''The Ideal Crash'' is the third studio album by Belgian
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band
dEUS, released in March 1999. The album was recorded in Spain, U.K. and Belgium and was mixed at
Olympic Studios and includes the single "Instant Street", which became an
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hit in Europe. It was produced and mixed by
David Bottrill
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.
''The Ideal Crash'' was the first dEUS album to be directly released through a
major label (
Island Records) but it's also the only dEUS album that didn't get a US release. The album cover art is the first dEUS CD cover that does not feature a painting by ex-guitar player
Rudy Trouvé.
Commercial performance
''The Ideal Crash'' was issued to immediate success in Belgium, obtaining a gold certification for sales of 25,000 copies after one week of release. By April 2008, ''The Ideal Crash'' had sold about 250,000 copies.
The singles "Instant Street" and "Sister Dew" entered the
UK Singles Chart
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, peaking at numbers 49 and 62 respectively.
Deus
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Track listing
Personnel
dEUS
* Tom Barman
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: vocal, guitar, keyboards, synthesiser, etc.
* Jules de Borgher: drums, percussion, etc.
* Klaas Janzoons: piano, violin, synthesiser, vocal, etc.
* Danny Mommens: bass guitar, etc.
* Craig Ward: guitar, vocal, etc.
guest musicians
* Bart Maris: horns (1, 8)
* Pol Mareen: horns (1, 8)
* Mark Demaseneer: horns (1, 8)
* Els Dedonker: horns (1)
* Piet Jorens: percussion (2, 6, 9)
* Browndog (Lucy Wilkins
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, Rebecca Doe, Robert Spriggs, Oli Kraus): strings (2, 4, 10)
* David Bottrill
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: piano (3)
* Kelvin Smits: keyboards (3)
* Guy Van Nueten: synthesizers (8)
* Sandra Pardo: vocal (8)
String arrangements by Klaas Janzoons
Horn arrangement on (1) by Craig Ward/Tom Barman/Klaas Janzoons
Horn arrangement on (8) by Craig Ward/David Bottrill/Ben Findlay
Certifications
References
Deus (band) albums
1999 albums
Albums produced by David Bottrill
Island Records albums
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