Opportunities

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Opportunities
Sylver's studio album

Publication
(s)

2001

Label (s) Urban / Universal

Format (s)

CD, vinyl

Genre (s)

Pop , vocal trance

Title (number)

10

running time

40:20 min.

production

chronology
- Opportunities Little Things
(2003)

Chances is the debut album of the Belgian dance formation Sylver , consisting of the songwriters and producers Wout van Dessel and Regi Penxten , as well as the singer and face of the band Silvy de Bie . The album was released shortly after the debut single Turn the Tide on May 7, 2001 in Germany, in Belgium the single and album were released months earlier.

After a total of 49 weeks in the German album charts , the album was awarded gold for 200,000 copies sold, as did the single Turn the Tide for a total of 500,000 copies sold.

Creation and successes

Singer Silvy de Bie joined Wout van Dessel's project in 2000. The single Turn the Tide was released in Belgium under the band name Liquid feat. Silvy and immediately climbed (on July 1, 2000) number one in the Belgian single charts . The same song was released in Germany in March 2001 under the name Sylver . The song also became a success in Germany and reached position two in the German Top 100 in the eighth week of the chart. Turn the Tide was honored with a gold record both in Sylver's homeland and in Germany .

While the song Skin has already been released in Belgium , the album Chances was released in May 2001 in German-speaking countries. With over 300,000 units sold, it is still the most successful album of the formation. With the singles Forever in Love and Forgiven Sylver achieved great success over the year 2001 and were able to seamlessly build on their debut.

With In Your Eyes , the last single from the album was released in Germany on March 29 of 2002. The ballad reached number 20, the third single from the album, which reached the German top 20. The song The Smile Has Left Your Eyes , which was number five in the charts, was released exclusively for the Spanish market .

Track list

default

# title length
1 Turn the tide 4:04
2 skin 4:05
3 Forgiven 4:21
4th Forever in Love (album version) 3:25
5 In your eyes 3:34
6th Mystery of Tomorrow 4:46
7th The Smile Has Left Your Eyes 4:10
8th The Edge of Life 3:27
9 Angel on my shoulder 4:03
10 Secrets 4:24

including two music videos and a hidden track

Other editions

A special edition of the album was released in Germany, Spain and Poland in 2002. In addition to the 10 standard titles, this version also contains a second CD with music videos, acoustic versions and remixes.

Chart placements

album

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 16 (49 weeks) 49
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 38 (16 weeks) 16
Flanders (Ultratop) Flanders (Ultratop) 2 (23 weeks) 23

Singles

Chances contains a total of six single releases, four of which were released in Germany. Skin , which was released in Belgium, was on the B-side of the single In Your Eyes in Germany . The song The Smile Has Left Your Eyes was released exclusively in Spain.

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH BEF BE F
2000 Turn the tide
chances 		DE2 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (26 weeks)
AT 		CH44 (15 weeks)
CH 		BE F1 (17 weeks)
BE F
First published: June 16, 2000
Sales: + 500,000
as Liquid feat. Silvy
2001 Skin
opportunities 		- - - BE F2 (13 weeks)
BE F
First published: January 12, 2001
In Your Eyes *
Chances 		DE20 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT41 (8 weeks)
AT 		- BE F19 (12 weeks)
BE F
First published: April 2, 2001
Forever in Love
Chances 		DE10 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (13 weeks)
AT 		CH79 (5 weeks)
CH 		BE F11 (10 weeks)
BE F
First published: July 30, 2001
Forgiven
Chances 		DE25 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT52 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH88 (1 week)
CH 		BE F9 (9 weeks)
BE F
First published: 2001

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / musicline.de
  2. ↑ Musikindustrie.de
  3. ↑ lastfm.de
  4. ↑ http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Liquid+feat.+Silvy&titel=Turn+The+Tide&cat=s
  5. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sylver-The-Smile-Has-Left-Your-Eyes/release/1746077
  6. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Sylver-Chances-Spanish-Special-Edition/release/630374
  7. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH BEF
  8. ↑ Liquid feat. Silvy - Turn The Tide. ultratop.be, accessed on August 31, 2014 .