Cruel Summer

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"All That She Wants," the song that catapulted the photogenic Swedish quartet to the Top 10 in the early '90s, was impossible to escape--it kept popping up on radio and prime-time TV shows, and even in novels. Despite the inevitable Abba comparisons--and the fact that the music was crafted in that sugary pop fashion that seldom lasts past the first single--Jenny, Linn, Jonas, and Ulf refused to disappear. They followed up their debut album, The Sign, with The Bridge, the songs on which--"Beautiful Life," "Lucky Love"--headed more and more toward lollipop dance, and it is there that they pick up with their third release, Cruel Summer. It is hard to label this collection of syncopation and radio-friendly melodies as anything more than fun, but that's just fine with Ace of Base. As they've pointed out in the past, "A good song is a good song." These songs--as exemplified by the light, upbeat groove of the title track--are just as apt to convince their fans likewise. --Rebecca Wallwork

Entertainment Weekly
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Cruel Summer,Ace of Base,Arista,Adult Contemporary,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Dance-Pop,Euro-Dance,Euro-Pop,Pop,Popular Music,Rock/Pop,Swedish Pop/Rock

Average customer rating: Not a disappointment!!!!! Almost intolerable Buy "Flowers" instead !!! Not their best BAD SUMMER....

Cruel Summer Ace of Base Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Bridge The Sign Da Capo Ace Of Base - Greatest Hits Another Night ASIN: B000008UUI Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. Cruel Summer
2. Donnie
3. Whenever You're Near Me
4. Everytime It Rains
5. Adventures In Paradise
6. Don't Go Away
7. Cecilia
8. He Decides
9. Always Have, Always Will
10. Tokyo Girl
11. Travel To Romantis
12. Cruel Summer (Blazin' Rhythm Remix)

Amazon.com

"All That She Wants," the song that catapulted the photogenic Swedish quartet to the Top 10 in the early '90s, was impossible to escape--it kept popping up on radio and prime-time TV shows, and even in novels. Despite the inevitable Abba comparisons--and the fact that the music was crafted in that sugary pop fashion that seldom lasts past the first single--Jenny, Linn, Jonas, and Ulf refused to disappear. They followed up their debut album, The Sign, with The Bridge, the songs on which--"Beautiful Life," "Lucky Love"--headed more and more toward lollipop dance, and it is there that they pick up with their third release, Cruel Summer. It is hard to label this collection of syncopation and radio-friendly melodies as anything more than fun, but that's just fine with Ace of Base. As they've pointed out in the past, "A good song is a good song." These songs--as exemplified by the light, upbeat groove of the title track--are just as apt to convince their fans likewise. --Rebecca Wallwork

Customer Reviews:

Not a disappointment!!!!!.......2006-05-05

I have been a huge Ace of Base fan since "All That She Wants" was released in America. Very often, I find that when I buy a new CD, I have to listen to it a few times for it to grow on me. That was not the case with AoB's first two albums, and Cruel Summer was no exception. I instantly fell in love with this album! Jenny and Linn have two of the most beautiful voices ever, and as a group, they write some of the best melodies around. The only thing that bugged me about this album was the fact that it was named after the cover song on the album. That didn't make any sense to me until I got the Euro version, Flowers. Apparently, the US record company thought that the name Flowers was too European. This just goes to prove what I have often thought: Record label executives are idiots!!!!

