65-519: [REDACTED] Look up Ark or ark in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ark or ARK may refer to: Biblical narratives and religion [ edit ] Noah's Ark , the massive vessel to save the world's animals from a flood Ark of bulrushes , the boat of the infant Moses Ark of the Covenant , the chest for the tablets of
130-504: A 1970 short film by Rolf Forsberg Ark (web series) , a 2010 science fiction series by Trey Stokes Ark: The Animated Series , a 2024 TV series based on the video game Ark: Survival Evolved Stargate: The Ark of Truth , a 2008 military science fiction film sequel to the TV series Stargate SG-1 The Ark (film) , a 2015 biblical BBC TV film The Ark ( Doctor Who ) , a 1966 Doctor Who TV serial The Ark (TV series) ,
195-529: A 1975 Doctor Who TV serial Gaming [ edit ] Ark: Survival Evolved , a 2017 video game Literature [ edit ] Ark (novel) , by Stephen Baxter, 2009 ARK , a long poem by Ronald Johnson (1935–1998) "Ark", 2019 poem by Simon Armitage to commemorate launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough The Ark , a weekly newspaper in Tiburon, California Music [ edit ] Bands [ edit ] Ark (British band) ,
260-641: A 1985 melodic rock band Ark (Bangladeshi band) , a 1991 Bangladeshi rock band The Ark (Swedish band) , a 1991 Swedish glam-rock band Ark (Norwegian band) , a 1999 progressive metal band The Ark, a 2015 South Korean girl group with members including Euna Kim and Lee Su-ji Albums and songs [ edit ] Ark (The Animals album) , 1983, by the original members of the Animals Ark (Brendan Perry album) , 2010 Ark (Crossfaith album) , 2024 Ark (In Hearts Wake album) , 2017 Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) , 1999 Ark (We Are
325-531: A 2023 American science fiction TV series "The Ark", a 2007 episode of Stargate Atlantis season 3 The Ark in Space , a 1975 Doctor Who TV serial Gaming [ edit ] Ark: Survival Evolved , a 2017 video game Literature [ edit ] Ark (novel) , by Stephen Baxter, 2009 ARK , a long poem by Ronald Johnson (1935–1998) "Ark", 2019 poem by Simon Armitage to commemorate launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough The Ark ,
390-446: A 2024 TV series based on the video game Ark: Survival Evolved Stargate: The Ark of Truth , a 2008 military science fiction film sequel to the TV series Stargate SG-1 The Ark (film) , a 2015 biblical BBC TV film The Ark ( Doctor Who ) , a 1966 Doctor Who TV serial The Ark (TV series) , a 2023 American science fiction TV series "The Ark", a 2007 episode of Stargate Atlantis season 3 The Ark in Space ,
455-457: A Son", which became number-one on the Swedish charts. The song is about homosexuals’ right to adopt. Amir Chamdin once again directed the video, which was inspired by The Who's rock opera Tommy . The album, titled In Lust We Trust , was released on August 29 and became a gold record the same day. It sold more than 57.000 copies, and because of the increase in illegal downloading it was
520-458: A book he had received as a Christmas present, and entered a new phase of songwriting. The Ark's earliest repertoire consisted of covers of " My Generation " by The Who and " Honky Tonk Women " by The Rolling Stones , but also original songs written by Ola Salo such as "Only the Wind" and "Crumble and Fall". The music was in a light-hearted and folky 60's style but the lyrics were dark and epic and
585-588: A cargo airline from Armenia Ark Clothing , former subsidiary of JD Sports PLC Ark Diecast , toy company Ark Ecological NGO , in Armenia Ark Invest , American asset management firm ARK Music Factory , American musical composition and production company ARK Theatre Company , in Los Angeles, California, US Places [ edit ] Buildings [ edit ] Ark of Bukhara , Uzbekistan The Ark (Duke University) , US,
650-440: A clear epiphany of outrageous aesthetics and plastic image, combined with superficial but powerful music. But instead of the shallow lyrics from KISS, he intended for The Ark to have a much more important message. The dark and drawn-out apocalyptic theme was over, and it was time for accessible pop music for the masses, but with a sincere substance. In 1998 Ola Salo also began to openly embrace his bisexuality , which further added to
715-675: A dance studio The Ark (folk venue) , in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US The Ark (Prince Edward Island) , Canada, a bioshelter The Ark (Tadcaster) , England, a historic building The Ark, London , England, an office block Settlements [ edit ] Arkansas , United States Ark, Iran (disambiguation) , several places Ark, Missouri , United States Ark, Virginia , United States SAO Bosanska Krajina , or Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK), in Bosnia and Herzegovina Other places [ edit ] The Ark (Antarctica) ,
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#1732766159176780-565: A dance studio The Ark (folk venue) , in Ann Arbor, Michigan, US The Ark (Prince Edward Island) , Canada, a bioshelter The Ark (Tadcaster) , England, a historic building The Ark, London , England, an office block Settlements [ edit ] Arkansas , United States Ark, Iran (disambiguation) , several places Ark, Missouri , United States Ark, Virginia , United States SAO Bosanska Krajina , or Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK), in Bosnia and Herzegovina Other places [ edit ] The Ark (Antarctica) ,
