We Are The Ark
Encyclopedia
We Are the Ark was released on 25 September 2000 and is the debut album from Swedish
glam rock
group The Ark
. The album was both a critical and commercial success spawning four singles. The album sold relatively fast compared to other Swedish albums, selling over 173,000 copies in few months.
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Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...
group The Ark
The Ark (band)
The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...
. The album was both a critical and commercial success spawning four singles. The album sold relatively fast compared to other Swedish albums, selling over 173,000 copies in few months.
Track listing
All songs were written by Ola SaloOla Salo
Ola Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...
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- "Hey Modern Days" – 3:50
- "Echo Chamber" – 3:39
- "Joy Surrender" – 3:55
- "It Takes a Fool to Remain SaneIt Takes a Fool to Remain Sane"It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" is a song performed by The Ark on their 2000 album We Are The Ark. It was a hit in Sweden and Italy spending over four months in the Italian top 10. "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" was also awarded a Grammis for "song of the year"....
" – 4:10 - "Ain't Too Proud to Bow" – 3:31
- "Bottleneck Barbiturate" – 4:57
- "Let Your Body Decide" – 3:13
- "Patchouli" – 2:33
- "This Sad Bouquet" – 5:02
- "Angelheads" – 3:21
- "Laurel Wreath" – 3:44
- "You, Who Stole My Solitude" – 5:01
Personnel
- Ola SaloOla SaloOla Salo, born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson on 19 February 1977 in Avesta, Sweden, is the Swedish rock vocalist of the Swedish glam rock band The Ark. Salo lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child. It was while living in Rottne, in 1991, that he and his friends Jepson and...
– lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Martin AxénMartin AxénKarl Martin Axén is a guitarist in the Glam-rock band The Ark.Axén lived with his family in Kenya from the age of four to seven. As an eight year old he began taking guitar lessons but did not continue with them until he began playing again as a teenager. In 1997 he became a member of The Ark...
– rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, backing vocalsBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists... - Mikael Jepson – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Leari Ljunberg – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Sylvester Schlegel – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, backing vocals
Singles
- "Let Your Body Decide" (twice)
- "It Takes a Fool to Remain SaneIt Takes a Fool to Remain Sane"It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" is a song performed by The Ark on their 2000 album We Are The Ark. It was a hit in Sweden and Italy spending over four months in the Italian top 10. "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" was also awarded a Grammis for "song of the year"....
" - "Joy Surrender"
- "Echo Chamber"