I have found that I consider Cruel Summer and Flowers to be like two different albums. While they are both wonderful, I find that there are things that I like better about Cruel Summer and other things that I like better on Flowers. The song "Cruel Summer" is an excellent cover tune. You won't be able to go back to listening to the original Bananarama version after hearing the kickin' beat and highly superior vocals of Jenny & Linn. "Donnie" is probably my second favorite song on this album; the motown flavor and wistfull lyrics go together perfectly, and I can't keep still when I hear it! "Whenever You're Near Me" is a great, infectious song, but I agree with all the other reviewers that "Life is a Flower" on Flowers is the superior version of the song. "Adventures in Paradise" is another danceable, butt-shaker of a song, and "Don't Go Away" can move me to tears with the lyrics of a relationship that is ending because one person made a mistake and did something stupid. "Cecilia" is another motown sounding song with clever lyrics. A song about Simon & Garfunkel's Cecilia, it asks the questions, Who was she really? and What was her life like outside the classic song? "He Decides" is a great song that I actually like better on this album than on Flowers. The Flowers version is too happy and upbeat sounding. This version is darker and seems to take the subject matter more seriously. It's about being so in love that what you do and how you feel become dependent on this other person and the mood they're in. "Always Have, Always Will" again has that great '60s sound. "Tokyo Girl" is my favorite song on the album; its a hard-core dance tune with a chorus that won't quit once it's in your head! "Travel to Romantis" is another great dance song and is a great follow-up to "Tokyo Girl". Besides the fact that you would miss some very different takes on these songs, the other reason to get this CD as well as Flowers is the song "Everytime it Rains", which doesn't appear on Flowers. While the remix on the Greatest Hits album is good, it doesn't quite convey the emotion that the original does.

The only other thing I want to comment on with this album is the fact that Linn seems to always be in the background in all the group pictures and her solo picture is blurry. Also, she's never in the forefront in the video for "Cruel Summer". I don't know why that is. I can only assume this was her choice, because I doubt the record company would want to miss a chance to show a "hot chick" on the cover of the album.

While I don't think this album is as good as The Bridge, I would recommend it for sure to fans of dance-pop and to die-hard AoB fans.

Almost intolerable.......2005-06-25

I was a huge Ace of Base fan back in the day. I remember loving both 'The Sign' and 'The Bridge' and listening to them all the time when I was about 10 or 11. Recently, wanting to feel nostalgic, I got copies of 'The Sign' and 'The Bridge' as well as 'Cruel Summer'. I'd never listened to the the third album, besides the title track. Listening to 'The Sign' and 'The Bridge' again proved to be a great experience, not only because of the nostalgia but because they were still pretty good albums in my mind, even after not hearing them in about a decade. Cruel Summer, on the other hand, is horrid.

The overall theme of this album is very disco, and sometimes even has a doo wop feel (a very caucasian-sounding doo wop, mind you). The album has spots that are more dance-y and poppy and are not too terrible, but they are still pretty drab. This album was very disappointing to me.

Buy "Flowers" instead !!!.......2005-06-24

First, although I'm a eurodance music lover, I just LOVE Ace Of Base, they have a lot of nice tracks, and they released 2 excellent albums, "Happy Nation/The Sign" and "The Bridge". This is actually the 3rd one... the US version. The european version was called "Flowers". And it was much better than this US version, it was great actually, probably my favourite Ace Of Base album. So, if you have been disappointed with "Cruel Summer", listen to "Flowers" and you will know why. In the previous album "The Bridge", Arista (the record company) has already removed the track "You & I", but it was just that... here, they destroyed the awesome "Flowers" album. For example, "Whenever You're Near Me" is the american version of "Life Is A Flower". It is good, but "Life Is A Floower" was so much better. "Travel To Romantis" was my favourite track on the "Flowers" album. It was a great eurodance track (yes, eurodance), but here it's just boring. This track has completely been destroyed... Another one is the remix of "Cruel Summer". Once again, it is good, but not as good as the "Big Bonus Mix" on "Flowers". And, it's not just that... They removed THREE tracks : the excellent "Dr. Sun", the very nice "I Pray", and "Captain Nemo", which were also present on "Flowers".

To sum up, "Cruel Summer" is a good album, but "Flowers" is A LOT better, so buy "Flowers", even if you already have "Cruel Summer".

Not their best.......2005-05-26

This album taps into a few older musical trends which I wish had been left untapped.

"Donnie", for instance, while a good song has that beach feel that I just cannot forgive.

The album itself doesn't stand out as a whole, so I can't comment on the rest of it.

