Power Tracks

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Power Tracks
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Remix album by 2 Unlimited
Released 1993
Genre Eurodance
Label Mercury Records
Producer Jean-Paul de Coster, Phil Wilde
2 Unlimited chronology
Power Tracks
(1993)
Non-Stop Mix Best
(1998)

Power Tracks is a 1993 album by 2 Unlimited, a Eurodance project founded in 1991 by Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde and fronted by Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth.

2 Unlimited Dutch eurodance group

2 Unlimited is a dance act founded by Belgian producers Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the act from 1991 to 1996. During the five years of 2 Unlimited's worldwide mainstream success, the act scored a total of 16 chart hits, including "Get Ready for This", "Twilight Zone", "No Limit", and "Tribal Dance". They have sold 18 million records worldwide. Although they enjoyed less mainstream recognition in the United States, many of their songs have become popular themes at American sporting events, particularly in the NHL and the NBA.

Ray Slijngaard Dutch musician

Raymond Slijngaard is a Dutch rapper and musician best known as the front person of the duo 2 Unlimited.

Anita Doth Dutch singer

Anita Doth is a Dutch singer and songwriter best known as the front person of the duo 2 Unlimited, along with rapper Ray Slijngaard.

Contents

Release history

Containing 11 tracks, the album was released to celebrate the visit of 2 Unlimited to Japan in 1994. [1]

Japan Country 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. "No Limit" (Rio and Le Jean Remix) – 4:00
  2. "Get Ready For This" (800 Mix) – 5:28
  3. "The Magic Friend" (Rio and Le Jean Remix) – 5:16
  4. "R.U.O.K." - 4:14
  5. "Workaholic" (Hardcore Remix) - 4:16
  6. "Twilight Zone" (Rapping Rave Version) - 5:47
  7. "Tribal Dance" (Extended) – 5:14
  8. "Mysterious" - 4:26
  9. "Faces" (Trancs-Aumatic Remix) - 5:24
  10. "The Power Age" - 4:04
  11. "Juliana's Global Dance Network Mix" - 9:58

Get Ready for This, Workaholic and No Limit

Charts

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References

  1. "Power Tracks Album". Discogs. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  2. "Oricon: 2 Unlimited" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-10-31.