Greatest Hits (2008 Ace of Base album) explained

Greatest Hits
Type:box set
Artist:Ace of Base
Cover:Ace_of_Base-Greatest_Hits_Classic_Remixes.jpg
Released:14 November 2008
Recorded:1991–2008
Genre:Pop
Label:Mega/Playground Music (Original)
Crimson Productions (Gold)
Prev Title:The Ultimate Collection
Prev Year:2005
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by Swedish group Ace of Base. It is their second compilation with this title, the first being Arista's 2000 US release Greatest Hits (2000). It was released by Mega Records and Playground Music on 14 November 2008.[1] The compilation was released in multiple formats, including a single disc edition and a 2-CD+DVD compilation which includes 16 of their hits, 13 previously released remixes, and 17 music videos. The set also includes four newly recorded remakes of hit songs. Beside previously unreleased songs included on the 2015 compilation album Hidden Gems, this is the last Ace of Base album to date with new material to feature vocalist Jenny Berggren.

In 2019, the collection was repackaged with Hidden Gems instead of the DVD and released as Ace of Base – Gold in the United Kingdom.[2] The re-release charted 59 for one week in the UK and thus was Ace of Base's return to the charts since their 2010 album The Golden Ratio worldwide and since the 1999 compilation Singles of the 90s in the UK.[3]

Background

The project was initially conceived as Ace of Base's fifth studio album, to consist of seven new songs and seven re-recordings of hit songs.[4] The remakes were created to give the songs a more modern feel. According to Ulf Ekberg, the compilation was a contract obligation and halted plans for the band's then-upcoming album.[5] Though Linn's image appears on the cover of the compilation, she is not featured on any of the new material.

The set includes re-recorded versions of the songs "Wheel of Fortune" and "Don't Turn Around", while the version released internationally on iTunes includes a remake of "Lucky Love",[6] and the Japanese edition includes a new version of "The Sign". An expanded version of the remixes portion called "Classic Remixes Extended" was later released to iTunes, consisting of 44 previously released remixes.

Track listings

Greatest Hits

Classic Remixes

Notes

Classic Remixes Extended (iTunes)

  1. The Sign – Ultimix – 6:48
  2. The Sign – Dub Version – 5:08
  3. All That She Wants – 12" Version – 6:46
  4. Lucky Love – Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Mix – 7:23
  5. Lucky Love – Amadin Remix – 5:43
  6. Lucky Love – Armand's British Nites Remix – 11:22
  7. Lucky Love – Vission Lorimer Funkdified Mix – 6:04
  8. Lucky Love – Lenny B's Club Mix – 7:09
  9. Happy Nation – Gold Zone Club Mix – 5:41
  10. Everytime It Rains – Soul Poets Club Mix – 4:22
  11. Life Is a Flower – Absolom Short Edit – 5:19
  12. Life Is a Flower – Milk Long Edit – 5:14
  13. Life Is a Flower – Sweetbox Mix 1 – 6:16
  14. Wheel of Fortune – 12" Mix – 5:27
  15. Hallo Hallo – Hitvision Radio Edit – 3:06
  16. Hallo Hallo – Dub – 4:46
  17. Beautiful Life – Junior's Circuit Bump Mix – 8:20
  18. Beautiful Life – Vission Lorimer Club Mix – 7:01
  19. Beautiful Life – Uno Clio Mix – 8:23
  20. Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry – Lenny B's Club Mix – 8:25
  21. Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry – Lenny B's Organ-ic House Mix – 7:15
  22. Don't Turn Around – Turned Out Eurodub – 7:26
  23. Don't Turn Around – Groove Mix Extended – 5:19
  24. Cruel Summer – Cutfather & Joe Mix – 3:341
  25. Cruel Summer – Hartmann & Langhoff Short Mix – 3:21
  26. Cruel Summer – KLM Club Mix – 10:29
  27. Cruel Summer – Hani Num Club Mix – 8:13
  28. Cruel Summer – Blazin' Rhythm Remix – 3:21
  29. Whenever You're Near Me – Strobe's Radio Remix – 3:23
  30. Whenever You're Near Me – Strobe's Lollipop Mix – 3:27
  31. Whenever You're Near Me – Nikolas & Sibley Dance Mix – 8:55
  32. Living in Danger – Old School Mix – 4:49
  33. Living in Danger – Principle Mix – 8:53
  34. Living in Danger – Buddha Mix – 3:38
  35. Beautiful Morning – Spanish Fly Radio Edit – 2:57
  36. Beautiful Morning – Groove Radio Edit – 2:47
  37. Unspeakable – Junk&Function/M12 Club Mix – 3:05
  38. Unspeakable – Fairlite Radio Mix – 3:18
  39. Unspeakable – Filur Radio Mix – 3:28
  40. Travel to Romantis – Josef Larossi Mix – 5:35
  41. Travel to Romantis – Love to Infinity Mix – 7:22
  42. Travel to Romantis – Wolf Mix – 4:03
  43. Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry – Long Version – 6:34
  44. Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry – Rock Version – 4:02

1Cruel Summer – Cutfather & Joe Mix is the album version of the song

DVD

  1. All That She Wants
  2. Wheel of fortune
  3. Happy Nation
  4. The Sign
  5. Don't Turn Around
  6. Living in Danger
  7. Lucky Love
  8. Beautiful Life
  9. Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry
  10. Life Is a Flower
  11. Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)
  12. Travel to romantis
  13. Always Have, Always Will
  14. C’est la vie (Always 21)
  15. Beautiful Morning
  16. Lucky Love (Acoustic)1
  17. Unspeakable
Notes

1This is not the US version of the video. Instead, it is an alternate edit of the original European video featuring the acoustic version of the song.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home . aceofbase.com.
  2. Web site: Ace of Base – Gold | Demon Music Group.
  3. Web site: Ace of Base. Official Charts. 28 January 2020.
  4. Ace of Base come to Bulgaria . 18 April 2008 . radio interview . 9 October 2016 . The album will contain 7 remakes and 7 new songs. The reason why we decided on those remakes is that most of our hits are now 20 years old. Back then we really enjoyed electro music, BUT, electro music was not what the record companies liked and when finally we released our first album the songs were more or less pop-reggae, which we also liked. .
  5. Web site: Ulf's Letter Part 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20081216021023/http://www.aceofbase.com/blog/more/4pwPsA9sdGPALV1/ulfs-letter-part-1. 16 December 2008. We have done a few remakes of our biggest hits and three of those will be released on different AoB Greatest Hits albums. WOF 2009 and Don't Turn Around 2009 being the two first followed by The Sign 2009. We never wanted another Greatest Hits to be released but we had no choice being the last obligation in the contract. This has also changed our original New album release plan..
  6. Web site: Lucky Love 2009 av Ace of Base. iTunes. 14 November 2008.

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