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Track List
01) Would You Believe
02) Go Go Go
03) Into the Night of Blue
04) Don't Stop
05) Make My Day
06) Mercy Mercy
07) No Good Lover
08) Summer Days
09) Giving It Up (2014 remake)
10) Come to Me
11) Prime Time
12) Look Around Me
13) Pole Position
14) Sunset in Southern California
15) Moment of Magic
16) Hey Darling (Bells Version)
17) Cuba, Cuba Libre
01) Would You Believe
02) Go Go Go
03) Into the Night of Blue
04) Don't Stop
05) Make My Day
06) Mercy Mercy
07) No Good Lover
08) Summer Days
09) Giving It Up (2014 remake)
10) Come to Me
11) Prime Time
12) Look Around Me
13) Pole Position
14) Sunset in Southern California
15) Moment of Magic
16) Hey Darling (Bells Version)
17) Cuba, Cuba Libre
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2015
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Hidden Gems is a 2015 compilation album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base. It was released worldwide by Playground Music on March 6, 2015.
The album consists of previously unreleased material and b-sides recorded by the original lineup between 1991 through 2005. The majority of the songs were previously released through the band's Facebook page during Ace Thursdays, though some of the tracks on the compilation feature updated production. Five of the included songs were previously released years prior as b-sides and bonus tracks. "No Good Lover," included on this compilation, was originally meant to be a single from Flowers, but later did not make the cut for the album. A previously unreleased version of "Hey Darling," a track which first appeared on Da Capo, is included on Hidden Gems as an iTunes bonus track. "Sunset in Southern California" was re-worked and later released on The Golden Ratio in 2010 as "Southern California." A demo version of "Giving It Up" is featured as a bonus track on the 2015 remastered release of Happy Nation U.S. Version.
The album was released on CD and vinyl worldwide through the band's official website and through digital retailers on March 6, 2015. Two songs from the album, "Would You Believe" and "Into the Night of Blue," were made available through digital retailers prior to the album's release. The iTunes edition contains two additional songs as bonus tracks. Jonas Berggren stated on the band's official Facebook page that a second edition with different songs has been considered.
User Album Review
In the 90's, Swedish four piece Ace of Base were quick to solidify their place in the sweet pop history books when the band released their debut album Happy Nation in 1993. The record arrived equipped with some of the most memorable and most successful singles of the decade with tracks like All That She Wants and The Sign becoming two of the biggest selling singles of any artist in history.
Happy Nation has since gone to sell in excess of 25 million copies around the world and from the time of its release, Ace of Base were regarded as one of a new breed of successful pop phenomena to come from Scandinavia – following in the footsteps of other big sellers like ABBA and Roxette. They went on to sell a remarkable number of records over a career that produced several chart hitting albums including The Bridge (1995) and Flowers (1998) but like many fairytale pop tales, the success had an expiry date and at the start of the noughties the bands demise was certain as the two female vocalists, sisters Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren decided to part ways with their brother Jonas and fellow band member Ulf Ekberg following the release of the final album with all 4 original members, De Capo in 2002.
Since the bands split, a new incarnation of Ace of Base had a short lifespan as Jonas and Ulf introduced a pair of new female vocalists into the Ace of Base fold although the run was a short one and the band now officially consists of just Jonas and Ulf to carry the Ace of Base flag for new generations. While many of us hope that the band will mend any broken ties and reform for a new record and/or tour, they have offered us a fantastic release of tracks that have previously been unreleased from the years when the foursome ruled the airwaves and the charts.
Hidden Gems consists of both unreleased tracks and B-sides from the bands former glory years and is the perfect collection for those who need a fix of bubble-gum pop or a reminder of what truly great pop music is all about. These songs will strike a nostalgic chord for anyone around during the time of the 90's British pop music invasion when bands like Steps, The Spice Girls, 5ive and Aqua were the dominant forces in the music industry. Alongside, and ahead of many, was Ace of Base who shaped many a teenager's life during that time.
The record contains 15 tracks from various Ace of Base eras with more recent years around the release of 2002's De Capo being given the most of the spotlight. Go Go Go is the clear standout track on the record and while it was born quite late in the bands career the gem sounds closer to the bands earlier output than their work on De Capo. The catchy verses and hook driven chorus would have made this number a very nice addition to Happy Nation or The Bridge.
With De Capo outtakes being the focus, there are some older numbers scattered around the record with highlights including a reworking of Giving It Up from the mid-90's holding centre spot on the record and Always Have, Always Will B-side, Mercy Mercy, from the bands Flowers era providing a couple of the records key inclusions.
The danceable, club inspired beat of Make My Day and the acoustic, summer road-trip vibe of Would You Believe offer diversity within the bands familiar pop output that makes the majority of the record.
