Cruel Summer

Overview Edit

Cruel Summer is the third album by Swedish pop music group, Ace of Base. When Flowers saw the sale of four million copies after its release in Europe, Asia and Africa on July 14, 1998, Arista Records decided to release their own version of the album in the US and Japan, titled Cruel Summer.

Cruel Summer was released on August 25, 1998 in Japan with two bonus tracks, and on September 1, 1998, in America. Sales were not as positive as the earlier release Flowers. The American version contained only remixes of several of the original songs, and one new track ("Everytime it Rains"); it is generally considered inferior to the original European release. People did not seem interested in buying Americanized versions of songs by a Swedish band, and the resulting album sold a mere 122,000 copies. Subsequent Ace of Base albums have not been released in the United States.

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Jul 14 1998 in United States

1 other version of this release

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IT WAS A CRUEL SUMMER FOR THE ACE OF BASE GANG!

Yes! sadly their third and best record got the attention of the size of a peanut. Even though the leading single "Cruel Summer" climb all the way to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, it didn't help to catapult the album to Gold status. And it's such a shame, because "Cruel Summer" is a clever album of Pop, the 11 tracks here are not even near to forgeattable, they're well constructed with innovative beats and incredible meaningful having fun lyrics. The highlights of this album could …

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Written by S. Quinto

Not as good as the last two, but could be worse

I love 'Cecelia' and their cover of 'Cruel Summer' is pretty good. The rest of the songs aren't horrible, but they're weaker than songs they've done in the past. Kind of an Ace of Base Lite. If you're a casual Ace of Base fan, you won't miss much not buying this one. I reccomend it for the hardcore fans because, hey, we need to have all their CDs, right? ;) Seriously, there are a few songs on here worth listening to again, and if you really love the group, I say buy it, but get a used copy. It's not worth paying full price for.

Written by Laurel Whitney

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Cruel Summer