Aquarium
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Aquarium
- Artist: Aqua
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- Release Date: September 09, 1997
- Total Time: 40:38
- Genre: Rock
Review
"Barbie Girl" is one of those inexplicable pop culture phenomena -- a bouncy, slightly warped Euro-dance song that simultaneously sends up femininity and Barbie dolls. Mattel wasn't too amused, but the public was, making it a huge hit in Europe and America. Like many Europop acts, Aqua isn't capable of delivering another song as insanely catchy as "Barbie Girl," but there's plenty of infectious filler that keeps the album moving along at a nice pace. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi| Aquariando (2009 Album by Ricardo Serpa) | |
| Aquarium (2001 Album by Rauschfaktor) |
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Aquarium (Aqua album)
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| Studio album by Aqua | ||||
| Released | March 26, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum dance, eurodance, europop | |||
| Length | 40:44 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Producer | Per Adebratt, Delgado, Tommy Ekman, Peter Hartman, Johnny Jam, Jan Langhoff, Claus Norreen, Søren Rasted | |||
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Aquarium is the debut studio album by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua. The album was released in Scandinavia on March 26, 1997 and in USA on September 9, 1997. Although the group had been together for three years under their original name Joyspeed, their only release up to Aquarium was a single called "Itzy Bitsy Spider". The album is best known for including three UK number ones in "Barbie Girl", "Doctor Jones" and "Turn Back Time", the first of those being a huge hit across the globe and a platinum seller Stateside.
The release of "Barbie Girl" took the four-piece group onto the A-List of European music, meaning that when the album was released a month later in November 1997 pop fans everywhere went out to buy it. The album would peak at number 6 in the UK charts. While not a million seller like "Barbie Girl", the album's second single "Doctor Jones" was released in 1998 and became a UK number one, staying at the top for two weeks in February. The third release "Turn Back Time" would give the group their third consecutive number-one single and further releases "My Oh My" and "Good Morning Sunshine" would peak at number six and number 18, respectively, on the UK Singles Chart. The album has sold 14 million copies worldwide.[1][2]
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Chart performance
Aquarium debuted at number one in Denmark.[3] As of July 2000, the album had sold 280,000 copies in Denmark.[4] The album debuted at number 15 on the Bilboard 200 in the United States, and later peaked at number seven.[5] It would spend a total of 50 weeks on the album sales chart. On March 4, 1999 the album was certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of three million units, becoming the most successful eurodance album in the US since Ace of Base's The Sign (1993). Aquarium has been certified four times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of four million copies inside Europe.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Happy Boys & Girls" | Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, René Dif, Lene Nystrøm | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 3:37 | |
| 2. | "My Oh My" | Rasted, Norreen, Dif | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 3:25 | |
| 3. | "Barbie Girl" | Rasted, Norreen, Dif | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 3:16 | |
| 4. | "Good Morning Sunshine" | Rasted, Norreen, Dif | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 4:03 | |
| 5. | "Doctor Jones" | Rasted, Norreen, Anders Øland, Dif | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 3:22 | |
| 6. | "Heat of the Night" | Rasted, Norreen | Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, Hartmann & Langhoff | 3:33 | |
| 7. | "Be a Man" | Rasted, Norreen, Nystrøm | Tommy Ekman, Per Adebratt | 4:22 | |
| 8. | "Lollipop (Candyman)" | Rasted, Norreen, Nystrøm, Dif, Hartman & Langhoff | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 3:35 | |
| 9. | "Roses Are Red" | Rasted, Norreen, Dif, Nystrøm, Hartman & Langhoff | Hartman & Langhoff | 3:43 | |
| 10. | "Turn Back Time" | Rasted, Norreen | Johnny Jam, Delgado, Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen | 4:09 | |
| 11. | "Calling You" | Rasted, Norreen, Dif, Hartman & Langhoff | Søren Rasted, Claus Norreen, Hartmann & Langhoff | 3:33 |
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| 1. | "Barbie Girl" (extended version) | 5:16 | ||||||||
| 2. | "My Oh My" (extended version) | 5:06 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Roses Are Red" (club version) | 7:01 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Lollipop" (Razor 'N' Go "Lick It" Mix) | 12:20 | ||||||||
| 5. | "My Oh My" (H20 Club Remix) | 7:34 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Barbie Girl" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrel Clinical 12" Mix) | 8:37 | ||||||||
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| 12. | "Barbie Girl" (extended version) | 5:16 | ||||||||
| 13. | "My Oh My" (extended version) | 5:06 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Roses Are Red" (club version) | 7:00 | ||||||||
