Aquarium by Aqua (CD, Sep-1997, MCA (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	008811170523
Artist:	Aqua
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1997
Record Label:	MCA (USA)
Genre:	Dance, R&B

Track Listing
1. Happy Boys & Girls
2. My Oh My
3. Barbie Girl
4. Good Morning Sunshine
5. Doctor Jones
6. Heat of the Night
7. Be a Man
8. Lollipop (Candyman)
9. Roses Are Red
10. Turn Back Time
11. Calling You

Details
Playing Time:	41 min.
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Aqua: Lene Grawford Nystrom, Rene Dif (vocals); Soren Rasted (various instruments, background vocals); Claus Noreen (various instruments).Additional personnel: Douglas Carr, Claus Hvass, Jan Langhoff (guitar); Bee, Kati, Vivian Cardinal, Marian Binderup, Mogens Binderup (background vocals).Producers: Johnny Jam, Delgado, Soren Rasted, Claus Norreen, Hartmann & Langhoff, Tommy Ekman, Per Aderbratt, Rene Dif.Personnel: Lene Grawford Nystrom (vocals, background vocals); René Dif (vocals); Douglas Carr, Claus Hvass, Jan Langhoff (guitar); Vivian Cardinal, Mogens Binderup, Bee, Marian Binderup, Kati ?, Soren Rasted (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Claus Norreen; K. Delgado; Tommy Ekman; Jan Langhoff; Johnny Jam; René Dif; Hartmann ; Per Adebratt; Soren Rasted.Recording information: Denmark.Photographer: Robin Skjoldborg.Arrangers: Claus Norreen; K. Delgado; Tommy Ekman; Jan Langhoff; Johnny Jam; René Dif; Hartmann ; Per Adebratt; Soren Rasted.AQUARIUM isn't the place to turn if you're looking for introspective, soul-searching meditiations on the meaning of life and the universe. But if you like techno bubble gum this might just be a little slice of heaven. They love it in Denmark, where the album went quintuple platinum, and they love it in the clubs, because the mechanical, boppy, sing-songiness makes for the perfect dance music. "Happy Boys and Girls," the disc's opening track, is a perfect representation of the Aqua sound: "Be happy" squeal the little-girl backup singers. The drum machine kicks in, mechanical high-hat hissing away, and you can just see those European dance floors filling up with happy Danish boys and girls. This disc has a tongue-in-cheek feel to it, as if Aqua is almost satirizing the techno-dance genre, but it's basically harmless, good-natured fun.

Editorial Reviews
...Keeping to Scando-pop tradition, Aqua's music is relentlessly upbeat and club oriented....The band's resume, which includes the score to a children's film in Denmark, reveals itself in the singsongy, nursery-rhyme feel of many of the tracks...
Entertainment Weekly (19971017)

6 (out of 10) - ...AQUARIUM takes the jigged-up nursery rhymes of Europop to their logical, infantilized conclusions....Both remorselessly effervescent and consistently scary...
Spin (19971101)