BAD SUMMER...........2005-05-22

C'MON ACE OF BASE's FANS...THIS ALBUM IS REALLY A WASTED OF TIME AND YOU KNOW IT. ANYWAY I HAVE TO ADMIDT...THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF GOOD SONGS AS "CRUEL SUMMER" "TRAVEL TO ROMANTIS" AND MAYBE...JUST MAYBE " EVERYTIME ITS RAIN".

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Sounds of the Eighties: 1983-1984 Various artists , I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & News/Head Over Heels - Go-Go's/Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant/Miss Me Blind - Culture Club/Cruel Summer - Bananarama/(Keep Feeling) Fascination - Human League/ Twilight Zone - Golden Earring / , Naked Eyes/Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar (studio version)/She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer/ Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart , Chaka Khan/Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall & John Oates/Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco/I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters/Suddenly Last Summer - Motels , and Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier/ She's A Beauty - Tubes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NI37JK

Product Description

R988-11 (Cema Special Markets S21-18602) - Sounds of the Eighties: 1983-1984 - Various Artists [1995] All tracks stereo. I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & News/Head Over Heels - Go-Go's/Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant/Miss Me Blind - Culture Club/Cruel Summer - Bananarama/(Keep Feeling) Fascination - Human League/Twilight Zone - Golden Earring/Promises Promises - Naked Eyes/Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar (studio version)/She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer/Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart/I Feel For You - Chaka Khan/Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall & John Oates/Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco/I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters/Suddenly Last Summer - Motels (not much high end)/Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier/She's A Beauty - Tubes

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Haydn: The Seasons Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Handel: Solomon; Love in Bath Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7; Mass in C The Complete Decca Reordings of Ataúlfo Argenta, 1953-1957 Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf ASIN: B0002XV2ZW Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Recitative: Oh See Where Cruel Winter Flies
3. Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
4. Recitative: From Aries Rolls At Last The Bounteous Sun
5. Air: Now Fairly Runs The Farmer's Boy
6. Recitative: The Countryman Has His Work Achieved
7. Trio And Chorus: Be Now GRacious, Smiling Heaven!
8. Recitative: Now Heard Are All Our Prayers
9. Trio And Chorus: Oh HOw Lovely Gleams The Outlook
10. Chorus And Trio: Ageless! Powerful! Bounteous God!
11. Recitative: IN Dove-Grey Mantle Drawing Near
12. Air: The LIvely Swain Is Gath'ring Now His Happy Flocks
13. Recitative: The Rosy Morn Breaks Forth
14. Trio And Chorus: He's Mounting Up, The Sun
15. Recitative: Now All Are Astir
16. Recitative: The Midday Sun Is Burning Now
17. Cavatina: Opress'd Succumbs All Nature Now
18. Recitative: Oh Welcome Now, You Shadier Grove
19. Air: So Reviving To The Senses
20. Recitative: Oh See! Now Rising In The Sultry Air
21. Chorus: Hark! The Tempest Drawing Night!
22. Trio And Chorus: The Gloomy Clouds Now Part Aside

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Recitative: All That Through Her Blossom Fair Spring
3. Trio And Chorus: So Nature Gives Reward To Zeal
4. Recitative: Now See! To Hazel Bushes There The Youngsters
5. Duet: You Beauties Of The Town
6. Recitative: Now See, On New-Stripp'd Harvest Field
7. Air: There Look Across The Open Fields
8. Recitative: Here Beaters, Closing In , Put Up The Hares
9. Chorus: Hark! The Clamorous Noise That Through The Wood
10. Recitative: On All The Vines Are Glist'ning
11. Chorus: Cheer Now! The Wine Is Here
12. Introduction
13. Recitative: Now Sinks The Pale Declining Year
14. Cavatina: Light And Life Are Both Enfeebled
15. Recitative: Allfetter'd Lies The Open Lake
16. Air: Here Stands The Wand'rer Now
17. Recitative: At His Approach Rings In His Ear
18. Song And Chorus: Purring, Whirring, Purring
19. Recitative: The Flax Has Now Been Spun
20. Song And Chorus: A Maid Who Kept Her Honour Fair
21. Recitative: From Barren East Now Thrust Far Keener Icy Blasts
22. Air: Before Thee Here, Deluded Man
23. Recitative: Remains, Alone, And is Our Guide
24. Trio And Double Chorus: Then Breaks The Glorious Day At Last