| 15. | "Lollipop" (Razor 'N' Go "Lick It" Mix) | 12:16 | ||||||||
| 16. | "Barbie Girl" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrel Radio Mix) | 4:12 | ||||||||
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| 12. | "Didn't I" | 3:17 | ||||||||
| 13. | "My Oh My" (Spike, Clyde 'N' Eightball Club Mix) | 5:02 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Lollipop (Candyman)" (extended version) | 5:28 | ||||||||
| 15. | "Turn Back Time" (Love to Infinity's Classic Radio Mix) | 3:20 | ||||||||
| 16. | "Doctor Jones" (Metro's 7" Edit) | 3:36 | ||||||||
| 17. | "The Official Megamix" | 11:16 | ||||||||
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| 12. | "Didn't I" | Rasted, Norreen, Johnny Jam, Delgado | 3:22 | |||||||
| 13. | "Doctor Jones" (Molella & Phil Jay Mix) | Anders Øland, Dif | Rasted, Norreen, Johnny Jam, Delgado | 5:03 | ||||||
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| 12. | "Didn't I" | 3:17 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Roses Are Red" (Disco 70' Mix) | 3:17 | ||||||||
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| 12. | "Roses Are Red" (club version) | |||||||||
| 13. | "Roses Are Red" (club edit) | |||||||||
| 14. | "Roses Are Red" (Disco 70' Mix) | |||||||||
Personnel
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Credits adapted from album liner notes.[6]
Charts and certifications
Charts
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References
- ^ "International - Aquarium Life". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 112 (12): 48. 18 March 2000. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Drejer, Dennis (16 August 2001). "Aqua blev til østers - Underholdning - BT.dk" (in Danish). B.T.. http://www.bt.dk/underholdning/aqua-blev-til-oesters. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 03/18/00". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 112 (14): 81. 1 April 2000. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Drejer, Dennis (14 July 2000). "Aqua leger bier og blomster - Nyheder - BT.dk" (in Danish). BT. http://www.bt.dk/nyheder/aqua-leger-bier-og-blomster. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Aqua Album & Song Chart History". Billboard 200 for Aqua. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/aqua/chart-history/196518?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ (liner notes). "Aquarium". Aqua. Universal Music. 1997. UMD 85020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Aqua - Aquarium - hitparade.ch" (in German). Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Aqua&titel=Aquarium&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "Aqua Album & Song Chart History". Canadian Albums Chart for Aqua. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/aqua/chart-history/196518?f=309&g=Albums. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / AQUA / Longplay" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/AQUA/?type=longplay. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "Hits of the World: Ireland (IRMA/Chart-Track) 02/12/98". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 110 (9): 55. 28 February 1998. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Hits of the World: Italy (Musica e Dischi/FIMI) 01/12/98". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 110 (4): 74. 24 January 1998. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Hits of the World: Malaysia (RIM) 11/11/97". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 109 (47): 71. 22 November 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Hits of the World: Portugal (Portugal/AFP) 11/04/97". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 109 (47): 71. 22 November 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Hits of the World: Spain (AFYVE/ALEF MB) 01/24/98". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 110 (6): 59. 7 February 1998. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart. The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/1998-02-28/. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1998.htm.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Enter Aqua in the field Interpret. Enter Aquarium in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
- ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Aqua&tmidia=1.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Aquarium&sa=Aqua&smt=0.
- ^ a b "Finnish album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Aqua.
- ^ "French album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1998&type=12.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Aqua; 'Aquarium')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Aquarium&strInterpret=Aqua&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=unchecked.
- ^ "Norwegian album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist.
- ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1147&chartKind=A.
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Aqua; 'Aquarium')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Aqua+Aquarium.
- ^ "British album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Enter Aquarium in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
- ^ "American album certifications – Aqua – Aquarium". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Aquarium%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat1998.html.
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