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1)FLOWERS / CRUEL SUMMER Review by Yahoo.com
Third album by the Swedish quartet features energetic, harmonious vocals backed by palatable techno beats and a unique pop-Reggae sound. Sisters Jenny and Linn Berggren share lead vocal duty, with their brother Jonas "Joker" Berggren and Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg contributing songwriting, producing, arranging, and varied musical talents. High points include "Always Have, Always Will," which puts a novel spin on the '60s Motown girl group sound; the ballad "Everytime it Rains," with its delicate Spanish guitar trills, and the contagious rhythms of the danceable "Travel to Romantis." The title track, a reworking of Bananarama's 1980's pop hit, perfectly captures the album's vitality and spunk
2)THE BRIDGE + HAPPY NATION / THE SIGN Reviews by Yahoo.com
THE BRIDGE is
another chewy hour of bubblegummy Europop that hews close to the one with which
this brother-and-sister act put Sweden back on the international pop map in
1994. No stylistic breakthroughs, no daring rushes to the edge of pop's sphere,
no deep personal outpourings--just delectable beats and undeniable hooks that
apply thinner to Abba's wall-of-sound disco, and then filter it through the
modern dance world of reggae, hip-hop, techno and Madonna. Besides a couple of
forays into Middle Eastern melody and the occasional nod to the Beatles (note
the acoustic guitar break in "Lucky Love [Acoustic Version]," the
electric version of which shows up only on the European pressing of the album),
THE BRIDGE's main pleasure is its off-kilter lyrical musings. "I've got
strange ways," Linn Berggren sings in one song, and then goes on to promise
her lover that she'll leave him, and she'll return, and she'll leave him again,
while techno keyboard blips descend on a disco beat. In the reggae-ish
"Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry," which brother Jonas "Joker"
Berggren wrote, Linn declares, "I'm happy even if you don't want to invite
me out for a dance tonight/I'm not normal, I know it, I don't care." It's
also unclear what lines like "lucky love belongs in teenage heaven"
are supposed to mean, but Linn and sister Jenny put that one over with a
Madonnaesque exuberance that clears it all up: once you're on the dance floor,
nothing else matters.
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Ace Of Base was nominated for Best New Artist, "The Sign" was
nominated for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and THE SIGN
was nominated for Best Pop Album in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.
"Everyone, everywhere! Dance or fade out..." the voice commands on
"My Mind (Mindless Mix)," one of a dozen standout dance tracks on this
chart-topping debut from Sweden's Ace Of Base. THE SIGN is just that, a '90s
disco celebration from Scandanavia that takes hip-hop to be an international
cipher for dance music. By blending cool European techno sounds with hip-hop and
reggae dance beats, Ace Of Base have developed a provocative new pop style that
might one day put them in a league with platinum perennials like Abba. That Ace
Of Base's celebratory club sounds should be emanating from the frozen north of
Europe is indicative of the kind of outreach American popular music has always
enjoyed. In this case, Ace Of Base's Linn, Jenny and Joker came from a musical
family in Gothenburg, affectionately known by its citizens as the `Liverpool of
Sweden.' They all studied classical music as children. Linn and Jenny went on to
sing in church choirs, while brother Joker became fascinated with vintage analog
synthesizers, which brought him in contact with fellow keyboardist Buddha. The
sounds Ace Of Base portray on THE SIGN recall the synth-flavored dance tracks of
the disco era, when European electronic bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream
enjoyed an enormous popular revival. A tune like "Happy Nation" most
nearly depicts the native Swedish roots of Ace Of Base's sound, but otherwise
the imprint of the American club scene is everywhere. "Voulez-Vous Danser"
echoes the bumptious sound of C & C Music Factory, although Linn and Jenny's
vocal harmonies put a decidedly pop spin on an R&B groove. Likewise their
mega-hit "All That She Wants," where Linn's icy demeanor undercuts her
tale of longing, as synthesizers evoke tropical vistas of Jamaican beaches and
reggae bass lines.