The Golden Ratio (album)

The Golden Ratio
Studio album by Ace of Base
Released September 24, 2010
Recorded 2009–2010
Genre Pop, Europop, dance, electronic
Length 46:53
Label Playground/Universal
Ace of Base chronology

Platinum & Gold
(2010)		 The Golden Ratio
(2010)		 Hidden Gems
(2015)
Singles from The Golden Ratio
  1. "All for You"
    Released: September 10, 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

The Golden Ratio is the fifth album by Swedish pop music group, Ace of Base. It was recorded in late 2009 through mid-2010. It is the first album to feature two new vocalists: Clara Hagman and Julia Williamson. Production on a fifth album initially began with former band member and lead vocalist, Jenny Berggren in which the resulting sessions were shelved.

The Golden Ratio marks the band's first album of completely new material since their 2002 album, Da Capo. The album entered the German album charts at number 20 and at number 100 in Switzerland.

Background

The band have said of the album “The Golden Ratio” is the end result of three years of work in the studio for Ulf and Jonas. Their main challenge was to find what the Ace of Base sound would be in the second decade of the twenty-first century. After a year of experimenting, they realized they wanted to embrace and preserve the original Ace of Base sound and make it contemporary at the same time." [2]

Reception

The Golden Ratio received mostly positive reviews from critics. Rock&Review gave the album a positive review, stating, "Sonically, The Golden Ratio is everything you expect in an Ace of Base album and it's quite hard to tell that Jonas Berggren's sisters are absent as the new vocalists do a great job of filling in where Malin and Jenny left off."[3]

ScandiPop also gave the album very high praise, saying "It’s a jaw droppingly good album. They’ve gone back to everything that made them so brilliant when they first started out in the early nineties."[4]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "All for You"  Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg, Jonas SaeedThe Sign, Saeed 3:38
2. "Blah, Blah, Blah on the Radio"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, original co-production Henry Bergström 3:48
3. "The Golden Ratio"  Berggren, Ekberg, SaeedThe Sign, Saeed 3:47
4. "Southern California"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, Kasper Lindgren 3:15
5. "Told My Ma"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, Henry Bergström, Ari Le Tennen 3:50
6. "Black Sea"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign 3:42
7. "One Day"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, Harry Sommerdahl, original co-production Henry Bergström 3:02
8. "Juliet"  Henry Bergström, Peter BergströmHenry Bergström, The Sign, Harry Sommerdahl, Peter Bergström 3:14
9. "Precious"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, original co-production Henry Bergström 3:52
10. "Vision in Blue"  Jonas Berggren, Ulf EkbergThe Sign, original co-production Henry Bergström 3:56
11. "Mr. Replay" (featuring Lex Marshall)Berggren, Ekberg, Ari Lehtonen, D. MassyThe Sign, Ari Le Tennen, Magnus Vänttinen 4:17
12. "Who Am I"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, One Life Publishing 3:05
13. "Doreen"  Berggren, EkbergThe Sign, Ari Le Tennen 3:37

Charts

Chart Peak
position
German Albums Chart 20
Swiss Albums Chart 100
South Korean Album chart 23
Billboard European Top 100 86[6]

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ “http://www.aceofbase-music.de/biography
  3. ↑ Miller, Matt. Ace Of Base - The Golden Ratio. Rock & Review
  4. ↑ ScandiPop. Ace Of Base Review!. ScandiPop
  5. ↑ "Connecting to the iTunes Store". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  6. ↑ Billboard.com, The Golden Ratio

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