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Cruel Summer Ace of Base Manufacturer: Bmg Japan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Sweden | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bridge Da Capo Singles of the 90s ASIN: B00008OJTA Release Date: 2003-05-05

Tracks:

1. Cruel Summer
2. Donnie
3. Life Is A Flower
4. Everytime It Rains
5. Adventures In Paradise
6. Dont Go Away
7. Cecilia
8. He Decides
9. Always Have Always Will
10. Tokyo Girl
11. Travel To Romantis
12. Cruel Summer (Blazin Rhythm Remix)
13. Dr. Sun
14. Into The Night Of Blue (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Japanese 24-bit K2 remastered reissue of the Swedish dance-pop act's third album, originally released in 1998, includes one bonus track, 'Into The Night Of Blue'. BMG. 2003.

Album Details

Japanese 24bit K2 Digitally Remastered Version. Features Two Bonus Tracks: 'dr. Sun', and 'into the Night Blue'.

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The American Music Awards Present Only the Hits: Everybody / Backstreet's Back By Backstreet Boys, Body Bumpin' Yippie Yi Yo By Public Announcement, Crush By Jennifer Paige, Song for Mama By Boyz Ii Men, Shortly / You Keep Playin' with My Mind By Imajin, Because of You By 98 Degrees, Tubthumping By Chumbawamba, Suga Suga By Monifah, Find a Way By a Tribe Called Quest, Too Much By Spice Girls, Lately By Divine, Cruel Summer By Ace of Base ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000FVOOLK

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan

A Musicall Dreame Manufacturer: Hyperion ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002ZLP Release Date: 1993-11-16

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a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-05-27

The music of Jones, Dowland and and Hume often expressed the pressures of public opinion and changing fashions as well as their highly individual natures. Hume set out to prove that the Gamba could outdo the lute in every respect. Dowland asks why no one has come forth to defend the venerable name of the lute. Jone's specialty was rather the light air and the colourful image. However, at this safe distance of time, we can enjoy the musical diversity of a very creative period without having to take sides in the arguments. Tragicomedia does an excellent job with all of their selections both as soloists and accompanists to two of the best countertenors known to my ears:Michael Chance and David Cordier. Their voices compliment each other in every way both dictionally and tonally; although Cordier has a higher tesitura while Chance is closer to an alto range. Their duets are superbly performed as well as their solos. I especially liked Chance's "Ite Caldi Sospiri" by Jones. This album is truly A Musicall Dreame!!!!

Average customer rating: Not a disappointment!!!!! Almost intolerable Buy "Flowers" instead !!! Not their best BAD SUMMER....

Cruel Summer Ace of Base Manufacturer: Arista ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Euro Dance | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Contemporary | CD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Swedish Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bridge The Sign Da Capo Ace Of Base - Greatest Hits Another Night ASIN: B000009OCU Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

1. Cruel Summer - (Album version)
2. Cruel Summer - (Hani Radio mix)
3. Cruel Summer - (KLM Radio mix)
4. Cruel Summer - (Hani Num Club mix)
5. Cruel Summer - (KLM Club mix)

