9 Lives (Pandora album)

9 Lives is the ninth studio album by Swedish singer Pandora, released in Japan in September 2003, in Scandinavia in June 2005 and Internationally in September 2006. The album peaked at number 16 on the Swedish Charts, becoming Pandora's third top twenty album, and first since Tell the World in 1995.

9 Lives
Studio album by
Pandora
Released26 September 2003 (2003-09-26)
GenreEuropop
pop
LabelMariann Records, Virgin Records, EMI Music
Producer
  • Johan Fransson
  • Jon Wesamaa
  • Jonas Stadling
  • Jorgen Ringqvist
  • Lars "Dille" Diedricdon
  • Magnus John
  • Maki Kolemainen
  • Mats Nyman
  • Mika Metala
  • Pandora
  • Sami Lehto
  • Tommy Ekman Christer Sandelin
  • Tim Larsson
  • Tobias Lundgrenn
  • Tomas Axelsson
  • Tracy Lipp
Pandora chronology
Won't Look Back
(2002)		 9 Lives
(2003)		 Greatest Hits & Remixes
(2005)
Singles from 9 Lives
  1. "You"
    Released: February 2003
  2. "Don't Worry"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Runaway"
    Released: February 2004
  4. "I'm Confused"
    Released: October 2004
  5. "A Love Like This (promo) "
    Released: 2005

The album includes Pandora's two Melodifestivalen songs, "You" in 2003 and "Runaway" in 2004, with neither progressing past the semi-finals.

On the album sleeve, Pandora writes; "9 albums in 10 years, I feel so fortunate. This is music that has been in my head for quite sometime waiting... growing... Thanks to all of you who have been following me over the years and welcome to the new listeners".[1]

Track listing

Japanese version
  1. "A Love Like This" – 3:24
  2. "Girl in a Daydream" – 2:59
  3. "Chapter One" – 3:32
  4. "Tomorrow Comes Too Soon" – 3:45
  5. "Best Friends" – 4:08
  6. "I'll Be Gone" – 3:30
  7. "You" – 3:03
  8. "When I'm Over You" – 3:41
  9. "Invisible Girl" – 3:38
  10. "Been All Around" – 3:59
  11. "You & I" – 3:20
  12. "I'm the Better Woman" – 3:11
  13. "Summer Rain" – 3:59
  14. "Never Give Up" – 4:19

Scandinavian/International version
  1. "A Love Like This" – 3:24
  2. "I'm Confused" – 3:33
  3. "Runaway" – 2:52
  4. "Girl in a Daydream" – 2:59
  5. "Tomorrow Comes Too Soon" – 3:45
  6. "Best Friends" – 4:08
  7. "I'll Be Gone" – 3:30
  8. "You" – 3:03
  9. "Don't Worry" – 4:00
  10. "Chapter One" – 3:32
  11. "You & I" – 3:20
  12. "Invisible Girl" – 3:38
  13. "I'm the Better Woman" – 3:11

Charts
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[2] 16

Release history
Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Japan [3] 26 September 2003 CD Mariann Records, Virgin Records VJCP-68490
Scandinavia June 2005 CD, Digital download EMI Finland, Westridge Music 7243 875452 2 9
Worldwide [4] 26 September 2006 Digital download Mariann Grammofon

Video games

The songs "A Love Like This" and "Girl in a Daydream" are included in the arcade games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2 and Dance Dance Revolution X. The Japanese PlayStation 2 version of the first SuperNova game also included both songs.

References
  1. 9 Lives (CD). Pandora. Mariann Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "Swedishcharts.com – Pandora – 9 Lives". Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. "Pandora 9 Lives". HMV Japan. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. "9 Lives by Pandora". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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