The Sign (Ace of Base album)

This article is about the album. For its title track, see The Sign (song).
See also: Happy Nation

The Sign
Studio album (reissue) by
Ace of Base
Released23 November 1993
RecordedJanuary 1992 – May 1993
Genre
Length45:24
LabelArista
Producer
Ace of Base chronology
Happy Nation
(1992) 		The Sign
(1993) 		The Bridge
(1995)
Singles from The Sign
  1. "All That She Wants"
    Released: 24 August 1992
  2. "The Sign"
    Released: 14 December 1993
  3. "Don't Turn Around"
    Released: 19 April 1994
  4. "Living in Danger"
    Released: 4 October 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
People(favorable)[6]
Pitchfork8.0/10[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

The Sign is a 1993 album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base, released as the band's debut album in North America and some Latin American countries by Arista Records. The Sign contains songs from Ace of Base's debut album, Happy Nation (1992) and the new songs "Don't Turn Around", "The Sign", and "Living in Danger" as well as revised versions of "Voulez-Vous Danser" and "Waiting for Magic".

The Sign is listed among the Top 100 Best-selling Albums of All Time by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with sales in excess of 21 million copies. The album itself earned Arista Records 42 million USD, and was nominated for Best Pop Album at the 1995 Grammy Awards. The Sign was ranked top three on the Billboard 200 chart for 26 consecutive weeks. The album, and the single of the same name, are the only single or album by a Swedish act to rank number one on Billboard's annual overall Year-End lists.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Harcourt, Nic (2005). "Swedish Made". Music Lust. Seattle: Sasquatch Books. p. 197.
  2. ^ a b c Torres, Eric (12 November 2023). "Ace of Base: The Sign Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Sign". Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1977. ISBN 9780857125958. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ Hunt, Dennis (6 February 1994). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: The Sign". People. 28 February 1994. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 4. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.