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''The Bridge'' is the second album by Swedish pop music group Ace of Base. It was composed during 1994 and 1995, and released in October 1995. It is the only Ace of Base album to feature sizable contributions of writing, production, vocals, and harmonies by all four band members, each having an important part in its creation. The album was preceded by the singles "Beautiful Life" and "Lucky Love", which had varied levels of success. While both songs reached the top of the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart and "Beautiful Life" peaked at number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Lucky Love" failed to reach the top twenty. Following the release of the album, "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry" was released as the third and final single from the album but failed to gain recognition due to a lack of promotion. ==Background and composition== On January 1, 1994, ''The Sign'' album and single hit number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Inspired by the band's success, Jonas penned the first song of what would become ''The Bridge'' while returning from vacation in the Canary Islands. The song was "Beautiful Life". Jonas hoped to incorporate gospel elements into the song, which was composed retaining the band's original club-friendly beat. Because the band was still promoting their previous album, work on ''The Bridge'' was infrequent during much of 1994. In April 1994, an obsessed German fan broke into the Berggren family home and threatened both Jenny and her parents at knifepoint. Jenny would later use this experience as a source of inspiration in writing and composing the track "Ravine" for ''The Bridge''. For the album, Jonas and Ulf each separately composed a half-dozen songs. Instead of working together, as they had done on their previous album, Jonas and Ulf produced separately with different producers. Jonas' songs were recorded mainly at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, while Ulf's tracks were created at Tuff Studios in Gothenburg. Ulf continued to work with John Ballard and StoneStream (Björn Stenstrom). In Stockholm, Jonas worked with producer Max Martin and and vocalist Jeanette Söderholm. He also worked with Denniz Pop who had previously collaborated with the band on the hits "All That She Wants" and The Sign". For the first time, Jenny and Linn also composed and produced songs. Their tracks were recorded mainly at Tuff Studios. Jenny mainly wrote and composed her pieces and relinquished production duties. Linn, on the other hand, took an active role in both writing and production and received production credits on the album. Linn worked with producers Zal and Radiant as well as previous collaborators Tommy Ekman and Per Adebratt. Although Linn would continue to receive writing credits on the band's later release, ''Da Capo'', ''The Bridge'' is the only Ace of Base album which features production from her. "Lapponia", a track produced by Linn which was submitted and rejected for inclusion on ''The Bridge'', would later be re-submitted for the band's following album, where it was yet again rejected. By the turn of the year, the band had recorded enough demos to present to their three major record companies. Ulf and Jenny appeared on VH1's ''Lift Ticket to Ride'' and mentioned the band's new recordings. Despite having writing and production credits on three tracks on ''The Bridge'', Linn expressed dissatisfaction with the album. Douglass Carr of StoneStream believed the album should have been more successful, stating "The album had some really potential hits on it () the singles should have been bigger than it was". Claes Cornelius of Mega Records thought the album was "a better record" and "more varied" than their first album but also noted that ''The Bridge'' had less commercial appeal.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bridge (Ace of Base album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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