Bass Generation is the fourth studio album by Swedish musician Basshunter. It was first released on 28 September 2009, a week after the album's lead single "Every Morning". The album reached No. 2 in New Zealand and No. 7 in South Africa.
Background In early 2009, Basshunter started the process of recording the album. A comment was posted on his official website in April that he was "back in the studio to do some work on the new album."Basshunter's Official News Section On 1 July 2009, it was announced that Basshunter would be releasing a brand new single titled "Every Morning" on 21 September with the new album, Bass Generation, being released one week later on 28 September.HARD2BEAT – Bass Generation On 1 September 2009, the official album artwork and track listing was posted on Hard2Beat.com.Bass Generation Album Cover Revealed On 15 September, it was revealed on Basshunter's official Bebo profile that the album would also be released as a two-disc set.
He received a lot of requests to create a new "Tetris" song, so he recorded "Plane to Spain" which is one of his favourite songs from the album. At first he thought of making it instrumental, but it wouldn't be that salable.
Release In early September 2009, before the album was released the song "Numbers" was released to the public as a free download via Basshunter's official Bebo profile. The album release date was eventually moved up a week for unknown reasons to 28 September 2009, along with the single "Every Morning", which was released on 21 September 2009.HARD2BEAT – Basshunter – The Perfect Holiday...?
Promotion To promote the album, the Basshunter Album Artwork Competition was set up on 10 August 2009, in which fans could design and upload their own cover art for the "Bass Generation" album to Basshunters Bebo profile. The winners artwork would be signed, framed and presented to them by Basshunter at the Bass Generation tour.HARD2BEAT – Basshunter Artwork Competition The winning entry was revealed on 11 September 2009.
Bass Generation Tour Basshunter also set out on the Bass Generation Tour in October 2009 in support of the album. The 10 date UK tour was announced on 1 July 2009. Tickets went on sale 3 July 2009.
Tour dates Date City VenueUnited Kingdom14 October 2009BristolO2 Academy Bristol15 October 2009ManchesterManchester Apollo16 October 2009BirminghamO2 Academy Birmingham17 October 2009SheffieldO2 Academy Sheffield19 October 2009EdinburghEdinburgh Picture House20 October 2009AberdeenMusic Hall21 October 2009GlasgowO2 Academy Glasgow22 October 2009NewcastleO2 Academy Newcastle24 October 2009LondonO2 Shepherd's Bush Empire25 October 2009NorwichUniversity of East AngliaIreland26 December 2009CastlebarRoyal Theatre & Event Centre27 December 2009DublinThe Academy
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Singles "Every Morning", was the first single released from the album. It was released on 21 September 2009. The song was first performed at the UK Dance Nation Tour in April 2009. The first radio play of the track was on the BBC Radio 1 Switch program on 19 July 2009.HARD2BEAT – First Ever Play Of ‘Every Morning’! The song is about a former girlfriend of Basshunter's. Every Morning Songfacts It has so far reached the top 20 in the UK and New Zealand. Its accompanying music video was filmed on location in Majorca. It premiered on 12 August 2009. Before the album release, "Numbers" was confirmed to be the second single. But in November it was changed. "I Promised Myself", is the second single released from the album. The single was released on 30 November, the music video has already been released. According to a commercial from Hard2Beat, "Why" was set to be the third single. In April 2010 "Day & Night" was added to radio stations across the UK. In May 2010 it was announced that there will not be a third single from Bass Generation and a new song, which was named "Saturday" was released in July.
Reception
Editor from Arbetarbladet said that "Every Morning" has wonderful lyrics and is unfortunately among the better on the album. Erika Hobart from Seattle Weekly described Bass Generation as sleeker than previous Basshunter albums, but also added that it will impress club visitors more than music critics.
Chart performance Bass Generation debuted at number 16 on the UK Albums Chart with sale of 15,046 copies.
Track listing
Notes "Numbers" is not included on digital versions.
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Bass Generation Chart (2009) Peakposition Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 39 European Albums (Billboard) 58 French Albums (SNEP) 41 Ireland (IRMA) 16 New Zealand (RMNZ) 2 Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade) 73 South Africa (Radio Sonder Grense) United Kingdom (OCC) 16 US Top Heatseekers Albums 34 US Dance/Electronic Albums 15
Certifications
Release history +Release dates for Bass Generation Region Date New Zealand 28 September 2009 United Kingdom 28 September 2009
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