Age of Love (Album)
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| Label (s) | Club Tools, Edel Music | |||
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12 (+16) |
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45:17 |
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The Loop! |
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Studio (s) |
Loop Dance Constructions Studios, Hamburg |
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Age of Love is the fourth studio album by the German dance band Scooter . It was released on August 27, 1997 and consists of a CD with 11 tracks, the Limited Edition 12 tracks and in Japan 2 CDs with a total of 15 tracks. The album was ranked 4th in Finland , 19th in Germany and 26th in Sweden . In Austria , the record was placed in 32nd position, in Switzerland in 35th place.
The album was produced, recorded and mixed in the Loop Dance Constructions Studio in Hamburg , as well as an additional remix by Fire contained in the limited edition , which was mixed in the DONS Studios. Rick J. Jordan was responsible for mixing and sound engineering. Was released Age of Love at the Hamburg Label Club Tools in conjunction with the distribution of noble music .
The cover was designed by Marc Schilkowski, who is also responsible for the design of other scooter productions. A photo of Michael Herman was used for this. It shows the three busts of the Scooter members in high contrast, with a soft focus filter and bright colors - a popular image design of the dance floor scene at the time. Above is the band name in three-dimensional orange letters and the name of the album is spread across the lower part.
Age of Love was the last album that Ferris Bueller was involved in. After this album he left the band to start a solo career and was replaced by Axel Coon. With the Age of Love tour, Scooter started their first indoor tour, on which they were supported as support acts by Brooklyn Bounce and Shahin & Simon, among others .
Track list
- Introduction (1:00)
- The Age of Love (3:48)
- She Said (5:18)
- Fire (3:32)
- Dancing in the Moonlight (4:33)
- Forever (Keep Me Running) (4:46)
- Hit The Drum (4:37)
- Don't Waste No Time (4:14)
- Tonight (4:58)
- Return of the Future (4:57)
- Leave in Silence (3:34)
- Fire (DONS Burn Rubber Mix) (6:34) (Limited Edition only)
Bonus CD (Japan only)
- Fire - Burn Rubber Mix (6:30)
- Fire - Klubbheads Remix (6:52)
- Choir Dance (4:22)
- Hyper Hyper - Live (5:54)
music
The intro consists of the sound of high heels on hard ground, a creaking door opening, and then synthesizer music with distorted voices. It flows into the theme song The Age of Love , which begins with the typical spoken chant of HP Baxxter. For this song, Scooter use the theme song from the 1991 film Terminator 2 - Judgment Day , composed by Brad Fiedel . Additional scratches are from Shahin Moshirian from the duo Shahin & Simon .
She Said is a trance track that samples Theme from S'Express by S'Express and the 1988 track Beat Dis by Bomb the Bass . Fire starts with a solemn speaking intro and uses a rocking guitar riff . Dancing in the Moonlight is one of the calmest pieces by Scooter. It is laid out in the dream house style .
Forever (Keep Me Running) is a melodic trance song for which Stephan Browarczyk (mentioned in the booklet as Steve ) from The Underdog Project and Triple S contributed the voice. It's essentially a cover version of Bass Bumpers Keep Me Running from 1993.
Hit the Drum is an MC-heavy song. The next song Don't Waste No Time starts with a breakbeat . The vocal passages are heavily based on Yello's piece Bostich . Tonight is a quiet song that is completely underlaid with breakbeats. Also Leave In Silence , which closes the album (not to be confused with the piece of Depeche Mode ), was kept very quiet.
Singles
Fire
The single was released on March 27, 1997 and reached the top of the Finnish charts and number 5 in Germany and Austria . The song also landed at number 7 in Sweden, 8 in Ireland , 10 in Norway and 11 in Switzerland. The song was sold over 250,000 times in Germany.
The cover of the single shows the three Scooter members on stage in front of a wall of fire. HP Baxxter is using a sparkling guitar, a gimmick that the rock band KISS used. The cover was designed by Marc Schilkowski, the photos are by Frank-Lothar Lange, Klaus Börner and Thorsten Buhe.
The third version on the maxi single, Choir Dance , is sung by a high school school choir. With this song, Scooter supported the Schools Online Initiative , which aims to equip schools with free internet access. The extended version includes a live recording of Scooter's 1994 hit Hyper Hyper from Kings Hall in Belfast , as well as two stickers.
Track list
- Fire - 3:31
- Fire - Extended Emergency - 5:10
- Fire - Choir Dance - 4:19
- Fire - Dub 1 - 4:59
The Age of Love
The single was released on August 8, 1997 and also reached number 1 in Finland. The single was in 14th place in Germany, 21st in Austria and Switzerland and 35th in France.
The accompanying video was a very elaborate production. In it, scooters fly through a computer-generated, futuristic cyberpunk world in a spaceship . The photograph on the single cover was shot by Michael Malfer on the occasion of the video shoot.
Track list
- The Age of Love - 3:50
- The Age of Love - Club Mix - 6:07
- Turn Up That Blaster - 5:20
Individual evidence
- ^ Scooter - Age Of Love. In: scootertechno.com. Kontor Records GmbH, archived from the original on June 7, 2007 ; accessed on April 21, 2014 (English).
- ↑ hitparade.ch - Age Of Love
- ↑ charts-surfer.de
- ↑ a b Booklet for Age Of Love
- ↑ a b c Scooter Biography. In: scootertechno.com. Kontor Records GmbH, archived from the original on February 20, 2007 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Samples in Scooter songs. In: scootertechno.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009 ; accessed on October 5, 2015 .
- ↑ discogs.com - Age of Love
- ↑ hitparade.ch - Fire
- ↑ Fire booklet
- ↑ discogs.com - Fire
- ↑ hitparade.ch - The Age Of Love
- ↑ discogs.com - The Age Of Love