Da Capo (Ace of Base album)
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| Studio album by Ace of Base | |||||
| Released | September 30, 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 41:55 | ||||
| Label | Edel-Mega Universal Music Toshiba EMI |
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| Producer | Jonas Berggren, Nice, Sommerdahl, Von Der Burg | ||||
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Japanese cover
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Da Capo is the fourth studio album of Ace of Base, a pop music group based in Sweden. It was released in 2002 in Europe and Japan (on Toshiba EMI with a different cover and the usual bonus tracks). The album contained twelve or fourteen original tracks, depending on the country of origin.
The album was first to be released during the summer of 2000. But because of record company problems, the album was to be released in 2001. The fans were waiting and waiting but nothing happened and then suddenly they were told that the album would be released at the end of September of 2002.
The success of the album was very limited. Even though the album entered the album charts in many of the European countries, the chart position were unexpected low. Many fans have blamed both the record companies and Ace of Base for the bad album & single promotion.
The promotion was handled by Jenny & Ulf. Jonas wanted to stay at home with his two kids and Malin couldn't join the band because of her fright of flying. During the promotion Jenny & Ulf visited Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Poland & Austria.
Today the sales is expected to be around 400,000 - 500,000 copies sold. The sales seem low, but the album was never released in North America, South America, Australia even though Ulf said in an interview that they would release the album in USA and the songs would be more acoustic. The album was given a "soft release" in the UK on October 21, 2002; it was given no promotion and no single was serviced to radio due to Polydor Records believing that the band were no longer relevant to the UK music scene.
The album is named for the musical term da capo, meaning "back to the beginning". It was intended to be a return to the band's earliest sound.
This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Unspeakable"
- "Beautiful Morning"
- "Remember the Words"
- "Da Capo"
- "World Down Under"
- "Ordinary Day"
- "Wonderful Life"
- "Show Me Love"
- "What's the Name of the Game?"
- "Change with the Light"
- "Hey Darling" [German pressing included an alternate version]
- "The Juvenile"
- "Don't Stop" [Japanese bonus track]
- "Summer Days" [Japanese bonus track]
- "Beautiful Morning (Groove Radio Edit)" [Japanese bonus track]
[edit] Singles
- 2002 "Beautiful Morning"
- 2002 "The Juvenile"
- 2003 "Unspeakable"
[edit] Charts
Album
| Chart | Peak positionc |
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| Austrian Albums Chart | 61 |
| Estonian Albums Chart | 36 |
| German Albums Chart | 48 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 40 |
| Japanese International Artists Albums Chart | 10 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 40 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 23 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 25 |
Singles
| Single | Chart | Peak position |
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| "Beautiful Morning" | Swedish Singles Chart | 14 |
| "Beautiful Morning" | Swiss Singles Chart | 32 |
| "Beautiful Morning" | German Singles Chart | 38 |
| "The Juvenile" | German Singles Chart | 78 |
| "Unspeakable" | Swedish Singles Chart | 45 |
| "Unspeakable" | German Singles Chart | 97 |
[edit] Sales
- Germany: 40,000 units sold
- Japan: 35,000 units sold [1]
- Sweden: 15,000 units sold
[edit] DVD
| Da Capo | ||
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| Video by Ace Of Base | ||
| Released | October 21, 2002 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 91 minutes | |
| Label | Polydor | |
The DVD contains the complete album in 5.1 Surround Sound, all official Ace Of Base videos except Travel To Romantis, gallery, discography and biography in English and German.
Da Capo (album)
- 1 Unspeakable
- 2 Beautiful morning
- 3 Remember the words
- 4 Da capo
- 5 World down under
- 6 Ordinary day
- 7 Wonderful life
- 8 Show me love
- 9 What's the name of the game?
- 10 Change with the light
- 11 Hey darling
- 12 The juvenile
Videos:
- 1 C'est la vie
- 2 The sign
- 3 Beautiful life
- 4 Always have, always will
- 5 All that she wants
- 6 Living in danger
- 7 Don't turn around
- 8 Cruel summer
- 9 Happy nation
- 10 Lucky love
- 11 Never gonna say I'm sorry
- 12 Life is a flower
- 13 Wheel of fortune
- 14 Beautiful morning
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