Flowers (Ace of Base album)

Flowers
Studio album by Ace of Base
Released June 15, 1998 (Europe)
August 10, 1998 (UK)
September 1, 1998 (US)
Recorded September 1997 – Early 1998
Genre Pop
Length 56:20 (UK)
Label Mega
Producer
Ace of Base chronology
The Bridge
(1995)		 Flowers
(1998)		 Cruel Summer
(1998)
Singles from Flowers
  1. "Life Is a Flower"
    Released: April 6, 1998
  2. "Cruel Summer"
    Released: July 8, 1998
  3. "Travel to Romantis"
    Released: November 16, 1998
  4. "Always Have Always Will"
    Released: December 7, 1998
  5. "Everytime It Rains"
    Released: April 1999
  6. "Cecilia"
    Released: April 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Flowers is the third album by the Swedish pop music group Ace of Base. It was released in June 1998 in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and August 10 in the United Kingdom. An American version, titled Cruel Summer, was released on September 1 and contained remixes, re-recordings, and new recordings deemed appropriate for an American audience. Japan and Australia received hybrid versions of the two albums.

This is the last physical release of any Ace of Base album to date in Australia, however their back catalogue has since been made available on iTunes.

Background

Flowers spawned the singles "Life Is a Flower", "Cruel Summer" and "Always Have, Always Will". Flowers received gold certifications in Sweden and Denmark and was certified platinum in Switzerland. The album charted within the top ten in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Sweden and Switzerland. Singles from the album were also highly successful, earning the band top ten positions in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The album has sold over 2 million copies.

Track listing

Flowers – Standard version
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Life Is a Flower"Jonas "Joker" BerggrenJoker
  • Tommy Ekman
  • Per Adebratt
  • Joker
3:47
2."Always Have, Always Will"Mike ChapmanJokerOle Evenrude3:46
3."Cruel Summer"
  • Dallin
  • Woodward
  • Jolley
  • Swain
Cutfather & Joe3:35
4."Travel to Romantis"JokerJoker
  • Joker
  • Johnny Jam & Delgado
4:10
5."Adventures in Paradise"
  • Joker
  • Belmaati
  • Hansen
Cutfather & Joe3:32
6."Dr. Sun"JokerJoker
3:35
7."Cecilia"JokerJoker
  • Ekman
  • Adebratt
  • Joker
3:55
8."He Decides"Jenny BerggrenJ. Berggren
  • Carr
  • Peo Hägström
3:09
9."I Pray"
  • Buddha
  • Ballard
3:16
10."Tokyo Girl"
Joker
  • Johnny Jam & Delgado
  • Carr[b]
  • Amatiello[b]
  • Joker[b]
3:36
11."Don't Go Away"
  • Buddha
  • Ballard
  • Buddha
  • Ballard
  • Fisher
  • Buddha
  • StoneStream[a]
3:41
12."Captain Nemo"JokerJoker
  • Carr
  • Amatiello
  • Joker
4:02
13."Donnie"JokerJoker
  • Carr
  • Amatiello
  • Joker
4:39
14."Cruel Summer" (big bonus mix)
  • Dallin
  • Woodward
  • Jolley
  • Swain
  • Dallin
  • Woodward
  • Jolley
  • Swain
4:07
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[a] signifies pre-production

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 15
Danish Albums Chart 6
Dutch Albums Chart 50
Finnish Albums Chart 2
French Albums Chart 16
German Albums Chart 3
Greece Albums Chart 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[3] 7
Mexican Albums Chart 8
Norwegian Albums Chart 12
Spanish Albums Chart 38
Swiss Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 5
UK Albums Chart 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
German Albums Chart[4] 72

Platinum, Gold & Silver Awards

  • Denmark: gold (20,000+ units sold)
  • Sweden: gold
  • Switzerland: platinum (40,000+ units sold)
  • United Kingdom: silver (60,000+ units sold)

References

  1. ↑ Flowers at AllMusic
  2. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/flowers-remastered/id951777417
  3. ↑ "Archívum › Kereső - előadó/cím szerint". Mahasz. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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