© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo More info Certainly, Aquarius will not change anybody's mind about Aqua or Europop, but it stands as a high-water mark for the genre. This is anything but a one-note album, even if Aqua's sonic signatures - the pounding disco beats, the high spirits, the big hooks, and the seemingly mismatched pair of Nystrom and Dif - remain the same. Each song is an individual creation, from the anthemic ballad "We Belong to the Sea" to the goofy country music parody "Freaky Friday." Every cut is blessed with its own vivid details - banjos, layered vocals, and the cinematic, sweeping strings of "Back From Mars" - thanks to chief producers and songwriters Søren Rasted and Claus Norreen. The hooks aren't always the same, the pace is varied and, most importantly, the production is bubbling with details. Aqua never strays from their danceable Europop foundation, but they find remarkable variety within that framework. Although they may never quite have a hit as large as "Barbie Girl" - particularly in America, where Europop acts are always seen as one-hit wonders (with the notable exception of ABBA) - Aquarius is superior to its predecessor in every way. So, it was easy to assume that their second album, Aquarius, would disappear upon its release in the spring of 2000. Indeed, their debut, while entertaining, didn't show a lot of variety. The song was giddy, silly fun, but it was hard to see how they could top it. The recording was made at a point in Davis’ life when he was. The original 10-inch LP (BLP 5022) contained music from Davis’ second session for Blue Note, recorded April 20, 1953. Their huge 1997/1998 hit "Barbie Girl" was a cleverly designed piece of trifle, fueled by delirious Euro-disco beats and the helium-voiced Lene Grawford Nystrom, along with her comically gruff counterpart, Rene Dif. The second Miles Davis Volume 2 is a compilation of tracks from all three of his sessions with the label, released (with different cover art) in 1956 as BLP 1502. If ever there was a group that seemed destined for one-hit wonder status it was Aqua.
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