Pandora's Hit Box

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Pandora's Hit Box
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Greatest hits album by Pandora
Released 21 March 1998
Recorded 1993–1998
Genre
Label Universal Music
Pandora chronology
This Could Be Heaven
(1997) This Could Be Heaven1997		Pandora's Hit Box
(1998)		 Breathe
(1999) Breathe1999
Singles from Pandora's Hit Box
  1. "Bright Eyes"
    Released: 21 March 1998 [1]

Pandora's Hit Box is the second greatest hits album by Swedish Eurodance singer Pandora. The album was only released in Japan. It features tracks from Pandora's studio albums One of a Kind , Tell the World , Changes and This Could Be Heaven . The album was released in March 1998.

Pandora (singer) singer

Anneli Magnusson, known by her stage name Pandora, is a Swedish eurodance artist. She was most popular during the mid-1990s in the Nordic countries, in Asia and Australia in the end of 1990s to mid-2000s but is still active and releasing material more recently as United DJs vs. Pandora.

<i>One of a Kind</i> (Pandora album) 1993 studio album by Pandora

One of a Kind is the debut studio album by Swedish singer Pandora, released in Sweden in November 1993 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at number 12 in Sweden.

<i>Tell the World</i> (Pandora album) 1995 studio album by Pandora

Tell the World is the second studio album by Swedish singer Pandora, released in Sweden in February 1995 by Virgin Records. The album peaked at number 11 in Sweden. The Japanese edition featured "One of Us", originally by ABBA. By September 1996, the album had sold over 455,000 copies in Japan alone.

Contents

The album included the track "Spirit to Win" which was the official track of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan [2] and a cover of Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes", which was released as the first and only single.

1998 Winter Olympics 18th edition of Winter Olympics, held in Nagano (Japan) in 1998

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, and commonly known as Nagano 1998, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 that were centered in Nagano, Japan. The Games also took place in the nearby mountain communities of Hakuba, Karuizawa, Nozawa Onsen, and Yamanouuchi. The city of Nagano had previously been a candidate to host the 1940 Winter Olympics, as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics, but each time Nagano was eliminated at the national level by Sapporo.

Nagano (city) Core city in Chūbu, Japan

Nagano is the capital and largest city of Nagano Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the highest prefectural capital in Japan, altitude 371.3 m. Nagano is an important industrial center, as well as travel destination and a center for accessing surrounding sightseeing spots throughout the year. Nagano hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Paralympics. As of October 1, 2016, the city had an estimated population of 375,234, and a population density of 449 persons per km². Its total area is 834.81 square kilometres (322.32 sq mi).

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Track listing

  1. "Don't You Know" (featuring M. Fuse) – 3:49
  2. "Show Me What You Got" (featuring Patrick Ntumba) – 3:22
  3. "Smile 'n' Shine" (UK Remix) – 3:26
  4. "A Little Bit" – 3:27
  5. "Tell the World" (featuring M. Fuse) – 3:39
  6. "Spirit to Win" – 3:07
  7. "The Sands of Time" – 3:45
  8. "If This Isn't Love (What Is It)" – 3:20
  9. "Bright Eyes" – 4:27
  10. "Single Life" – 3:39
  11. "Love And Glory" – 4:02
  12. "One of Us" – 3:57
  13. "Smile 'n' Shine" (Triad Mix) – 8:59
  14. "The Sands of Time" (Espanola Way Mix) – 3:25
  15. "Tell the World" (Acoustic Version) – 3:34
  16. "Mega Mix" – 12:44

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue
Japan [3] 21 March 1998 CD Universal Music MVCE 24069

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References

  1. ↑ "Pandora Bright Eyes". Discogs. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Spirit to Win by Pandora". Amazon. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Pandora Hit Box". HMV Japan. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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