Da Capo is the fourth studio album by Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

, a pop music group based in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. It was released in 2002 in Europe

Europe

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 (on Edel-Mega/Universal) and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (on Toshiba EMI with a different cover and the usual bonus tracks). The European version contained 12 tracks, and the Japanese version 15.

It was initially slated for a summer 2000 release, but problems with Ace of Base's record labels caused it to be delayed for another year. Ultimately, Da Capo came out at the end of September 2002, and then to very low sales in many European territories.

The minimal promotion was handled by two members, Jenny Berggren

Jenny Berggren

Jenny Cecilia Berggren is a Swedish singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base. Since 1995, she has also been writing songs and performing solo. In 2010 she released her debut album My Story.-Early life:...

 and Ulf Ekberg

Ulf Ekberg

Ulf Gunnar Ekberg , a.k.a. "Buddha", along with the three siblings of Jonas Berggren , Linn Berggren, and Jenny Berggren, is a founding member of the Swedish pop group Ace of Base.-Life and career:...

. This left out the other two Berggrens: Jonas wanted to stay at home with his two children, and Malin was unable to join them because of her "fear of flying

Fear of flying

A fear of flying is a fear of being on an airplane , or other flying vehicle, such as a helicopter, while in flight. It is also sometimes referred to as aerophobia, aviatophobia, aviophobia or pteromerhanophobia....

". During the promotion Jenny and Ulf visited Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Poland and Austria.

As of 2008, Da Capo has sold over 500,000 copies, a flop compared to Ace of Base's earlier releases.

In an interview, Ulf said that the group would release the album in the United States and the songs would be more acoustic. However, it never came out in America or Australia, although it has recently become available on iTunes. Moreover, Polydor Records gave it a "soft release" in the UK on October 21, 2002; that label gave it no promotion, nor any radio singles, believing that the band were no longer relevant to the British music scene.

The album is named for the musical term da capo

Da capo

Da Capo is a musical term in Italian, meaning from the beginning . It is often abbreviated D.C. It is a composer or publisher's directive to repeat the previous part of music, often used to save space. In small pieces this might be the same thing as a repeat, but in larger works D.C...

, meaning "back to the beginning". It was intended to be a return to the band's earliest sound.

This album has been released with the Copy Control

Copy Control

Copy Control was the generic name of a copy prevention system, used from 2001 until 2006 on several digital audio disc releases by EMI Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment in several regions...

 protection system in some regions.

Track listing

Japan tracklisting

1. "Unspeakable
   Unspeakable (song)
   "Unspeakable" is a single from Ace of Base's 2002 album Da Capo.-Music Video:A music video was produced to promote the single. The video was directed by Daniel Borjesson...
   
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2. "Beautiful Morning
   Beautiful Morning
   "Beautiful Morning" was the lead single for Ace of Base's 2002 record Da Capo. "Beautiful Morning" was released on 9 September 2002 in Scandinavia and a week later in Germany. It did very well on European radio especially in Germany where the song was the fastest climbing song on the radio during...
   
   "
3. "Remember the Words"
4. "Da Capo"
5. "World Down Under"
6. "Ordinary Day"
7. "Wonderful Life"
8. "Show Me Love"
9. "What's the Name of the Game?"
10. "Change with the Light"
11. "Hey Darling"(Remix)@
12. "The Juvenile
    The Juvenile
    "The Juvenile" is a song by Jonas "Joker" Berggren of Ace of Base.It was recorded as the second single from their album Da Capo in Germany released December 9, 2002. It was originally written in 1995, as the proposed theme song to the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, but Arista Records pulled the...
    
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13. "Don't Stop" [Japanese bonus track]
14. "Summer Days" [Japanese bonus track]
15. "Beautiful Morning (Groove Radio Edit)" [Japanese bonus track]

@ = this is a new version/remix of "Hey Darling" NOT originally on the European version.

