DaYeene are Swedish sisters Diane and Jeanette Söderholm, muses of super-producer StoneBridge. He produced this delightful album early in his career, and it is surprisingly their only album so far (at least the only one released in North America), despite the fact that they have worked with him and recorded successful singles for years since. The music is a mix of pop, soul, funk, reggae and house. It's a lot of fun, and made all the better by the sisters' vocals, which are very reminiscent, in my opinion, of pop goddesses Mel & Kim. A few singles were released off of this album - the reggae-lite "Big Bad World" and "Dizzy Morning", the hip-housey "We're On This Case" and a fun interpretation of the Beatles' "Drive My Car". All achieved some success in the Netherlands, but next to none anywhere else. In 1992 they released a second album, Prime Time, in Sweden only. It had a much housier vibe than their first, which indicated the direction StoneBridge was to go with his own music, and is equally as good. They released several singles, including "Alright", Good Thing", "Around The World" and "Your Love", and all achieved local success. In the following years they released many other tracks, again with the assistance of StoneBridge and his cohorts. All are fantastic. They were also featured with Titiyo on the brilliant track "Viva La Vogue" by Army Of Lovers, and on a couple tracks off of StoneBridge's fab album Can't Get Enough. Jeanette also kept busy over the years as a background singer for the likes of Ace Of Base, Robyn and Britney Spears. In 2010 they resurfaced with StoneBridge on the dance hit "The Morning After" and appeared on other tracks on the album of the same name. Perhaps this means that they'll get another chance to impress the world with an album of pop perfection! They have the talent and support, so what's taking so long?Download United Soul Power
| 1 | Believe | ||
| 2 | Big Bad World | ||
| 3 | I Found You | ||
| 4 | D.D.D. (Dead Drearie Dearie) (Second Version) | ||
| 5 | Dizzy Morning | ||
| 6 | Drive My Car | ||
| 7 | Go To Work | ||
| 8 | Solution | ||
| 9 | The B-Side | ||
| 10 | United Soul Power | ||
| 11 | Karma Is The Sign | ||
| 12 | We're On This Case | ||
| 13 | I'm Coming | ||
| 14 | United Soul Power (Clean Mix) | ||
| 15 | D.D.D. (Dead Drearie Dearie) (Original Version) | ||
| 16 | I Found You (Dance Hall Git Down Edit) |
Download Prime Time
| 1 | Prime Time (The K Mix) | ||
| 2 | Alright | ||
| 3 | Good Thing | ||
| 4 | Freedom | ||
| 5 | Your Love | ||
| 6 | Love The Reggae Bad | ||
| 7 | To Be Yourself | ||
| 8 | Around The World | ||
| 9 | Who's Gonna Take You Back | ||
| 10 | Danger Lovin' | ||
| 11 | Love The Reggae Bad (Yellow Cab Mix) | ||
| 12 | D'Yall's Gonna Rock The Place (Moronic Dub Edit) | ||
| 13 | Prime Time (The Original Big Bass Dub) |
You Canucks were lucky! The US never got the album (so change North America to Canada! Just kidding!). Stoney is married to one of the DaYeene sisters.
ReplyDeleteI could've sworn they released a follow up many many years later, but don't hold me to that. ;)
Hey.
ReplyDeletecould you please re-up DaYeene United Soul Power.
The Prime Time link still works.
Cheers xoxo
Actually The none of the Prime Time links either :-(
ReplyDeleteI've re-upped Prime Time. I was having problems re-upping United Soul Power, but I'll try again tonight. ;)
DeleteUnited Soul Power has been re-upped now too.
DeleteThank you Nasty G. xx
DeleteCould you please re-up the 2nd album? <3 your blog have a great day!
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