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Happy Hour

 
Album Review: Happy Hour

  • Artist: N-Trance
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: May 25, 1999
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

N-Trance's second full-length album Happy Hour finds the group crafting more sample-friendly, hip-hop-tinged dance-pop. The album includes international hit singles like "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" based on the Rod Stewart hit of the same name and "Paradise City" which borrows the riff from the Guns N' Roses original. Crystalline synth-pop ballads like "Tears in the Rain" and dance numbers like "D.I.S.C.O." are also included, along with two of N-Trance's earliest hits, "Stayin Alive," and "Set You Free." Happy Hour is a fine collection of N-Trance's slick, expertly crafted Euro-dance-pop. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (Lyrics) Carmine Appice, Rod Stewart N-Trance (4:19)
Paradise City Duff McKagan, Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Slash N-Trance (4:31)
Tears in the Rain Dale Longworth, Kevin O'Toole N-Trance (3:33)
Broken Dreams Kevin O'Toole, Page, Dale Longworth N-Trance (4:10)
Feel Good Dale Longworth, Kevin O'Toole N-Trance (4:07)
D.I.S.C.O. Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde N-Trance (4:24)
Andaré con Mé Dale Longworth, Kevin O'Toole N-Trance (4:38)
If Kevin O'Toole N-Trance (4:13)
Superstition Stevie Wonder N-Trance (4:53)
Amadeus Kevin O'Toole, Dale Longworth N-Trance (5:09)
The Mind of the Machine Kevin O'Toole, Dale Longworth N-Trance (8:51)
Stayin' Alive Maurice Gibb, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb N-Trance (4:02)
Set You Free Dale Longworth, Kevin O'Toole N-Trance (3:31)
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Happy Hour
Studio album by N-Trance
Released February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23)
Recorded 1995–1998
Genre House/Techno
Length 52:53
Label All Around The World
Producer Curds & Whey
Professional reviews
N-Trance chronology
Electronic Pleasure
(1995)
Happy Hour (1998) The Best of N-Trance 1992–2002 (2001)
U.S. Album Cover
U.S. version of the album cover
Japan Album Cover
Japanese version of the album cover
Singles from Happy Hour
  1. "D.I.S.C.O."
    Released: April 5, 1997 (1997-04-05)
  2. "The Mind Of The Machine"
    Released: August 23, 1997 (1997-08-23)
  3. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
    Released: November 1, 1997 (1997-11-01)
  4. "Broken Dreams"
    Released: March 9, 1998 (1998-03-09)
  5. "Paradise City"
    Released: September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12)
  6. "Tears In The Rain"
    Released: December 19, 1998 (1998-12-19)

}} Happy Hour is the second full-length album released by British house and techno group N-Trance. It was released in the UK on May 1998 and the U.S. on May 25, 1999.

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by N-Trance.

UK Track Listing
# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"   Appice, Hutchings, Stewart 4:19
2. "Paradise City"   Adler, McKagan, Rose, Slash, Stradlin 4:31
3. "Tears In The Rain"   Longworth, O'Toole 3:33
4. "Broken Dreams"   George, Lang, Longworth, Lyte, O'Toole, Page 4:10
5. "Feel Good"   Longworth, Lyte, O'Toole 4:07
6. "D.I.S.C.O."   Kluger, Lyte, Vangarde 4:24
7. "Andare Con Me"   Longworth, O'Toole 4:38
8. "If"   O'Toole 4:18
9. "Superstition"   Wonder 4:53
10. "Amadeus"   Longworth, O'Toole 5:09
11. "The Mind of The Machine"   Longworth, O'Toole 8:51

Personnel

  • Nobby - Engineer
  • Vinny Burns - Guitar
  • Curds & Whey - Producer, Arranged By
  • Ricardo Da Force - Rap
  • Jerome Stokes - Vocals
  • Kelly Llorenna - Vocals
  • Rod Stewart - Vocals
  • Lee Limer - Vocals
  • Gary Crowley - Vocals
  • Viveen Wray - Vocals
  • David Grant - Vocals
  • Steven Berkoff - Vocals
  • Colin McMillan - Remix

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak Position
New Zealand (RIANZ Albums Chart) 31

Release history

Country Release Date Label Catalog
United Kingdom February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23) All Around The World GLOBECD8
Germany October 9, 1998 (1998-10-09) Blow Up INT 4845602
Mexico 1998 (1998) Musart  ???
Scandinavia 1998 (1998) Scandinavian Records SRCD 54199
Russia 1998 (1998) Soyuz SZCD 0959-98
Chile 1998 (1998) BMG 1852 41547-2
Australia 1998 (1998) Festival Records D 93486
Canada 1998 (1998) Polymedia 740 126 2
Japan January 19, 1999 (1999-01-19) Avex Trax AVCD-11596
United States May 25, 1999 (1999-05-25) Radikal Records RAD90001



 
 

 

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