| Accident in Paradise | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Sven Väth | ||||||||||
| Released | 1992 | |||||||||
| Genre | Techno Ambient techno |
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| Length | 66:52 | |||||||||
| Label | Eye Q/WEA Records 4509-93989 Warner Bros. Records 45442 |
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| Producer | Sven Väth Ralf Hildenbeutel |
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Accident in Paradise is the debut album of DJ and producer Sven Väth. It was originally released in 1992 by Eye-Q, a German record label that Vath co-founded. A re-release in 1993 featured two bonus tracks. A remix CD was also released in 1993, featuring remixes by Spicelab, DJ Spooky and William Orbit. In 1995 Mixmag rated An Accident in Paradise one of the top-50 dance albums of all time. The most popular songs on the album are the title track and "L'Esperanza," which were both played in clubs during the 1990s and were remixed several times.
Although "L'Esperanza" and the title track are both fast techno pieces, several other songs are far more sedate, as Väth experimented with a variety of ambient and ethnic sounds. For instance, "Merry-Go-Round Somewhere" is an entirely ambient piece of merry-go-round sounds. The track "Sleeping Invention" features sounds of the deep forest accompanied with bass drums and harpsichord. The track "Coda" is especially minimalist, using only a flute and a harpsichord.
| 1992 Album | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Ritual of Life" | 13:08 | |||||||
| 2. | "Caravan of Emotions" | 12:28 | |||||||
| 3. | "L'Esperanza" | 10:25 | |||||||
| 4. | "Sleeping Invention" | 3:20 | |||||||
| 5. | "Mellow Illusion" | 9:10 | |||||||
| 6. | "Merry-Go-Round Somewhere" | 1:27 | |||||||
| 7. | "An Accident in Paradise" | 6:24 | |||||||
| 8. | "Drifting Like Whales in the Darkness" | 6:42 | |||||||
| 9. | "Coda" | 1:23 | |||||||
| Bonus tracks: 1993 re-issue | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 10. | "L'Esperanza (Single Edit)" | 3:45 | |||||||
| 11. | "Ritual of Life (The Tribal Acid Mix): remix by Ralf Hildenbeutel" | 8:31 | |||||||