''Hidden Gems'' is a 2015 compilation album by Swedish pop group
Ace of Base. It was released worldwide by
Playground Music
Playground Music Scandinavia AB (PGM) is Scandinavia’s biggest independent record company and distributor founded in 1999. The company operates in Scandinavia with offices in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and with local distribution partne ...
on March 6, 2015.
Background
The album consists of previously unreleased material and b-sides recorded by the original lineup between 1991 through 2006. The majority of the songs were previously released through the band's Facebook page during ''Ace Thursdays'', though some of the tracks on the compilation feature updated production. Five of the included songs were previously released years prior as b-sides and bonus tracks.
"No Good Lover," included on this compilation, was originally meant to be a single from ''
Flowers
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'', but later did not make the cut for the album. A previously unreleased version of "Hey Darling," a track which first appeared on ''
Da Capo'', is included on ''Hidden Gems'' as an
iTunes
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bonus track. "Sunset in Southern California" was re-worked and later released on ''
The Golden Ratio
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where the Greek letter phi ( ...
'' in 2010 as "Southern California." A demo version of "Giving It Up" is featured as a bonus track on the 2015 remastered release of ''
Happy Nation U.S. Version''.
Release
The album was released on CD and vinyl worldwide through the band's official website and through digital retailers on March 6, 2015. Two songs from the album, "Would You Believe" and "Into the Night of Blue," were made available through digital retailers prior to the album's release. The iTunes edition contains two additional songs as bonus tracks. Jonas Berggren stated on the band's official Facebook page that a second edition with different songs has been considered.
In 2019, the collection ''
Greatest Hits'' from 2008 was repackaged with ''Hidden Gems'' instead of the music video DVD and was released as ''Ace Of Base – Gold''.
''Hidden Gems, Vol. 2''
A follow-up to ''Hidden Gems'', ''Hidden Gems, Vol. 2'' was released as part of the ''
All That She Wants: The Classic Collection'' (2020) box set. It was later released to digital platforms on 28 August 2020.
Track listing
''Hidden Gems, Vol. 1''
All songs were previously unreleased, unless otherwise specified.
''Hidden Gems, Vol. 2''
All songs were previously unreleased.
Release history
References
External links
''Hidden Gems''– Ace of Base official web site
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2015 compilation albums
Ace of Base compilation albums
B-side compilation albums