No Limits (2 Unlimited album)

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No Limits!
2 Unlimited No Limits cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released10 May 1993
Recorded1992–93
StudioSoundstational Studios
Genre
Length59:55
70:42 (with bonus tracks)
Label Byte Records (Sony / PWL)
Producer
2 Unlimited chronology
Get Ready!
(1992)
No Limits!
(1993)
Real Things
(1994)
Alternative cover
No Limits UK.jpg
UK cover for the album
No.TitleLength
1."No Limit"3:44
2."Tribal Dance"4:31
3."Mysterious"4:23
4."Faces"3:48
5."Maximum Overdrive"3:58
6."The Power Age"3:59
7."Break the Chain"3:49
8."Kiss Me Bliss Me"3:52
9."Throw the Groove Down"4:18
10."R.U.O.K."4:11
11."Let the Beat Control Your Body"4:02
12."Invite Me to Trance"4:07
13."Where Are You Now"5:01
14."Shelter for a Rainy Day"5:15
15."Get Ready for This (Wilde Mix)"5:59
16."No Limit (Automatic Breakbeat Remix)"4:48
Total length:1:14:45

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [40] Gold35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [41] Gold25,000*
Brazil30,000 [42]
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [43] Gold44,400 [43]
France (SNEP) [44] Gold268,000 [45]
Japan (RIAJ) [46] Gold100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [47] Platinum100,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [48] Platinum50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [49] Gold50,000^
Sweden (GLF) [50] Platinum100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [51] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom254,000 [45]
Summaries
Benelux294,000 [45]
Germany, Switzerland, Austria592,000 [45]
Worldwide3,000,000 [52]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Singles

YearTitleUKNetherlandsGermanySwitzerlandAustriaSpainFranceIrelandSwedenNorwayCanadaAustraliaNZ
1993"No Limit"11211111111740
1993"Tribal Dance"42223142247538
1993"Faces"828191041671154
1993"Maximum Overdrive"155162313235111832
1994"Let the Beat Control Your Body"628111110106113929

Writing credits

The following personnel all have writing credits on this album.

References

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  2. everyHit.com – UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. For evidence of this, see the chart statistics for acts such as Captain Hollywood Project, Culture Beat and Maxx.
  4. UK sleeve for the Get Ready! album
  5. Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 are almost solely instrumental
  6. Get Ready! sleeve notes
  7. No Limits sleeve notes
  8. Pete Waterman – I Wish I Was Me – The Autobiography, Virgin Books, ISBN 1-85227-900-1, Page 219
  9. Producer Jean-Paul de Coster called them "too clumsy for the UK market" (Channel 4's Top 10 Irritating Records of Recent Time, 2003), while company head Pete Waterman spoke of "the worst rap I've ever heard". (Entry 685 of 1000 Number Ones by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh)
  10. Pete Waterman – I Wish I Was Me – The Autobiography, Virgin Books, ISBN 1-85227-900-1, Page 218
  11. Top of the Pops - Story of 1993 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwaoCn--bYo
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  20. The review of Maximum Overdrive in Smash Hits in 1994
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