Re: Aqua - Aquarium - (1997).

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:36 pm

Last track - Calling You.

by Nightjar Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:36 pm

Justing going along the Central Line. yes

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:37 pm

Last 1, Calling You

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:37 pm

by Nightjar Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:38 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Nightjar wrote:is this interspersed with scenes from that awful "Sliding Doors" film?

If so, then this was recorded years earlier.

SRSLY, this is an important development.

Like, how long have Aqua been going?

Were they contributing to movie soundtracks many years before they got famous?

by Nightjar Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:40 pm

The group also caused controversy with their [...] "Barbie Girl" single, with the Barbie doll makers Mattel filing a lawsuit against the group.

The lawsuit was finally dismissed by a judge in 2002, who ruled "The parties are advised to chill"

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:40 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:41 pm

It is over.

That was a great big slab of impeccably judged subversive Pop, from start to finish.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:41 pm

Over!

Bit of a weak one to end on. Kidz album, but good for it. At the time. blah blah

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:41 pm

I shall give it 4 stars.

by Nightjar Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:42 pm

OM*G, Sliding Doors came out in 1998. gasp

And Aqua did indeed do a song for it.

Hence why there were clips from the film in the video. doh

by Nightjar Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:44 pm

Aqua's song "Turn Back Time" was released as a single in 1998 and topped the UK Singles Chart.

Well, I just give up.

Obviously I know much less about music and film than I thought I did. bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:45 pm

by Nightjar Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:53 pm

In my defence, I was very confused and on powerful drugs at the time (voluntarily I should add).

It was possibly the other way around however.

I just remember that my ex-wife actually went to see Sliding Doors at the kino and hated it so much and couldn't stop ranting about Paltrow, so it was striking.

ergo: I assumed it was from the mid-'90s.

This logic works perfectly.

If you're me.

by Butterfield Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:40 pm

I listened to this the other night. I wasn't keen on Aqua at the time - not even in an ironic way - they just seemed naff full stop to me as a then 17ish-year-old who was starting to leave pop behind, though Turn Back Time was okay as a ballad.

But I acquired this album a few years ago by way of charity shop and was surprised at how relatively okay it is, with tuneful proper songs - though a lot with that annoying and relentless late 90s Eurodance beat. I even went on to acquire Aqua's SECOND album a bit later, which is pretty much the same idea.

3/5

by Butterfield Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:41 pm

Oh, I also deduct marks as the male singer's voice is absolutely horrendous - like Divine but without the so-bad-it's-good charm.

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