I've been really obsessed by lately, that latter encapsulating everything that's good about the record as a whole - a rush of a melody, hooks both expected and unanticipated, lyrics at once coy and direct, meaningful and obscure, that stick in the mind, delicious guitar jangle, ring and shear, Nina Persson's marvellous voice. Gettin' lots of spins round here lately.