Amazon.com

"All That She Wants," the song that catapulted the photogenic Swedish quartet to the Top 10 in the early '90s, was impossible to escape--it kept popping up on radio and prime-time TV shows, and even in novels. Despite the inevitable Abba comparisons--and the fact that the music was crafted in that sugary pop fashion that seldom lasts past the first single--Jenny, Linn, Jonas, and Ulf refused to disappear. They followed up their debut album, The Sign, with The Bridge, the songs on which--"Beautiful Life," "Lucky Love"--headed more and more toward lollipop dance, and it is there that they pick up with their third release, Cruel Summer. It is hard to label this collection of syncopation and radio-friendly melodies as anything more than fun, but that's just fine with Ace of Base. As they've pointed out in the past, "A good song is a good song." These songs--as exemplified by the light, upbeat groove of the title track--are just as apt to convince their fans likewise. --Rebecca Wallwork

Customer Reviews:

Not a disappointment!!!!!.......2006-05-05

I have been a huge Ace of Base fan since "All That She Wants" was released in America. Very often, I find that when I buy a new CD, I have to listen to it a few times for it to grow on me. That was not the case with AoB's first two albums, and Cruel Summer was no exception. I instantly fell in love with this album! Jenny and Linn have two of the most beautiful voices ever, and as a group, they write some of the best melodies around. The only thing that bugged me about this album was the fact that it was named after the cover song on the album. That didn't make any sense to me until I got the Euro version, Flowers. Apparently, the US record company thought that the name Flowers was too European. This just goes to prove what I have often thought: Record label executives are idiots!!!!

I have found that I consider Cruel Summer and Flowers to be like two different albums. While they are both wonderful, I find that there are things that I like better about Cruel Summer and other things that I like better on Flowers. The song "Cruel Summer" is an excellent cover tune. You won't be able to go back to listening to the original Bananarama version after hearing the kickin' beat and highly superior vocals of Jenny & Linn. "Donnie" is probably my second favorite song on this album; the motown flavor and wistfull lyrics go together perfectly, and I can't keep still when I hear it! "Whenever You're Near Me" is a great, infectious song, but I agree with all the other reviewers that "Life is a Flower" on Flowers is the superior version of the song. "Adventures in Paradise" is another danceable, butt-shaker of a song, and "Don't Go Away" can move me to tears with the lyrics of a relationship that is ending because one person made a mistake and did something stupid. "Cecilia" is another motown sounding song with clever lyrics. A song about Simon & Garfunkel's Cecilia, it asks the questions, Who was she really? and What was her life like outside the classic song? "He Decides" is a great song that I actually like better on this album than on Flowers. The Flowers version is too happy and upbeat sounding. This version is darker and seems to take the subject matter more seriously. It's about being so in love that what you do and how you feel become dependent on this other person and the mood they're in. "Always Have, Always Will" again has that great '60s sound. "Tokyo Girl" is my favorite song on the album; its a hard-core dance tune with a chorus that won't quit once it's in your head! "Travel to Romantis" is another great dance song and is a great follow-up to "Tokyo Girl". Besides the fact that you would miss some very different takes on these songs, the other reason to get this CD as well as Flowers is the song "Everytime it Rains", which doesn't appear on Flowers. While the remix on the Greatest Hits album is good, it doesn't quite convey the emotion that the original does.

The only other thing I want to comment on with this album is the fact that Linn seems to always be in the background in all the group pictures and her solo picture is blurry. Also, she's never in the forefront in the video for "Cruel Summer". I don't know why that is. I can only assume this was her choice, because I doubt the record company would want to miss a chance to show a "hot chick" on the cover of the album.

While I don't think this album is as good as The Bridge, I would recommend it for sure to fans of dance-pop and to die-hard AoB fans.

Almost intolerable.......2005-06-25

I was a huge Ace of Base fan back in the day. I remember loving both 'The Sign' and 'The Bridge' and listening to them all the time when I was about 10 or 11. Recently, wanting to feel nostalgic, I got copies of 'The Sign' and 'The Bridge' as well as 'Cruel Summer'. I'd never listened to the the third album, besides the title track. Listening to 'The Sign' and 'The Bridge' again proved to be a great experience, not only because of the nostalgia but because they were still pretty good albums in my mind, even after not hearing them in about a decade. Cruel Summer, on the other hand, is horrid.

