New Arrival
New Arrival is the fourth and final studio album by the A-Teens, released in 2003. The album consists of six songs previously released on Pop 'til You Drop!, with "Let Your Heart Do All the Talking" featuring a lightly different ending on this album, along with six new previously unreleased songs. Some special editions include the bonus tracks "Can't Help Falling in Love" (also included Pop 'til You Drop! and on the Disney Lilo & Stitch soundtrack), the ballad version of "Heartbreak Lullaby" or in Japan, the Pop 'til You Drop! song "Hi and Goodbye". New Arrival features new artwork, new tracks and some of the tracks included on Pop 'til You Drop! were remixed to add a Europop feeling. Marie said, "We wanted to present a totally new album for the European market, because some of our hard core fans already imported Pop 'til You Drop!, so we wanted to give them something new."
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| Released | 27 January 2003 12 June 2003 (DE) | |||
| Recorded | 2001–2002 in Sweden | |||
| Genre | Pop, teen pop, Europop | |||
| Length | 46:10 | |||
| Label | Stockholm Records | |||
| Producer | Grizzly, Tysper, Marcus Black, Habolin, Jansson, Anders Hansson, Chris Nelson, Tobias Lindell, Peter Björklund, Jones, J. Boogie, Mark Hammond, Jan Kask, Peter Mansson | |||
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The album title is a reference and dedication to ABBA's 1976 fourth studio album, Arrival, leaving it the only remaining reference to ABBA (next to the Murray Head cover of "One Night in Bangkok", composed by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus along with Tim Rice respectively).
Other covers featured on the album include Shirley & Company's "Shame, Shame, Shame" and The Box Tops' "The Letter".
Once again, the A-Teens were involved in the writing of this album including new tracks written by them, and they also participated on the artwork and design. The first single "Floorfiller" was released in October 2002 in Europe, but it was not until January 28, 2003 when the album was released in Sweden reaching number four on the albums chart, with their visit to Mexico in the Spring of that year. The album was released in some Latin American countries on March 17, 2003, reaching number seven on the Mexican International Albums Chart after a few weeks inside the top 10. The album was released in the summer of 2003 in Germany with minimal success.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Floorfiller" | Gustav Jonsson, Markus Sepehrmanesh, Tommy Tysper | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Have a Little Faith in Me" | Marcus Black, Johan Becker, Leif Larson | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Shame Shame Shame" | Jonsson, Tysper, Sylvia Robinson | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Let Your Heart Do All the Talking" | Johnson, Sepehrmanesh, Tysper | 3:24 |
| 5. | "A Perfect Match" | Stefan Åberg, Håkan Fredricksson, Robert Habolin, Linnea Sporre, Mats Jansson | 3:00 |
| 6. | "The Letter" | Anders Hansson, Wayne Carson Thompson | 2:55 |
| 7. | "Cross My Heart" | Johnson, Sepehrmanesh, Tysper, Marie Serneholt | 3:35 |
| 8. | "In the Blink of an Eye" | The Tremolo Beer Gut, Serneholt | 3:30 |
| 9. | "School's Out" (feat. Alice Cooper) | Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith | 3:02 |
| 10. | "Closer to Perfection" | Alexandra Talomaa | 3:10 |
| 11. | "Shangri-La" | Tremolo, Peter Björklund, Tobias Lindell, Amit Paul | 3:14 |
| 12. | "One Night in Bangkok" | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice | 3:31 |
| 13. | "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Bonus Track) | George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore | 3:05 |
| 14. | "Heartbreak Lullaby" (Ballad Version) (Bonus Track) | Jan Kask, Peter Mansson, Cathy Dennis | 4:08 |
- Tracks 1, 4, 7-10, 13, 15 previously released on Pop 'Til You Drop! (2002).
- Track 14 previously released on Heartbreak Lullaby (Maxi Single) (2001).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 15. | "Hi and Goodbye" | Anders Wikström, Fredrik Thomander | 4:13 |
- Track 15 previously released on Pop 'Til You Drop! (2002).
Weekly charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[1] | 95 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[2] | 4 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] | 91 |
References
- "Offiziellecharts.de – A*Teens – New Arrival" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
- "Swedishcharts.com – A*Teens – New Arrival". Hung Medien.
- "Swisscharts.com – A*Teens – New Arrival". Hung Medien.