Serenity (Culture Beat album)

Serenity
Studio album by Culture Beat
Released June 3, 1993
Recorded 1992/1993
Genre Dance-pop, Eurodance, Hi-NRG, House
Length 64 mins. 8 seconds
Label Dance Pool (BMG)
Producer Peter Zweier, Torsten Fenslau
Culture Beat chronology
Horizon
(1991)		 Serenity
(1993)		 The Remix Album
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
ciao.co.uk [1]

Serenity was the second album by Culture Beat. The line up changes with Tania Evans becoming the new singer, Jay Supreme remains the rapper. Culture Beat's last hit single was "No Deeper Meaning" and after two years Culture Beat scores their next hit, "Mr. Vain" which topped the charts across Europe and Australia. A total of four singles were released from the album: "Mr. Vain", "Got To Get It", "Anything" and "World In Your Hands."

The album won the 1993 Echo award for Most Successful German Album Abroad which is the highest German music industry award [2] and even became one of the 100 most successful songs in the Dutch Top 40 of the 20th century.[3] The album went on to sell almost two million copies worldwide.[4]

Contents

Track listing

# Title Length
1. "Serenity (Prolog)" 2:16
2. "Mr. Vain" 5:37
3. "Got to Get It" 5:21
4. "World in Your Hands" 5:33
5. "Adelante!" 5:38
6. "Rocket to the Moon" 5:47
7. "Anything" 6:42
8. "Key to Your Heart" 4:09
9. "The Other Side of Me" 4:52
10. "The Hurt" 4:15
11. "Mother Earth" 6:11
12. "Serenity (Epilog)" 7:51
13. "ID Tania" 0:06
14. "ID Jay" 0:09

Chart performance

Chart Date Peak position Certification
Austria 8 August 1993 7 [5]  
Germany 3 June 1993 8 Gold
Switzerland 18 July 1993 8 [6] Gold [7]
The Netherlands 7 August 1993 9 Gold [8]
Norway August 1993 10 [9]  
United Kingdom September 1993 13 Gold
Finland 1993 Gold [10]

References

  1. ^ ciao.co.uk review
  2. ^ Euro Dance encyclopedia Culture Beat page. (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
  3. ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 hits uit de Top 40, page 302, 9023009444
  4. ^ Culture-beat.com Official short biography. (German) (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
  5. ^ AustrianCharts.at Serenity page. Accessed: October 28, 2006
  6. ^ SwissCharts.com Serenity page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
  7. ^ SwissCharts.com Certifications 1995 Accessed: October 29, 2006
  8. ^ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  9. ^ NorwegianCharts.com Serenity page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
  10. ^ Kulta- ja platinalevyt - IFPI.fi

External links

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