The overall theme of this album is very disco, and sometimes even has a doo wop feel (a very caucasian-sounding doo wop, mind you). The album has spots that are more dance-y and poppy and are not too terrible, but they are still pretty drab. This album was very disappointing to me.

Buy "Flowers" instead !!!.......2005-06-24

First, although I'm a eurodance music lover, I just LOVE Ace Of Base, they have a lot of nice tracks, and they released 2 excellent albums, "Happy Nation/The Sign" and "The Bridge". This is actually the 3rd one... the US version. The european version was called "Flowers". And it was much better than this US version, it was great actually, probably my favourite Ace Of Base album. So, if you have been disappointed with "Cruel Summer", listen to "Flowers" and you will know why. In the previous album "The Bridge", Arista (the record company) has already removed the track "You & I", but it was just that... here, they destroyed the awesome "Flowers" album. For example, "Whenever You're Near Me" is the american version of "Life Is A Flower". It is good, but "Life Is A Floower" was so much better. "Travel To Romantis" was my favourite track on the "Flowers" album. It was a great eurodance track (yes, eurodance), but here it's just boring. This track has completely been destroyed... Another one is the remix of "Cruel Summer". Once again, it is good, but not as good as the "Big Bonus Mix" on "Flowers". And, it's not just that... They removed THREE tracks : the excellent "Dr. Sun", the very nice "I Pray", and "Captain Nemo", which were also present on "Flowers".

To sum up, "Cruel Summer" is a good album, but "Flowers" is A LOT better, so buy "Flowers", even if you already have "Cruel Summer".

Not their best.......2005-05-26

This album taps into a few older musical trends which I wish had been left untapped.

"Donnie", for instance, while a good song has that beach feel that I just cannot forgive.

The album itself doesn't stand out as a whole, so I can't comment on the rest of it.

BAD SUMMER...........2005-05-22

C'MON ACE OF BASE's FANS...THIS ALBUM IS REALLY A WASTED OF TIME AND YOU KNOW IT. ANYWAY I HAVE TO ADMIDT...THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF GOOD SONGS AS "CRUEL SUMMER" "TRAVEL TO ROMANTIS" AND MAYBE...JUST MAYBE " EVERYTIME ITS RAIN".

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Cruel Summer 2K4 Big Mike , Lloyd Banks , Young Buck , 50 Cent , Eminem , Jadakiss , Styles P , The Game , Dr. Dre , and Mobb Deep ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000M1AFS4

Product Description

1 - Lloyd Banks - Playboy 2 - Lloyd Banks feat. Young Buck - "Lean Back" Freestyle 3 - Lloyd Banks feat. 50 Cent & Warriors, part 2 4 - Jadakiss - "Jay Jerkin" Records Skit 5 - Styles P. feat. J-Hood - Hood Wars 6 - Sheek Louch - Louch's Shine 7 - Mobb Deep - 310-718 8 - Game feat. Stat Quo - Bottom Line 9 - Game feat. Dr. Dre & Jay-Z - Get That Money 10 - Game feat. Talib Kweli - Muthafuckas 11 - Foxy Brown & Gravy - Fall Back 12 - Team Arliss - Uh Oh 13 - Prymetyme - Homicide 14 - Cashmere - Dirty Riders 15 - Shyne feat. Foxy Brown - More or Less 16 - Olivia feat. 50 Cent - Cloud 9 17 - Christina Milian feat. Joe Budden - Whatever You Want 18 - Gravy feat. Mase - Chickens Be Quiet 19 - Mobb Deep - It's All About You 20 - Young Buck feat. 50 Cent - Let Me In 21 - Young Buck feat. T.I. - Break 'Em Off 22 - Joe Beast feat. 50 Cent - On Everything 23 - 354 feat. Styles P. - Struggle In My Life 24 - Big Mike feat. Jin - Top Notch Shit

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Cruel Summer ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000F7WMCC

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Cruel Summer Ace Of Base Manufacturer: Polydor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000GANH

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