Disco Extravaganza

Disco Extravaganza / Army of Lovers
Studio album by Army of Lovers
Released Spring 1990
Genre Pop, Dance
Label Ton Son Ton ARMYCD-1
Producer Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson, Anders Wollbeck, Ola Håkansson, Tim Norell, Emil Hellman, Magnus Frykberg
Army of Lovers chronology
Disco Extravaganza / Army of Lovers
(1990)
Massive Luxury Overdose
(1991)
Singles from Disco Extravaganza
  1. "Love Me Like A Loaded Gun"
    Released: May 1988
  2. "Baby's Got A Neutron Bomb"
    Released: October 1989
  3. "Ride The Bullet (first release)"
    Released: February 1990
  4. "My Army Of Lovers"
    Released: May 1990
  5. "Supernatural"
    Released: June 1990

Disco Extravaganza is the first studio album by the Swedish pop group Army of Lovers, released in 1990. In the USA, the album was simply titled Army of Lovers. The tracklist is slightly different and some songs were remixed for the US version. "Supernatural" and "Ride the Bullet" were re-recorded for inclusion on Massive Luxury Overdose, the band's second and most successful album ("My Army Of Lovers" was also included, but not re-recorded). The album was first planned to be released only in Scandinavia, but in winter of 90/91 when they performed in Super Channel-show, 40 million people in Japan watched them and the album was released there too. Still after 4 months the album was in the Top 50 in Japan.[1] A remastered version of the album was released in 2007.

The track "Viva La Vogue" was used in the soundtrack of the comedy film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.

The track "Birds of Prey" is a faithful rendition of the first section of the original "Birds of Prey", the first track on the United Artists 1976 album release "New Nation", by Roderick Falconer.

Track listing

  1. Birds of Prey (1:11)
  2. Ride the Bullet (4:17)
  3. Supernatural (4:11)
  4. Viva la Vogue (3:33)
  5. Shoot That Laserbeam (Re-Recorded Version) (4:23)
  6. Love Me Like a Loaded Gun (The 1990 Remix) (4:58)
  7. Baby's Got a Neutron Bomb (The 1990 Remix) (3:24)
  8. Love Revolution (3:59)
  9. Scorpio Rising (4:33)
  10. Mondo Trasho (4:24)
  11. Dog (4:05)
  12. My Army of Lovers (3:28)
  13. Hey Mr. DJ (3:46)
  14. I Am the Amazon (The 1990 Remix) (4:14)
  15. Planet Coma 3AM (3:56)

Some tracks like "Love Me Like a Loaded Gun", "Ride the Bullet" and "Supernatural" were re-recorded later to be offered as more attractive single versions.

Credits

Design [Sleeve] – Marie Sundström-Wollbeck
Directed By [Video Clips] – Fredrik Boklund, Martin Persson
Executive-Producer – Ola Håkansson
Mixed By – Emil Hellman (tracks: 1 to 11, 13 to 15)
Other [Additional Stage Costumes] – Henric Stacy
Other [Hair And Make-Up] – Jean-Pierre Barda
Other [Promotional Supervisor] – Jonas Holst
Other [Stylist] – Camilla Thulin
Photography By – Kent Billeqvist
Programmed By – Magnus Frykberg (tracks: 1, 3 to 11, 13 to 15)
Vocals, Bass – La Camilla
Vocals, Computer – Alexander Bard
Vocals, Drums – Jean-Pierre Barda[2]

References

  1. Slitz, No 2 April 1991, Kjell Häglund, Army Of Lovers - Nu lämnar de Sverige, p.70-75
  2. Army Of Lovers — Disco Extravaganza
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