Da Capo (Ace-of-Base-Album)

Da Capo
Ace of Base studio album
Publication (s)	September 30, 2002
Label (s)	Edel-Mega Records , Polydor , Universal
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Pop , dance , reggae fusion
running time	41:55
production	Chief 1, Jonas "Joker" Berggren , Axel Breit , Nicklas von der Burg, Thorsten Brötzmann, Håkan Christoffersson, Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, Martin Hedström, Kay Nickold, Nick Nice, Harry Sommerdahl, Pontus Söderqvist, Jeo
chronology Cruel Summer (1998) Da Capo The Golden Ratio (2010)
Single releases September 9, 2002 Beautiful morning December 9, 2002 The Juvenile December 24, 2002 Unspeakable

Da Capo is the fourth studio album of Ace of Base . It was released in September 2002 by Edel-Mega Records in Europe. In Japan it was published by Toshiba EMI with a different title list. The title da capo in music means something like “all over again”.

Emergence

The album was recorded in 2000 with numerous producers, in addition to Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg, Chief 1, Axel Breit , Nicklas von der Burg, Thorsten Brötzmann, Håkan Christoffersson, Martin Hedström, Kay Nickold, Nick Nice, Harry Sommerdahl, Pontus Söderqvist and Jeo. The second single, The Juvenile , is a remake of a song the group recorded for the 1995 James Bond GoldenEye soundtrack . However, this song was preferred to Tina Turner's theme song.

Track list

No.	title	Songwriter	producer	length
1.	Unspeakable	Jonas Berggren , Adam Anders, Nicklas von der Burg, Magnus Lindsten	Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl, Jonas Berggren	3:14
2.	Beautiful morning	Jenny Berggren , Linn Berggren, Jonas Berggren	Pontus Söderqvist, Axel Bendung , Kay Nickold	2:59
3.	Remember the words	Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl, Jonas Berggren, Anoo Bhagavan	Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl, Jonas Berggren	3:43
4th	Da Capo	Jonas Berggren	Thorsten Brötzmann, Jeo, Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl, Håkan Christoffersson, Jonas Berggren	3:10
5.	World Down Under	Jonas Berggren, Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl	Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl	3:32
6th	Ordinary Day	Jonas Berggren	Pontus Söderqvist, Håkan Christoffersson, Jonas Berggren	3:24
7th	Wonderful life	Black	Thorsten Brötzmann, Jeo	4:15
8th.	Show me love	Jonas Berggren	Chief 1, Harry Sommerdahl, Nicklas von der Burg	3:42
9.	What's the name of the game	Jonas Berggren, Jenny Berggren, Linn Berggren, Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl	Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl, Jonas Berggren	3:02
10.	Change with the light	Ulf Ekberg, Jenny Berggren, Linn Berggren	Pontus Söderqvist, Nick Nice, Ulf Ekberg	3:35
11.	Hey darling	Jonas Berggren	Pontus Söderqvist, Nick Nice, Jonas Berggren	3:16
12.	The Juvenile	Jonas Berggren	Pontus Söderqvist, Martin Hedström	3:45
13.	Don't stop	Jonas Berggren, Birthe Berggren, Arild Haugland	Jonas Berggren, Nicklas von der Burg, Harry Sommerdahl	3:49
14th	Summer Days	Jonas Berggren	Jonas Berggren, Nicklas von der Burg	3:46
15th	Beautiful Morning (Groove Radio Edit)	Jonas Berggren, Jenny Berggren, Linn Berggren	Jonas Berggren, Axel Bendung, Kay Nickold	2:47

reception

Reviews

The Allmusic website gave the album three and a half stars out of five. Jon O'Brian called it, because it was the last album with the singers Linn and Jenny Berggren , as "final swan song for original vocalists Linn and Jenny, but while it undeniably sounds like it's stuck in a mid-'90s time warp, It's a consistently feel-good affair ensuring that the pair went out on a high. ". Laut.de marked it as "inconsequential off the shelf" and only gave it one of five stars.

Charts and chart placements

Da Capo could not repeat the success of its predecessors and only reached middle chart positions in most countries. In Germany the album came to number 48, in Austria to number 61 and in Switzerland to number 23 in the charts. In the UK it could not even be placed, in the USA it did not even appear.

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	48 (5 weeks)	5
Austria (Ö3)	61 (2 weeks)	2
Sweden (GLF)	25th (4 weeks)	4th
Switzerland (IFPI)	23 (6 weeks)	6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} references in allmusic.com
2. ↑ https://www.laut.de/Ace-Of-Base/Alben/Da-Capo-3456
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH SE