''Ace'' is the debut studio album by Belgian

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group

Ian Van Dahl AnnaGrace, formerly Ian Van Dahl, was a Belgian progressive house, electro house, and deep house music project fronted by Belgian singer Annemie Coenen and produced by DJ and record producer Peter Luts. The project first achieved success in 2008 ...

, released on 21 May 2002 by Antler-Subway Records. The album peaked at No. 7 on the

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, and has been certified Gold by the

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(BPI). The album title was inspired by taking the first letters of the names of each member of the group:

Annemie Coenen Annemie Anne Francine Coenen (born 14 July 1978 in Herk-de-Stad) is a Belgian singer and songwriter who was in the duo AnnaGrace (formerly known as Ian Van Dahl). Life Coenen sang in school musical comedies and choral in Antwerp. She joined a d ...

, Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen. The album contains four songs that reached the top 20 of the

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: " Will I?" (No. 5), "Reason" (No. 8), "Try" (No. 15) and their highest-charting single, " Castles in the Sky", which reached No. 3 and spent seven weeks in the top 10 in mid-2001. "Castles in the Sky" was a moderate success in Europe, while reaching No. 91 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Track listing

International edition # "Intro" – 02:10 # "Reason" – 03:21 # "After All" – 05:56 # "Satisfy Me" – 06:07 # " Will I?" (UK Radio Mix) – 02:40 # "Nights on Java" – 07:37 # "Try" – 08:12 # "Lonely" – 04:16 # "Be Mine" – 03:04 # " Castles in the Sky" – 03:46 # "Nothing Left to Say" – 05:17 # "Tears" – 03:20 # "" – 0:49 # "Secret Love" – 03:14 # "Tomorrow" – 06:03 # "Run" – 04:41 (UK bonus track) US edition # "Reason" – 03:20 # " Will I?" – 03:46 # "After All" – 05:53 # "Satisfy Me" – 06:05 # "Nights on Java" – 07:34 # "Try" – 08:10 # "Lonely" – 04:14 # "Be Mine" – 03:02 # " Castles in the Sky" – 03:44 # "Nothing Left to Say" – 05:15 # "Tears" – 03:16 # "" – 0:50 # "Secret Love" – 03:09 # "Tomorrow" – 06:00

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