Ace (Ian Van Dahl album)

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Ace
Ian Van Dahl - Ace.png
Studio album by
Released21 May 2002
Genre Trance
Length66:47
Label Antler-Subway
Producer Patrick Renier
Ian Van Dahl chronology
Ace
(2002)
Lost & Found
(2004)
Alternative cover
AceIanVanDahl.jpg
UK and Australian cover

Ace is the debut studio album by Belgian dance music group Ian Van Dahl, released on 21 May 2002 by Antler-Subway Records. The album peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart, [1] and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [2] The album title was inspired by taking the first letters of the names of each member of the group: Annemie Coenen, Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen.

Contents

The album contains four songs that reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart: "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. [3] "Castles in the Sky" was a moderate success in Europe, while reaching No. 91 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [4]

Track listing

International edition

  1. "Intro" – 2:10
  2. "Reason" – 3:21
  3. "After All" – 5:56
  4. "Satisfy Me" – 6:07
  5. "Will I?" (UK Radio Mix) – 2:40
  6. "Nights on Java" – 7:37
  7. "Try" – 8:12
  8. "Lonely" – 4:16
  9. "Be Mine" – 3:04
  10. "Castles in the Sky" – 3:46
  11. "Nothing Left to Say" – 5:17
  12. "Tears" – 3:20
  13. "{'intəlu:d}" – 0:49
  14. "Secret Love" – 3:14
  15. "Tomorrow" – 6:03
  16. "Run" – 4:41 (UK bonus track)

US edition

  1. "Reason" – 3:20
  2. "Will I?" (Dee Dee Radio Edit) – 3:46
  3. "After All" – 5:53
  4. "Satisfy Me" – 6:05
  5. "Nights on Java" – 7:34
  6. "Try" – 8:10
  7. "Lonely" – 4:14
  8. "Be Mine" – 3:02
  9. "Castles in the Sky" – 3:44
  10. "Nothing Left to Say" – 5:15
  11. "Tears" – 3:16
  12. "{'intəlu:d}" – 0:50
  13. "Secret Love" – 3:09
  14. "Tomorrow" – 6:00

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Ace
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [2] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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