An overlooked gem from the Swedish pop explosion of the mid-'90s, Cinnamon's first U.S. release builds on the promise of their Scandinavian-only debut, Summer Meditation. A gentle, largely acoustic pop record, the album nonetheless stays on the right side of twee, with songwriting guitarist Jiri Novak providing strong, inviting melodies for singer Frida Diesen to wrap her wispy little girl voice around. A couple of songs stray into the same retro Bacharach-Spector-Morricone territory as the early Cardigans, most notably the "ba-ba-ba"-heavy "Missing Persons File," but even that song balances the cuteness with some tougher-than-usual guitar and Stereolab by vintage synth whirs. The songs tend towards either slightness or opacity lyrically, but Novak's memorable melodies and note-perfect arrangements (with just enough vibes and muted trumpets to echo his '60s forebears, but not so many they become tiresome), along with Diesen's silkily alluring voice, makes that complaint almost besides the point. When a song has a chorus as achingly lovely as that of this album's highlight, "Me As Helen of Troy," it's churlish to point out that the lyrics don't really make much sense. The Courier made almost no waves upon

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Limited edition of 731 copies, of which 31 copies were hand-numbered. Packaged in a gate-fold sleeve.

Limited Edition of 450
Re-released on CD by Staalplaat (here). Later remastered and re-released again on Cold Meat Industry, both in the Re-Enter Salvation boxset and on it's own

“Long Gone Before Daylight” is the fifth studio album by The Cardigans. After a long hiatus from their last album in 1998 (with members of the band experimenting with other projects), it was finally released in Japan on March 19, 2003 and in Europe on March 24, 2003. Later it was also released in Canada (April 22, 2003) and North America (May 25, 2004).
The album differs from the band's earlier works. Their familiar "happy" pop sound takes on a change to pop songs with more of an American country music influence. It is relatively a much darker album than their previous works, and more quiet than the noisier Gran Turismo. Indeed, even lead singer Nina Persson dyed her once light blonde hair to jet black, reflecting the band's change of mood.
Criticism was generally mixed to positive. Some found the change of direction welcome, and felt the band had matured, making songs that were even better than other experienced country-pop styled artists. Others missed the old pop sound, and accused the band of possibly being ashamed of their former "happy" pop sound.
The first single of the album, "For What It's Worth" was released on February 17, 2003. The second single was "You're the Storm" released on June 2, 2003. The third and final single was "Live and Learn" released on December 3, 2003.