There is a lot to offer within this latest collection. It's not just a nostalgic stroll through the colourful and catchy catalogues of one of pop music's most vibrant collectives but also serves as a reminder of a band that are still credible and relevant in today's pop music with superstar artists like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and many other hit-makers citing the Swedes as fundamental influencers in their own hits and collections like this and the bands impressive multi-million selling back catalogue is testament to the influence that they have on the music industry and why they have retained such an enormous fan-base after all these years despite very infrequent releases and line-up changes. Just listen to Prime Time and you will certainly hear where Gaga drew inspiration from the band when writing her hit Alessandro.
This really is a track-listing of hidden gems and hopefully this won't be the last we hear from the iconic Ace of Base camp!
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Hidden Gems is a 2015 compilation album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base. It was released worldwide by Playground Music on March 6, 2015.
The album consists of previously unreleased material and b-sides recorded by the original lineup between 1991 through 2005. The majority of the songs were previously released through the band's Facebook page during Ace Thursdays, though some of the tracks on the compilation feature updated production. Five of the included songs were previously released years prior as b-sides and bonus tracks. "No Good Lover," included on this compilation, was originally meant to be a single from Flowers, but later did not make the cut for the album. A previously unreleased version of "Hey Darling," a track which first appeared on Da Capo, is included on Hidden Gems as an iTunes bonus track. "Sunset in Southern California" was re-worked and later released on The Golden Ratio in 2010 as "Southern California." A demo version of "Giving It Up" is featured as a bonus track on the 2015 remastered release of Happy Nation U.S. Version.
The album was released on CD and vinyl worldwide through the band's official website and through digital retailers on March 6, 2015. Two songs from the album, "Would You Believe" and "Into the Night of Blue," were made available through digital retailers prior to the album's release. The iTunes edition contains two additional songs as bonus tracks. Jonas Berggren stated on the band's official Facebook page that a second edition with different songs has been considered.
User Album Review
In the 90's, Swedish four piece Ace of Base were quick to solidify their place in the sweet pop history books when the band released their debut album Happy Nation in 1993. The record arrived equipped with some of the most memorable and most successful singles of the decade with tracks like All That She Wants and The Sign becoming two of the biggest selling singles of any artist in history.
Happy Nation has since gone to sell in excess of 25 million copies around the world and from the time of its release, Ace of Base were regarded as one of a new breed of successful pop phenomena to come from Scandinavia – following in the footsteps of other big sellers like ABBA and Roxette. They went on to sell a remarkable number of records over a career that produced several chart hitting albums including The Bridge (1995) and Flowers (1998) but like many fairytale pop tales, the success had an expiry date and at the start of the noughties the bands demise was certain as the two female vocalists, sisters Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren decided to part ways with their brother Jonas and fellow band member Ulf Ekberg following the release of the final album with all 4 original members, De Capo in 2002.
Since the bands split, a new incarnation of Ace of Base had a short lifespan as Jonas and Ulf introduced a pair of new female vocalists into the Ace of Base fold although the run was a short one and the band now officially consists of just Jonas and Ulf to carry the Ace of Base flag for new generations. While many of us hope that the band will mend any broken ties and reform for a new record and/or tour, they have offered us a fantastic release of tracks that have previously been unreleased from the years when the foursome ruled the airwaves and the charts.
Hidden Gems consists of both unreleased tracks and B-sides from the bands former glory years and is the perfect collection for those who need a fix of bubble-gum pop or a reminder of what truly great pop music is all about. These songs will strike a nostalgic chord for anyone around during the time of the 90's British pop music invasion when bands like Steps, The Spice Girls, 5ive and Aqua were the dominant forces in the music industry. Alongside, and ahead of many, was Ace of Base who shaped many a teenager's life during that time.
The record contains 15 tracks from various Ace of Base eras with more recent years around the release of 2002's De Capo being given the most of the spotlight. Go Go Go is the clear standout track on the record and while it was born quite late in the bands career the gem sounds closer to the bands earlier output than their work on De Capo. The catchy verses and hook driven chorus would have made this number a very nice addition to Happy Nation or The Bridge.
With De Capo outtakes being the focus, there are some older numbers scattered around the record with highlights including a reworking of Giving It Up from the mid-90's holding centre spot on the record and Always Have, Always Will B-side, Mercy Mercy, from the bands Flowers era providing a couple of the records key inclusions.
The danceable, club inspired beat of Make My Day and the acoustic, summer road-trip vibe of Would You Believe offer diversity within the bands familiar pop output that makes the majority of the record.
There is a lot to offer within this latest collection. It's not just a nostalgic stroll through the colourful and catchy catalogues of one of pop music's most vibrant collectives but also serves as a reminder of a band that are still credible and relevant in today's pop music with superstar artists like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and many other hit-makers citing the Swedes as fundamental influencers in their own hits and collections like this and the bands impressive multi-million selling back catalogue is testament to the influence that they have on the music industry and why they have retained such an enormous fan-base after all these years despite very infrequent releases and line-up changes. Just listen to Prime Time and you will certainly hear where Gaga drew inspiration from the band when writing her hit Alessandro.
This really is a track-listing of hidden gems and hopefully this won't be the last we hear from the iconic Ace of Base camp!
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