Flowers (Ace of Base album)

Flowers
Studio album by Ace of Base
Released July 14, 1998 (Europe)
Recorded September 1997 - Early 1998
Genre Pop
Length 56:20 (UK)
Label Polygram International
Producer Ulf Ekberg
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Ace of Base chronology
The Bridge
(1995)		 Flowers
(1998)		 Cruel Summer
(1998)

Flowers is the third album by Swedish pop music group, Ace of Base. It was released on July 14, 1998 in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and August 10 in the United Kingdom. An American version, titled Cruel Summer, was released on September 1, later that year. The American version contained remixes of several of the original songs, and one new track. Britain, Japan, and Australia received hybrid versions of the two albums, retaining the original title in Britain and Australia and being called Cruel Summer in Japan.

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Sales and charts

Flowers album spawned the massively successful single, "Life Is a Flower", the most heavily played radio single of 1998, and Top 10 hits "Cruel Summer" and "Always Have, Always Will". The corresponding U.S. album sold poorly, and was the last original Ace of Base album released there. Flowers is estimated to have sold more than four million copies worldwide.

Flowers album received gold certifications in Sweden and Denmark, and was certified platinum in Switzerland. The album was a top ten hit in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Sweden and Switzerland. Singles from the album were also highly successful, earning the band top ten positions in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Track listing

European release

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Life Is a Flower"   Jonas Berggren P. Adebratt, T. Ekman, Jonas Berggren 3:47
2. "Always Have, Always Will"   Jonas Berggren, Mike Chapman Ole Evenrude 3:46
3. "Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe Mix)"   S. Jolley, T. Swain, S. Dallin, K. Woodward, S. Fahey Cutfather & Joe 3:35
4. "Travel to Romantis"   Jonas Berggren Jonas Berggren, Johnny Jam & Delgado 4:10
5. "Adventures in Paradise"   Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg Cutfather & Joe 3:32
6. "Dr. Sun"   Jonas Berggren Jonas Berggren, D. Carr, J. Amatiello 3:35
7. "Cecilia"   Jonas Berggren P. Adebratt, T. Ekman, Jonas Berggren 3:55
8. "He Decides"   Jenny Berggren D. Carr, Peo Hägström 3:09
9. "I Pray"   Ulf Ekberg, J. Ballard Charles Fisher, Ulf Ekberg 3:16
10. "Tokyo Girl"   Jonas Berggren, B. Steinberg, Ralph McCarthy Johnny Jam & Delgado 3:36
11. "Don't Go Away"   Ulf Ekberg, J. Ballard Charles Fisher, Ulf Ekberg 3:41
12. "Captain Nemo"   Jonas Berggren D. Carr, Jonas Berggren, John Amatiello 4:02
13. "Donnie"   Jonas Berggren D. Carr, Jonas Berggren, John Amatiello 4:39
14. "Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)"   S. Jolley, T. Swain, S. Dallin, K. Woodward, S. Fahey Stephen Hague, Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg, Johnny Jam & Delgado 4:07

A re-release of the record in UK saw "Cecilia" replaced with "Cecilia (Ole Evenrude Mix)" and "Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)" replaced with "Everytime It Rains"

Australian release

  1. "Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe Mix)"
  2. "Donnie (Ole Evenrude Edit)"
  3. "Whenever You're Near Me"
  4. "Everytime It Rains"
  5. "Adventures In Paradise"
  6. "Don't Go Away"
  7. "Cecilia"
  8. "He Decides (US Album Version)"
  9. "Always Have Always Will"
  10. "Tokyo Girl"
  11. "Travel to Romantis (Larossi Radio Edit)"
  12. "Cruel Summer (Aqua Mix)" (aka Big Bonus Mix)
  13. "Life Is a Flower"

Singles

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 15
Danish Albums Chart 6
Dutch Albums Chart 50
Finnish Albums Chart 2
French Albums Chart 16
German Albums Chart 3
Greece Albums Chart 1
Mexican Albums Chart 8
Norwegian Albums Chart 12
Spanish Albums Chart 38
Swiss Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 5
UK Albums Chart 15

Platinum, Gold & Silver Awards

External links

Sales, aceofbase.com

Ace of Base
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Compilations
Singles
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