Singles

• 2002 "Beautiful Morning
  Beautiful Morning
  "Beautiful Morning" was the lead single for Ace of Base's 2002 record Da Capo. "Beautiful Morning" was released on 9 September 2002 in Scandinavia and a week later in Germany. It did very well on European radio especially in Germany where the song was the fastest climbing song on the radio during...
  
  "
• 2002 "The Juvenile
  The Juvenile
  "The Juvenile" is a song by Jonas "Joker" Berggren of Ace of Base.It was recorded as the second single from their album Da Capo in Germany released December 9, 2002. It was originally written in 1995, as the proposed theme song to the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, but Arista Records pulled the...
  
  "
• 2003 "Unspeakable"

Personnel

• Jonas "Joker" Berggren – Arranger, Producer
• Britta Bergström – Vocals (bckgr)
• Anoo Bhagavan – Vocals (bckgr)
• Tom Bohne – A&R
• Mathias Bothor – Photography
• Axel Breitung – Guitar, Remixing, Vocal Engineer
• Thorsten Brötzmann – Keyboards
• Jakob Deichmann – A&R
• Tim Dobrovolny – A&R
• Thomas Eberger – Mastering
• Björn Engelmann – Mastering Cutting Room Studios
  Cutting Room Studios
  Cutting Room Studios is an audio mastering studio located in Stockholm, Sweden since 1980. Cutting Room was founded in the 1970s by Peter Strindberg and is currently owned by Björn Engelmann. Sitting in a five studio location they have dedicated three of them to audio mastering...
  
  
• Fiete Felsch – Sax (Soprano)
• Par Lonn – Cello
• Nick Nice – Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer, Mixing
• Kay Nickold – Production Assistant
• Jeanette Olsson – Vocals (bckgr)
• Assi Roar – Bass
• Pontus Söderqvist – Programming, Multi Instruments, Producer, Mixing
• Harry "Slick" Sommerdahl – Arranger, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Vocal Producer
• Jonas Von Der Burg – Arranger, Producer, Vocal Producer

Charts

Album

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	61
Estonian Albums Chart	36
German Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	48
Japanese Albums Chart	40
Japanese International Artists Albums Chart	10
Norwegian Albums Chart	40
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	23
Swedish Albums Chart	25

Singles

Single	Chart	Peak position
"Beautiful Morning"	Swedish Singles Chart	14
"Beautiful Morning"	Swiss Singles Chart	32
"Beautiful Morning"	German Singles Chart	38
"The Juvenile"	German Singles Chart	78
"Unspeakable"	Swedish Singles Chart	45
"Unspeakable"	German Singles Chart	97

DVD

The DVD contains all official Ace of Base

Ace of Base

Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...

 videos up to that point except "Travel to Romantis

Travel to Romantis

"Travel to Romantis" was the third single from Flowers, an album by Swedish pop band Ace of Base. The song was released on November 16, 1998 in Germany and Scandinavia and followed the singles "Life Is a Flower" and "Cruel Summer".-Music Video:...

" and the acoustic U.S. version of "Lucky Love

Lucky Love

"Lucky Love" is a song by Ace of Base, which became their fifth worldwide single. It was the first single from their album The Bridge to be released in Europe, and the acoustic version of the song was the second single in the United States and Canada...

". It also includes the complete album in 5.1 Surround Sound, a photo gallery, discography, and biography in English and German.

Da Capo (album)

1. Unspeakable
2. Beautiful Morning
3. Remember the Words
4. Da Capo
5. World Down Under
6. Ordinary Day
7. Wonderful Life
8. Show Me Love
9. What's the Name of the Game?
10. Change with the Light
11. Hey Darling
12. The Juvenile

Videos:

1. C'est la Vie
2. The Sign
3. Beautiful Life
4. Always Have, Always Will
5. All That She Wants
6. Living in Danger
7. Don't Turn Around
8. Cruel Summer
9. Happy Nation
10. Lucky Love
11. Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry
12. Life Is a Flower
13. Wheel of Fortune
14. Beautiful Morning