- The Ark (Swedish band)( The Ark )【 13 albums 86 lyrics 】
- The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Mikael Jepson (better known as 'Jepson') and Lasse ('Leari') Ljungberg, Ola Salo and Leari being only fourteen years old at the time. In 1996 The Ark released an EP featuring four songs, of those 'Racing With The Rabbits' being the most known. The EP gained very little success in both critical and commercial sense. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member. He had at that point played live with the band for several years.
Ola salo was the main songwriter of the group and his lyrics have sometimes been seen controversial. For example, the 2002 single 'Father of a Son' is about homosexuals’ right to adopt. In October 2006, the band was criticized by members of the U.S. public for some controversial comments referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks that were apparently part of the joking banter between songs as the band performed at the opening festivities for the new Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Ark also performed in the Melodifestivalen 2007 with the song 'The Worrying Kind'. The song won the contest after capturing both the popular vote and the jury's vote. The song was Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry, and is also included in The Ark's fourth album Prayer for the Weekend, released in April 2007. Despite being a bookmaker favorite, it finished in 18th place (out of 24)
In 2006 The Ark toured the UK acting as the warm-up band for The Darkness.
'One of Us is Gonna Die Young' was used in the 2007 snowboarding video, 'Picture This' from Mack Dawg Productions for Seth Huot and Andreas Wiig's video part, also was it used for the Sam Blenkinsop and Philip Polc Section of the FOX Racing Shox 2007 sequel. 'Let Your Body Decide' was used in the 2010 film 'Super' starring Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page. Their all-time hit remains being the 2000s manifesto for one's freedom in life, 'It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane'. It gained massive radio play especially in Sweden and Italy.
On December 8, 2010 the band announced that they would be breaking up after the release of their greatest hits compilation, Arkeology, and the following spring and summer tours. Arkeology contained two new songs, 'Breaking Up With God' and 'The Apocalypse Is Over'. The Ark won numerous awards during their 20 years together and were lauded as the most successful Swedish band since ABBA, even being recognized by MTV as the most influential northern group of the last 10 years. Ola Salo and Jepson appeared once in Expressen, a Swedish newspaper, where they were referred to as two of the 10 most important personalities in Scandinavia.
They made their last concert at the amusement park, Gröna Lund, in Stockholm 16 September 2011. The crowd was counted up to around 15,000 people.
Members
Ola Salo: vocals, piano, percussion and songwriting (1991–2011)
Jepson: lead guitar and vocals (1991–2011)
Lars Ljungberg: bass, backing vocals (1991–2011)
Martin Axén: rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1997–2011)
Sylvester Schlegel: drums and backing vocals (1999–2011)
Jens Andersson: keyboards and sound engineering (2006–2011)
Touring members
Jens Andersson: keyboards and sound engineering (2000–2006) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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Arkeology: Complete Singles Collection
2011-07
1.Let Your Body Decide
2.It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane
3.Echo Chamber
4.Joy Surrender
5.One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young
6.Clamour For Glamour
7.Trust Is Shareware8.Deliver Us From Free Will
9.Prayer For The Weekend
10.Absolutely No Decorum
11.The Worrying Kind
12.Little Dysfunk You
13.Breaking Up With God
14.The Apocalypse Is Over -
In Full Regalia
2010-10
1.Take A Shine To Me
2.Superstar
3.Stay With Me
4.Singing 'Bout The City
5.Have You Ever Heard A Song6.Publicity Seeking Rockers
7.I'll Have My Way With You, Frankie
8.All Those Days
9.Hygiene Squad
10.The Red Cap -
Prayer For The Weekend
2007-06
1.Gimme Love To Give2.I Pathologize -
Disease
2003
1.Disease -
In Lust We Trust
2002-10
1.2000 Light-Years Of Darkness
2.Tell Me This Night Is Over
3.The Most Radical Things To Do4.Tired Of Being An Object?
5.Vendelay -
We Are The Ark
2000-10
1.Patchouli2.You, Who Stole My Solitude -
Ark
2000-06
1.Burning Down
2.Mother Love3.Singers At The Worlds Dawn -
Let Your Body Decide
2000
1.Siamese Centerfold -
State Of The Ark
1.No End2.This Piece Of Poetry Is Meant To Do harm -
Joy Surrender
1.Cygnet To Cygnet -
Father Of A Son
1.Father Of A Son -
Burn The Sun
1.Heal The Waters
2.Just A Little3.Resurrection
4.Absolute Zero -
Miscellaneous
1.A Virgin Like You
2.Beauty Is The Beast
3.Calleth You, Cometh I
4.Interlude (Provided)
5.The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
6.Can't Let Go
7.Power To Change
8.The Glad Yeah
9.Angelheads
10.The Homecomer
11.The Most Radical Thing To Do
12.Hey Modern Days
13.This Sad Bouquet
14.Bottleneck Barbiturate
15.Laurel Wreath
16.Aldrig Ska Jag Sluta älska Dig
17.Racing With The Rabbit
18.Ballroom Blitz
19.Kolla Kolla
20.The Others21.Let Me Down Gently
22.Hey Kwanongoma!
23.Rock City Wankers
24.One of Us Is Gonna Die Young (Live)
25.Father Of A Son - Live
26.Calleth You, Cometh I - Single Edit
27.Siamese Centrefold
28.Clamour For Glamour - Live
29.Topsy Kaiser
30.Uriel
31.Tell Me This Night Is Over (radio edit)
32.Clamour for Glamour (Radio Edit)
33.Ascension
34.Intro
35.E-Cône - Akufen Remix
36.Let Your Body Decide (New version)
37.It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane (DoubleN remix edit)
38.The Worrying Kind (Sweden)
39.Ain't Too Proud to Bow
40.Operator
【Correction of errors in the album information】