Happy Nation

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Happy Nation
Ace of Base studio album

Publication
(s)

December
19, 1992 (Scandinavia) February 19, 1993 (Great Britain)

admission

1992

Label (s) Warner Bros. , Festival Records

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Euro disco , dance , reggae , pop

Title (number)

13/15/12

production

Denniz PoP , Jonas Berggren , Ulf Ekberg

chronology
- Happy Nation The Bridge
(1995)

Happy Nation is Ace of Base's debut album, released by Warner Bros. in late 1992 . It is one of the best-selling debut albums with over 25 million records sold; In 1995 it was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as "the best-selling debut album of all time" . Meanwhile, Ace of Base have been surpassed by Guns N 'Roses and Linkin Park in this regard . Happy Nation reached number one in the charts in 14 countries, including Germany.

history

After hearing the song Another Mother by Swedish artist Kayo , the group decided to make similar music. She recorded a song called The Ace and sent it to producer Denniz PoP . This took the group under contract. The track he received as a demo became the international hit All That She Wants .

The album's success began in late 1992 in Scandinavian countries, including Denmark . In the spring of 1993 the album was released in other countries. New tracks have been recorded for the US release, including The Sign . The album was also released under this title in the USA.

criticism

The Allmusic website called the hooklines of the three hit singles “catchy” (in German “catchy”). Ace of Base would have created an album with melodic Euro Disco that became a worldwide success.

Track list

  1. Voulez-Vous Danser
  2. All that she wants
  3. Münchhausen (Just Chaos)
  4. Happy Nation (Faded Edit)
  5. Waiting for Magic
  6. Fashion party
  7. Wheel of Fortune
  8. Dancer in a daydream
  9. My Mind (Mindless Mix)
  10. Wheel of Fortune (Original Club Mix)
  11. Dimension of Depth (Instrumental)
  12. Young and Proud
  13. All That She Wants (Banghra Version)

Happy Nation (US version) / The Sign

The album was released in the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico on November 23, 1993 under the title The Sign . In Europe, the album was re-released on the same day, but as Happy Nation (US version) . It contained new pieces as well as a remix version. In Great Britain, the US version with number one was more successful than the original version with number 21.

Happy Nation (US version)

  1. All that she wants
  2. Don't turn around
  3. Young and Proud
  4. The Sign
  5. Living in Danger
  6. Voulez-Vous Danser (New Version)
  7. Happy Nation (Faded Edit)
  8. Hear Me Calling
  9. Waiting for Magic (Total Remix 7 ")
  10. Fashion party
  11. Wheel of Fortune
  12. Dancer in a daydream
  13. My Mind (Mindless Mix)
  14. All That She Wants (Banghra Version)
  15. Happy Nation (Remix)

The Sign

  1. All that she wants
  2. Don't turn around
  3. Young and Proud
  4. The Sign
  5. Living in Danger
  6. Dancer in a daydream
  7. Wheel of Fortune
  8. Waiting for Magic (Total Remix 7 ")
  9. Happy Nation
  10. Voulez-Vous Danser
  11. My Mind (Mindless Mix)
  12. All That She Wants (Banghra Version)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. release date "Happy Nation"
  2. ^ Ace of Base Biography. aceofbase.com, accessed August 12, 2020 .
  3. Evidence in musicline.de ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  4. a b references in allmusic.com