Da Capo is the fourth studio album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base. It was released in Europe on 30 September 2002 through Edel-Mega Records and Universal Music Group.
The album is named for the musical term da capo, meaning "back to the beginning." It was intended to be a return to the band's initial sound.
The album was released on clear and yellow vinyl for the first time in 2020.
Background The album 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. The band's record label demanded that many of the album's songs be reworked with additional producers. Ultimately, Da Capo came out at the end of September 2002, and resulted in very low album sales in many European territories. The album was planned to be released in the United States in 2003, but no release surfaced.
The minimal promotion was handled by two out of the four band members, Jenny Berggren and Ulf Ekberg. Jonas Berggren wanted to stay at home with his two children and Malin Berggren only attended one performance in Germany in 2002. During promotion Jenny and Ulf visited Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Poland and Austria.
In an interview, Ulf said that the group would release the album in the United States, with the songs being more acoustic. However, it never came out in America or Australia, although it has recently become available on iTunes. Polydor Records gave it a "soft release" in the UK on 21 October 2002 with no promotion nor any radio singles as Polydor believed that the band were no longer relevant to the British music scene. The album was released with Copy Control protection in some regions.
The title track was later featured on Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova in 2006. As of 2008, Da Capo has sold over 600,000 copies, far fewer than Ace of Base's earlier releases.
This is the last studio album with the original lineup to date.
Track listing
Notes signifies a remixer signifies an assistant producer signifies a vocal producer signifies a co-producer
Personnel
Jonas "Joker" Berggren – arranger, producer Britta Bergström – backing vocals Anoo Bhagavan – backing vocals 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 Fiete Felsch – Soprano saxophone Par Lonn – Cello Nick Nice – programming, Multi-Instruments, Producer, Mixing Kay Nickold – Production Assistant Jeanette Olsson – backing vocals Assi Roar – bass Pontus Söderqvist – programming, Multi-Instruments, Producer, Mixing Harry "Slick" Sommerdahl – arranger, backing vocals, Producer, Vocal Producer Jonas Von Der Burg – arranger, producer, vocal producer
Charts +Weekly chart performance for Da Capo Chart (2002) PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon)40
Release history + Da Capo release history Region Date LabelEurope 30 September 2002 Mega / Universal United Kingdom 21 October 2002 Polydor Poland 21 October 2002 Polydor Japan 5 March 2003 Toshiba EMI
DVD
The DVD contains all official Ace of Base videos released up to that point except "Travel to Romantis" and the acoustic U.S. version of "Lucky Love". It also includes the standard edition Da Capo album in 5.1 Surround Sound, a photo gallery, discography, and biographies in English and German.
Track listing
References
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