Omen (The Story Continues...)

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Omen (The Story Continues...)
Magic Affair - OMEN the story continues.jpg
Studio album by
Released16 May 1994
Recorded1994
Genre Electronic, dance-pop, Eurodance
Length1:02:36
Label Bertelsmann Club 35229 4
Cologne Dance Label 7243 8 29698 2 2
Electrola 7243 8 29698 2 2
Producer Mike Staab
Magic Affair chronology
Omen (The Story Continues...)
(1994)
Phenomenia
(1995)
Singles from Omen
  1. "Omen III"
    Released: January 14, 1994
  2. "Give Me All Your Love"
    Released: May 1994
  3. "In the Middle of the Night"
    Released: 16 July 1994
  4. "Fire"
    Released: 29 October 1994

Omen (The Story Continues...) is the debut studio album by German Eurodance project Magic Affair. [1] [2] It was initially released on 16 May 1994 via Cologne Dance Label. The record also produced four singles, with the lead single "Omen III" becoming a big success in many European countries. The album continues the direction of the band's previous record Omen - The Story released in 1989 under name Mysterious Art; its first two singles were "Das Omen (Teil 1)" and "Carma (Omen 2)". Sales of the album exceeded 250,000 copies in 1995.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Commutation"2:45
2."Omen III"3:56
3."In the Middle of the Night" (Single Edit)6:20
4."Homicidal"6:22
5."Fire"6:07
6."Water of Sin"4:59
7."Under the Sea"1:55
8."Carry On"6:01
9."Make Your Mind Up"5:37
10."Give Me All Your Love"6:19
11."Wonderland"5:04
12."Thin Line"4:29
13."Fall Out"2:18
14."Fire" (Trance Mix)6:26

Credits

Chart performance

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Ö3 Austria Top 40 [3] 11
Dutch Albums Chart [4] 71
Finnish Albums Chart [5] 9
German Media Control Charts [6] 8
Swedish Albums Chart [7] 18
Swiss Albums Chart [8] 7

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