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Alcazarized (First European edition)
This Is The World We Live In
I Love The DJ
Physical
Love Life
Not A Sinner Nor A Saint
Funky Feet
I Go Shopping
Last Days Of Disco
Celebrate The Night
Singing To Heaven
Someday
Bonus track: Crying At The Discoteque
Hidden track: Here I Am
After having great success in Sweden with the singles from "Alcazarized", the group and the BMG Sweden office started to aim for the European market. As first single "Ménage Ŕ Trois" was chosen. (Every BMG office in Europe had their favourite song as possible single choice, but at last minute this song was chosen. Mainly cause it sounded most "the old Alcazar" on the album). Alcazar went to Germany and Austria for example to promote the new lead off single from the following album. But something went wrong. The single was released too late and it missed to get on the airplay charts before the Europeans began their summer holidays. So the track went down the drain. And perhaps the album release too..?
Alcazar and BMG didn´t know which single to chose as next release. Hard clubhopping in "I Love The DJ" or maybe sensual retrodisco as in "I Go Shopping"? Maybe camp, love and happiness as in "Someday"?? They just didn't know. But then a demo popped up...
It was the demo of "This Is The World We Live In" and despite the corny sound of the demo, everyone immediately understood that THIS was the single that Europe was waiting for from Alcazar! The arrangement was based on a sample from Diana Ross' "Upside Down" and the chorus melody was a part from Genesis' hit "World Of Confusion". The producers and Alcazar worked on the track for two days, and everyone was very pleased with the resoult. And ... so was Europe. The single went to the very top in almost every European country, and will soon be released in Britain aswell!
The idea to re-incarnate "Alcazarized" continued, and soon had Alcazar recorded yet another two songs: "Physical" and "Start The Fire". "Physical" was a whole new melody sang above a sample of LondonBeat's "I've Been Thinking About You". The lyrics was a little more difficult this time. It had to have a hook that everyone would catch immediately. Some alternate lyrics were made. "French Kissing In The Night". "Johnny" - and "The Bump". At this point Alcazar fell in love with "The Bump" version and recorded it. But very soon they found out that something was missing. And it was then the "Physical" lyrics came like sent from above. Now the song was completed with the new choruses and the girl's middle whispering section.
"Start The Fire" (based on a sample from Billy Joel's hit) was intended to be included on the album aswell, but unfortunately the Billy Joel sample was not cleared until the deadline had passed. But it seems lite the European edition of "Alcazarized" will go the same way as "Casino" did: a second one will be made, and this time including "Start The Fire". Perhaps with a little darker shade of red on the front cover.
Some old tracks had to be lifted off from the original edition, to leave space for the new ones. The flop single "Ménage Ŕ Trois" hade to go, as well as "Dancefloor Docusoap" - a pretty catchy track, but the fact is that there is nothing that can be called "docusoap". It is called reality TV or something like that -but NOT docusoap. "Chemistry" and "Wonderland" fell off also. And as a bonus track the Europeans got "Crying At The Discoteque" - their biggest hit so far.
The adventure continues...
Artist Alcazar
Title Alcazarized (First European edition)
Catalogue no. 8287663338-2
Releasedate 2004-08-02
Label BMG Sweden |
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