Aqua is comprised of an ex game show hostess a la Vanna White, an award-winning
break-dancer who used to work on a cruise-ship, a gas station attendant who also happened to score one of the
most popular Danish kiddie films and a science-minded gent turned seamster. Aqua is also one of the most
refreshing acts to break onto the pop/ club scene. The debut album Aquarium is a water-inspired trip through
catchy pop hooks and unforgettable computer beats which leaves the listener feeling like a fixture in a
Technicolor fairy tale gone modern.
We don't need to tell you how well this band has already done in Scandinavia (the #1 album is
Quintuple-Platinum in Denmark) and is currently doing on our fair North American shores ("Barbie Girl" is
EVERYWHERE) because you'll figure it out for yourselves after listening to the album. The first song on
Aquarium is "Happy Boys & Girls" - a reference to the Aqua quartet as well as the audience after bopping
along to the music. Aquarium is unadulterated fun - stimulating to the senses, trippy and even exciting. MCA
guarantees that even the most staid member of any household - including Amish ones - would be unable to sit
still during the Middle-Easternish dance motif beautifully delivered by Norwegian siren Lene in "Roses Are Red"
or the sing-along excitement generated by the memorable chorus of "Barbie Girl."
