Flowers (Ace of Base album)
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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Flowers
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Ace of Base]]
| Cover = Ace_Of_Base-Flowers.jpg
| Released = [[July 14]], [[1998]] <small>(Europe)</small>
| [[August 10]], [[1998]] <small>(UK)</small>
| [[September 1]], [[1998]] <small>(US)</small>
| Recorded = September 1997 - Early 1998
| Genre = [[Popular music|Pop]]
| Length = 56:20 <small>(UK)</small>
| Label = Polygram International
| Producer = [[Ulf Ekberg]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:avdkyl31xpzb link]
| Last album = ''[[The Bridge (Ace of Base album)|The Bridge]]''<br />(1995)
| This album = ''Flowers''<br />(1998)
| Next album = ''[[Cruel Summer (Ace of Base album)|Cruel Summer]]''<br />(1998)
}}
'''''Flowers''''' is the third [[album]] by Swedish [[pop music]] group, [[Ace of Base]]. It was released on [[July 14]], [[1998]] in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and [[August 10]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. An American version, titled ''[[Cruel Summer (Ace of Base album)|Cruel Summer]]'', was released on [[September 1]], later that year. The American version contained remixes of several of the original songs, and one new track. Britain, Japan, and Australia received hybrid versions of the two albums, retaining the original title in Britain and Australia and being called Cruel Summer in Japan.
==Sales and charts==
The ''Flowers'' album spawned the massively successful single, "Life Is a Flower", the most heavily played radio single of 1998, and Top 10 hits "Cruel Summer" and "Always Have, Always Will". The corresponding U.S. album sold poorly, and was the last original Ace of Base album released there. ''Flowers'' is estimated to have sold more than three million copies worldwide.
The ''Flowers'' album received gold certifications in Sweden and Denmark, and was certified platinum in Switzerland. The album was a top ten hit in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Sweden and Switzerland. Singles from the album were also highly successful, earning the band top ten positions in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and, oddly, Brazil, where the album was not even released.
==Track listing==
===European release===
#"Life Is a Flower" – 3:47
#"Always Have, Always Will" – 3:46
#"Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe Mix)" – 3:35
#"Travel to Romantis" – 4:10
#"Adventures In Paradise" – 3:32
#"Dr. Sun" – 3:35
#"Cecilia" – 3:55
#"He Decides" – 3:09
#"I Pray" – 3:18
#"Tokyo Girl" – 3:36
#"Don't Go Away" – 3:41
#"Captain Nemo" – 4:02 (its lyrics refer to [[Jules Verne]]'s fictional character of [[Captain Nemo]])
#"Donnie" – 4:39
#"Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)" – 4:07
#"Cruel Summer (duet with [[Alliage (boy band)|Alliage]])" (bonus track for French release) – 3:28
A re-release of the record in UK saw "Cecilia" replaced with "Cecilia (Ole Evenrude Mix)" and "Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)" replaced with "Everytime It Rains"
===Australian release===
#"Cruel Summer (Cutfather & Joe Mix)" – 3:36
#"Donnie (Ole Evenrude Edit)" – 3:33
#"Whenever You're Near Me" – 3:32
#"Everytime It Rains" – 4:51
#"Adventures In Paradise" – 3:32
#"Don't Go Away" – 3:41
#"Cecilia" – 3:55
#"He Decides (US Album Version)" (aka Fisher Mix) – 3:52
#"Always Have Always Will" – 3:46
#"Tokyo Girl" – 3:36
#"Travel to Romantis (Larossi Radio Edit)" – 4:12
#"Cruel Summer (Aqua Mix)" (aka Big Bonus Mix) – 4:07
#"Life Is a Flower" – 3:48
==Singles==
* 1998 [[Life Is a Flower]]
* 1998 [[Cruel Summer]]
* 1998 [[Travel to Romantis]]
* 1998 [[Tokyo Girl]] (Promo)
* 1998 [[Always Have Always Will]]
* 1999 [[Everytime It Rains]]
* 1999 [[Cecilia (Ace of Base song)|Cecilia]]
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control|Austrian Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|align="left"|Danish Albums Chart
|align="center"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Dutch Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|50
|-
|align="left"|Finnish Albums Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|French Albums Chart
|align="center"|16
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control|German Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|Greece Albums Chart
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Mexican Albums Chart
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Albums Chart
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|Spanish Albums Chart
|align="center"|38
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control|Swiss Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart
|align="center"|5
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Albums Chart]]
|align="center"|15
|-
|}
==Platinum, Gold & Silver Awards==
*Denmark: gold (20,000+ units sold)
*Sweden: gold
*Switzerland: platinum (40,000+ units sold)
*United Kingdom: silver (60,000+ units sold)
==External links==
[http://www.aceofbase.com/en/main.php?sida=sales Sales], aceofbase.com
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