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Even though, in my music-loving life, I have generally preferred various rock variants. The harder, the better! Megalomania is one of the albums I’ve been most excited to hear in recent years. Although it was a few tears ago I originally wrote those first lines. It felt incredibly unlikely that the Danish group Aqua would release a new album 11 years after “Aquarius”. Which was their second album. Their debut came back in 1997, and...
I don’t know if Aqua made more than two albums, Aquarium and Aquarius. Well, actually I do know now, but when I originally wrote about Aquarius I think there were only two albums in total. Anyway, this one doesn’t measure up to the previous one! It’s certainly not bad in any way, but the hit quality isn’t there in the same way. It’s still okay to listen to, and some songs are fantastic, but something...
Aqua and the album Aquarium is music that I discovered in recent years. I used to find it a bit silly and childish in its sound. Even if it was done with a bit of self-distance. But now I have realized the greatness of Aquarium! Almost every song is incredibly catchy, and the voices, the delicate female voice, and the deep male voice that made “Barbie Girl” such a hit work really well! It’s easy...
