Cruel Summer

by Ace of Base

Cruel Summer cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 1998-01-01
  • Label: Arista Records
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 48:35
  • Community rating: 2.77/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Ace of Base cover Bananarama's 'Cruel Summer', recasting it as warm, reggae tinged Europop. The Swedish group's version keeps the original's lonely summer mood inside a lighter dance arrangement.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, party, melodic, accessible, dance, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Cruel Summer (3:35)
  2. Donnie - Ole Evenrude Version (3:48)
  3. Whenever You're Near Me - US Version (3:31)
  4. Everytime It Rains (4:51)
  5. Adventures in Paradise (3:31)
  6. Don't Go Away (3:40)
  7. Cecilia (3:54)
  8. He Decides - Charles Fisher Mix (3:48)
  9. Always Have, Always Will - Edit (3:49)
  10. Tokyo Girl (3:36)
  11. Travel to Romantis - Love to Infinity Mix (3:37)
  12. Cruel Summer - Blazin' Rhythm Remix (3:34)
  13. Kings and Queens (3:15)

Credits

  • Jenny Berggren - backing vocals, lead vocals, vocals [all], music by, lyrics by
  • Malin "Linn" Berggren - backing vocals, lead vocals, vocals [all]
  • (P) Martin - other
  • Tue R枚h - electric piano [rhodes], arranged by [strings]
  • Keren Woodward - music by, lyrics by
  • Sarah Dallin - music by, lyrics by
  • Siobhan Fahey - music by, lyrics by
  • Steve Jolley & Tony Swain - music by, lyrics by

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