Glory, Glamour and Gold

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Glory, Glamour and Gold
Studio album by Army of Lovers
Released 1994
Genre Pop, Dance
Label Stockholm Records
Producer Alexander Bard, Per Adebratt, Anders Wollbeck
Army of Lovers chronology
The Gods of Earth and Heaven
(1993)
Glory, Glamour and Gold
(1994)
Les Greatest Hits
(1995)
Singles from Glory, Glamour and Gold
  1. "Lit De Parade"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Sexual Revolution"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Life Is Fantastic"
    Released: 1995

Glory, Glamour and Gold was Army of Lovers fourth and last studio album of new songs, and was released in 1994. The following albums were compilations, each containing a few new songs. Three singles were taken from this album: Lit de Parade, Sexual Revolution and Life is Fantastic. The most successful single was Lit De Parade, which received a great deal of airplay in the UK and Europe. It also met with some success in United States, peaking at #14 in the Billboard Dance Single Chart. Sexual Revolution debuted at #14 in the US, but dropped off the Hot 100 Chart within five weeks.

The track listing of the UK & US releases contain the same track listing as the European one. For the first time, the group released all of the album's singles as remixes.

Hurrah Hurrah Apocalypse and Lit de Parade were produced by Vacuum, aka Alexander Bard and Anders Wollbeck. It was Alexander's second band after he left Army of Lovers.

This album remains the lowest selling studio album of the band, after the debut album, with sales of approximately 1 million copies worldwide.

Contents

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[edit] CD

  1. Hurrah Hurrah Apocalypse (5:33)
  2. Sexual Revolution (3:47)
  3. Stand Up for Myself (4:02)
  4. Lit De Parade (Video Edit) (3:16)
  5. Life Is Fantastic (4:04)
  6. Mr. Battyman (3:12)
  7. C'est Démon (3:34)
  8. Shine Like a Star (3:41)
  9. You've Come a Long Way Baby (6:07)
  10. Ballrooms of Versailles (3:27)
  11. Dub Evolution (Actually a remix dub version of "Sexual revolution") (4:21)
  12. Like a Virgin Sacrified (4:04)
  13. Lit De Parade (Radio Edit, a shorted version of the "Plaisir de Nirvana" remix by Anders Hansson) (3:27)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart Peak Position Sales & Certifications
Russian Albums Chart 1. Diamond 400.000 + Units
Finnish Albums Chart 26. 10.000 + Units
UK Albums Chart -
Italian Albums Chart 20. Gold 50.000 + Units
US Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart 21. 170.000 + Units
Irish Albums Chart 34. 4000 + Units
French Albums Chart 3. Gold 200.000 + Units
Japanese Albums Chart 6. Gold 100.000 + Units

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