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  • Artist: Culture Beat
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1994
  • Total Time: 63:54
  • Genre: Electronica

Review

Culture Beat (vocalist Tania Evans, rapper Jay Supreme, and German musicians Torsten Fenslau and Peter Zweler) achieved massive club success in 1993 with the single "Mr. Vain," an engaging house tune that also hit the Top 20 on the pop chart. "Mr. Vain" utilized the same technique as Snap's club classic "Rhythm Is a Dancer" and Real McCoy's Top Ten hit "Another Night": generic female vocals punctuated by the occasional light rap interlude, accompanied by a throbbing bassline and an instantly memorable keyboard hook. The group's 1994 album, Serenity, predictably surrounds "Mr. Vain" with similar sounding club anthems, but none of the tunes are as instantly memorable as the hit. Still, Serenity is an okay listen, albeit a repetitious one. "Got to Get It" is a virtual rewrite of "Mr. Vain," and the beat-heavy tracks "World in Your Hands" and "The Other Side of Me" are unremarkable but competent and entertaining. Serenity may lack substance, but the album should please fans of pleasant, non-threatening dance music. ~ William Cooper, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Serenity (Prologue) Peter Zweier, Torsten Fenslau, Jay Supreme Culture Beat (2:16)
Mr. Vain (Lyrics) Jay Supreme, Steven Levis, Nosie Katzmann Culture Beat (5:37)
Got to Get It Peter Zweier, Torsten Fenslau, Jay Supreme, Nosie Katzmann Culture Beat (5:21)
World in Your Hands Nosie Katzmann, Torsten Fenslau, Jay Supreme, Peter Zweier Culture Beat (5:33)
Adelante! Peter Zweier, Jay Supreme, Torsten Fenslau, Doug Laurent Culture Beat (5:38)
Rocket to the Moon Torsten Fenslau, Nosie Katzmann, Peter Zweier Culture Beat (5:47)
Anything Peter Zweier, Jay Supreme, Torsten Fenslau, Nosie Katzmann Culture Beat (6:24)
Key to Your Heart Culture Beat (4:09)
The Other Side of Me Peter Zweier, Torsten Fenslau, Nosie Katzmann Culture Beat (4:52)
The Hurt Jay Supreme, Nosie Katzmann Culture Beat (4:15)
Mother Earth Nosie Katzmann, Tania Evans, Peter Zweier, Torsten Fenslau, Jay Supreme Culture Beat (6:11)
Serenity (Epilog) Torsten Fenslau, Peter Zweier Culture Beat (7:51)

Credits

Elke Selzle (Photography), Jay Supreme (Vocals), Torsten Fenslau (Producer), Peter Zweier (Engineer), Torsten Fenslau (Engineer), Tania Evans (Vocals)
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Serenity
Studio album by Culture Beat
Released June 3, 1993
Recorded 1992/1993
Genre Dance-pop, Eurodance, Hi-NRG, House
Length 64 mins. 8 seconds
Label Dance Pool (BMG)
Producer Peter Zweier, Torsten Fenslau
Professional reviews
Culture Beat chronology
Horizon
(1991)		 Serenity
(1993)		 The Remix Album
(1994)

Serenity was the second album by Culture Beat. The line up changes with Tania Evans becoming the new singer, Jay Supreme remains the rapper. Culture Beat's last hit single was "No Deeper Meaning" and after two years Culture Beat scores their next hit, "Mr. Vain" which topped the charts across Europe and Australia. A total of four singles were released from the album: "Mr. Vain", "Got To Get It", "Anything" and "World In Your Hands."

The album won the 1993 Echo award for Most Successful German Album Abroad which is the highest German music industry award [1] and even became one of the 100 most successful songs in the Dutch Top 40 of the 20th century. [2] The album went on to sell almost two million copies worldwide [3]

Contents

Track listing

# Title Length
1. "Serenity (Prolog)" 2:16
2. "Mr. Vain" 5:37
3. "Got to Get It" 5:21
4. "World in Your Hands" 5:33
5. "Adelante!" 5:38
6. "Rocket to the Moon" 5:47
7. "Anything" 6:42
8. "Key to Your Heart" 4:09
9. "The Other Side of Me" 4:52
10. "The Hurt" 4:15
11. "Mother Earth" 6:11
12. "Serenity (Epilog)" 7:51
13. "ID Tania" 0:06
14. "ID Jay" 0:09

Chart performance

Chart Date Peak position Certification
Austria 8 August 1993 7 [4]  
Germany 3 June 1993 8 Gold
Switzerland 18 July 1993 8 [5] Gold [6]
The Netherlands 7 August 1993 9 Gold [7]
Norway August 1993 10 [8]  
United Kingdom September 1993 13 Gold

References

  1. ^ Euro Dance encyclopedia Culture Beat page. (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
  2. ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 hits uit de Top 40, page 302, 9023009444
  3. ^ Culture-beat.com Official short biography. (German) (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
  4. ^ AustrianCharts.at Serenity page. Accessed: October 28, 2006
  5. ^ SwissCharts.com Serenity page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
  6. ^ SwissCharts.com Certifications 1995 Accessed: October 29, 2006
  7. ^ NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
  8. ^ NorwegianCharts.com Serenity page. Accessed: October 29, 2006

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