Get Ready!

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Get Ready!
2 Unlimited Get Ready cover.jpg
Standard artwork
Studio album by
Released24 February 1992
Recorded1991–92
Genre
Length59:48
Label Byte, ZYX, PWL
Producer Phile Wilde, Jean-Paul de Coster, Peter Bauwens
2 Unlimited chronology
Get Ready!
(1992)
No Limits!
(1993)
Singles from Get Ready!
  1. "Get Ready for This"
    Released: 23 September 1991
  2. "Twilight Zone"
    Released: 13 January 1992
  3. "Workaholic"
    Released: 20 April 1992
  4. "The Magic Friend"
    Released: 3 August 1992

Get Ready! is the debut studio album by Belgian/Dutch Eurodance group 2 Unlimited. The album includes 2 Unlimited's breakthrough worldwide hit single "Get Ready for This".

Contents

Release and reception

The album reached #12 in the Netherlands and #37 in the UK Albums Chart. Despite the moderate chart success, 2 Unlimited was one of the few bands to gain access to the difficult American market. Although peaking at just #197 on the US Billboard 200, the album still proved consistent in sales, eventually going Gold for sales in excess of 500,000.

The exclamation mark was dropped from the title for the US and UK releases of Get Ready!

Content

The original album is divided in three parts: Vocal, Instrumental and Romantic. The US and UK versions of the album deleted most of the instrumental tracks in favor of two extended versions of the main singles. The US and Canadian versions of Get Ready! contain the track "Pacific Walk" which was omitted from the European releases.

Ironically the success in the Dutch market was initially limited, since the band mainly relied on their Belgian producers, who preferred to focus their attention on the British market. [1]

Track listing

European album

  1. "Get Ready for This" (3:46)
  2. "Twilight Zone" (4:11)
  3. "The Magic Friend" (4:32)
  4. "Contrast" (3:42)
  5. "Rougher Than the Average" (4:09)
  6. "Workaholic" (4:12)
  7. "Delight" (3:42)
  8. "Get Ready for This" (Rio & Le Jean Remix) (3:12)
  9. "Twilight Zone" (Rave Version Edit) (4:07)
  10. "The Magic Friend" (Instrumental) [retains some chorus vocals] (3:32)
  11. "Rougher Than the Average" (Instrumental) (4:09)
  12. "Workaholic" (Censored Intro) (4:12)
  13. "Delight" (Instrumental) (3:42)
  14. "Desire" (4:25)
  15. "Eternally Yours" (4:26)

UK album

  1. "Get Ready for This" (Orchestral Mix) (5:31)
  2. "Twilight Zone" (Rave Version) (5:41)
  3. "The Magic Friend" (Instrumental) (3:32)
  4. "Contrast" (3:42)
  5. "Twilight Zone" (Rap Version) (4:11)
  6. "Delight" (No Rap Version) (3:42)
  7. "Workaholic" (No Rap Version) (4:12)
  8. "Rougher Than the Average" (Instrumental) (4:09)
  9. "Delight" (Rap Version) (3:42)
  10. "The Magic Friend" (Rap Version) (4:32)
  11. "Rougher Than the Average" (Rap Version) (4:09)
  12. "Get Ready for This" (Rap Version) (3:46)
  13. "Eternally Yours" (4:26)
  14. "Desire" (4:25)

US and Canada album

  1. "Get Ready for This" (Orchestral Mix) (5:31)
  2. "Twilight Zone" (Club Mix) (5:55)
  3. "The Magic Friend" (4:32)
  4. "Contrast" (3:42)
  5. "Desire" (4:25)
  6. "Pacific Walk" (3:05)
  7. "Workaholic" (4:12)
  8. "Rougher Than the Average" (4:09)
  9. "Delight" (3:42)
  10. "Eternally Yours" (4:26)
  11. "Twilight Zone" (Rave Version Edit) (4:11)
  12. "Get Ready for This" (Vocal Version) (3:46)
  13. "The Magic Friend" ("Instrumental") (3:32)
  14. "Workaholic" ("Instrumental") (4:12)

Australian album

  1. "Get Ready for This" (Vocal Version) (3:46)
  2. "Twilight Zone" (Not Enough Version - Edit) (4:11)
  3. "The Magic Friend" (4:32)
  4. "Contrast" (3:42)
  5. "Rougher Than the Average" (4:09)
  6. "Workaholic" (4:12)
  7. "Delight" (3:42)
  8. "Get Ready for This" (Orchestral Mix - Edit) (2:54)
  9. "Twilight Zone" (PWL 7" Edit) (3:15)
  10. "The Magic Friend" (Instrumental) (3:32)
  11. "Rougher Than the Average" (Instrumental) (4:09)
  12. "Workaholic" (PWL Mix) (3:07)
  13. "Delight" (Instrumental) (3:42)
  14. "Desire" (4:25)
  15. "Eternally Yours" (4:26)

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] Gold35,000^
United States (RIAA) [12] Gold500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide2,000,000 [13]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 nr. 1 hits uit de Top 40, page 291, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
  2. "Australiancharts.com – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready!" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. "2 Unlimited Canadian Albums". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1992. 42. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  6. "Oricon: 2 Unlimited" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  7. "Swedishcharts.com – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready!". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  9. "2 Unlimited Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  10. "Jaaroverzichten – Album 1993". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  11. "ARIA Certifications for 2 Unlimited". ARIA. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  12. "American album certifications – 2 Unlimited – Get Ready". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  13. "Hits Unlimited". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 10. 13 March 1996. p. 29. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 16 February 2021 via Google Books.