Gran Turismo is the fourth studio album by the Swedish band The Cardigans, released internationally on 19 October 1998 and in November 1998 in the United States. It features a darker and moodier type of music, mixed with more electronic sounds. In an interview in 2009, producer and sound engineer Tore Johansson commented on the dark sound of the record, which sets it apart from the warm, jammy feel of many other recordings made at Tambourine Studios: "It's a very cold and defined recording, no natural reverb or audio curtains: there's not a sound element on that disc which wasn't deliberately put there." The album and band were nominated for a total of seven awards at the 1999 Grammis—the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Gran Turismo sold more than three million copies worldwide. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.