Serenity (Culture Beat album)
Serenity is the second studio album by German Eurodance band Culture Beat, released in 1993. It includes the single "Mr. Vain", which topped the charts across Europe and in Australia.
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| Released | 3 June 1993 | |||
| Genre | Techno | |||
| Length | 64:08 | |||
| Label | Dance Pool (Sony)[1] 474101 2 | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
Background
The line up of Culture Beat changed slightly from their previous album released two years earlier, with Tania Evans becoming the new singer, joining Jay Supreme who remained the rapper. A total of five singles were released from the album: "Mr. Vain", "Got to Get It", "Anything", "World in Your Hands" and "Adelante".
The album won the 1993 Echo award for Most Successful German Album Abroad which is the highest German music industry award.[3] It went on to sell almost two million copies worldwide.[4]
Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Serenity (Prolog)" | 2:16 |
| 2. | "Mr. Vain" | 5:37 |
| 3. | "Got to Get It (Radio Edit)" | 3:59 |
| 4. | "World in Your Hands" | 5:33 |
| 5. | "Adelante!" | 5:38 |
| 6. | "Rocket to the Moon" | 5:47 |
| 7. | "Anything" | 6:24 |
| 8. | "Key to Your Heart" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "The Other Side of Me" | 4:52 |
| 10. | "The Hurt" | 4:15 |
| 11. | "Mother Earth" | 6:11 |
| 12. | "Serenity (Epilog)" | 7:51 |
| 13. | "ID Tania" | 0:06 |
| 14. | "ID Jay" | 0:09 |
Chart performance
| Chart | Date | Peak position |
Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria[5] | 8 August 1993 | 7 | |
| Germany | 3 June 1993 | 8 | Gold |
| Japan[6] | October 1993 | 10 | |
| Switzerland[7] | 18 July 1993 | 8 | Gold[8] |
| The Netherlands | 7 August 1993 | 9 | Gold[9] |
| Norway[10] | August 1993 | 10 | |
| United Kingdom[11] | September 1993 | 13 | Gold |
| Finland | 1993 | Gold[12] |
References
- "Culture Beat - Serenity". Discogs. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- "Serenity - Culture Beat - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- Euro Dance encyclopedia Culture Beat page. (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
- Culture-beat.com Archived 2011-07-09 at the Wayback Machine Official short biography. (German) (Accessed: September 3, 2006)
- AustrianCharts.at Serenity page. Accessed: October 28, 2006
- 'Oricon Album Chart Accessed: 2 November 2012
- SwissCharts.com Serenity page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
- SwissCharts.com Certifications 1995 Accessed: October 29, 2006
- NVPI.nl Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
- NorwegianCharts.com Serenity page. Accessed: October 29, 2006
- "CULTURE BEAT - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Kulta- ja platinalevyt". ifpi.fi. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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