Carousel (Leila K album)

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Carousel
Carousel (album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1993
Leila K chronology
Rob'n'Raz featuring Leila K
(1990)
Carousel
(1993)
Manic Panic
(1996)
Singles from Carousel
  1. "Open Sesame"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Ça Plane Pour Moi / Check the Dan"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Slow Motion"
    Released: 1993
  4. "Close Your Eyes"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Melody Maker (mixed) [2]

Carousel is an album by Swedish singer and rapper Leila K, released in 1993.

Contents

Critical reception

Dean Carlson from AllMusic wrote, "Carousel was over-produced, overlong, overly flawed -- and really quite good. A few minutes in, you're confronted with a glittery, elated acid house number that quickly and frighteningly transforms into a mindwarping pop epic of trance strings, false endings, and Swedish breakbeat patois-rap, and just a few tracks later, a song called "Slow Motion" spins out from under its foundational flavor of European techno-reggae and ends up sounding like a cross between M/A/R/R/S, Madonna, Mis-Teeq, and Big Audio Dynamite. Absurd and unquestionably wonderful." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Carousel" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Deep Fried, Al Agami) 6:08
  2. "Open Sesame" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Deep Fried) 8:49
  3. "Ça Plane Pour Moi" (Lou Deprijck, Yvan Lacomblez) 5:47
  4. "Slow Motion" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Deep Fried, Al Agami) 4:00
  5. "Glam!" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Deep Fried) 3:43
  6. "Check the Dan" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Deep Fried, Leila K) 5:22
  7. "Pyramid" (Deep Fried, Al Agami, Vito Ingrosso) 4:34
  8. "Massively Massive" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Deep Fried, Al Agami) 4:22
  9. "Close Your Eyes" (Denniz PoP, Douglas Carr, Chuck Anthony, Deep Fried, Leila K) 3:20
  10. "Open Sesame" (Last Exit Remix) 4:23
  11. "Ca plane pour moi" (Felix Remix) 7:12

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 89
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [5] 30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [7] 32

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