845-590: A flood Ark of bulrushes , the boat of the infant Moses Ark of the Covenant , the chest for the tablets of the Ten Commandments Torah ark , a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls Arts, entertainment and media [ edit ] Fictional entities [ edit ] Ark, a planet in the Noon Universe Ark (Transformers) , a spacecraft ARK, space colony in video games Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow
910-426: A major influence. The music had grown darker, heavier and more psychedelic with complicated chord changes. But at the same time, The Ark wanted to break down the barriers between the art-kids who liked moody and heavy stuff and the kids who liked catchy pop. Songs from this era that would live on and become properly recorded after band's breakthrough are "Topsy Kaiser", "Cygnet to Cygnet", "The Homecomer" (all released on
975-666: A new band with Martin Axén and Jens Andersson, called Stereo Explosion, and together with The Ark they began organizing popular parties to promote their music, often sharing the stage with The Ark. The idea was to make fun music and make people dance. Ola Salo was inspired by this and decided to mix the superficial and seemingly plastic aspects of pop music with his heavy and deep themes. Another important revelation came on December 16, 1996 when Ola Salo, Leari and Jepson went to see KISS perform at Avicii Arena in Stockholm , and Ola Salo had
1040-509: A rock summit Science and technology [ edit ] Ark (search engine) , a people search engine Ark (software) , a file archiver and compressor Archival Resource Key , a multi-purpose URL Ark Linux, a software distribution founded by Bernhard Rosenkränzer Archaeological Recording Kit , software for recording and disseminating archaeological data Ark Compiler , a Huawei unified compilation and runtime platform Transportation [ edit ] Ark (river boat) ,
1105-509: A rock summit Science and technology [ edit ] Ark (search engine) , a people search engine Ark (software) , a file archiver and compressor Archival Resource Key , a multi-purpose URL Ark Linux, a software distribution founded by Bernhard Rosenkränzer Archaeological Recording Kit , software for recording and disseminating archaeological data Ark Compiler , a Huawei unified compilation and runtime platform Transportation [ edit ] Ark (river boat) ,
1170-708: A small hit in the underground scene of Växjö, and the band had secured a small but devoted local audience. In the autumn of 1992 the band changed drummer, since Magnus Olsson had chosen a school that demanded much of his time on weekends and since he had also enlisted with the Swedish Home Guard . He was replaced with Markus Rosengardten who was a school friend to Ola Salo. Ola Salo kept on writing songs with an apocalyptic and darkly philosophical theme, with titles such as "Merciful Sledge", "The World's Aflame", "Eucharist", "Rip It Out", "Up Against The Wall" and "My Sin". The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had become
1235-479: A somewhat new style for band. The song would become one of the band's biggest crowd favourites, same as the second single "Clamour For Glamour" that was released on March 30, 2005. The album, titled "State of the Ark", was released on December 27, 2004 and had a much more stripped-down and minimalistic sound than the predecessors. The style was intended as a mix 80's dance with modern electro grooves and guitar pop. The album
1300-751: A song by Dr. Dog from the 2008 album Fate Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Ark (charity) , international children's educational charity, parent organisation of Ark Schools Ark (organisation) , international project helping Russian emigrants Ark Airways , a cargo airline from Armenia Ark Clothing , former subsidiary of JD Sports PLC Ark Diecast , toy company Ark Ecological NGO , in Armenia Ark Invest , American asset management firm ARK Music Factory , American musical composition and production company ARK Theatre Company , in Los Angeles, California, US Places [ edit ] Buildings [ edit ] Ark of Bukhara , Uzbekistan The Ark (Duke University) , US,
1365-682: A specialist armoured vehicle Other uses [ edit ] Ark Prize of the Free Word , a literary prize Armijska Ratna Komanda D-0 , or the Ark, a nuclear bunker in Bosnia and Herzegovina ARK (Northern Ireland) (Access Research Knowledge), Northern Irish website See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Ark All pages with titles containing Ark Ark 2 (disambiguation) Arc (disambiguation) ARC (disambiguation) Arch (disambiguation) Arkana (disambiguation) ARQ (disambiguation) ARRC (disambiguation) HMS Ark Royal ,
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#17327661591761430-625: A specialist armoured vehicle Other uses [ edit ] Ark Prize of the Free Word , a literary prize Armijska Ratna Komanda D-0 , or the Ark, a nuclear bunker in Bosnia and Herzegovina ARK (Northern Ireland) (Access Research Knowledge), Northern Irish website See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Ark All pages with titles containing Ark Ark 2 (disambiguation) Arc (disambiguation) ARC (disambiguation) Arch (disambiguation) Arkana (disambiguation) ARQ (disambiguation) ARRC (disambiguation) HMS Ark Royal ,
1495-432: A symbol for sailing away from Rottne and out into the world. While Ashram had mainly played covers, such as Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles , The Ark was meant to focus on original material. Ola Salo had written some amateurish songs - such as Ashram's only original song "The Kinky Blues" - but in the summer of 1991 he studied the tablature anthology of The Beatles,
1560-553: A temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America The Ark (ship) , used in founding the province of Maryland The Ark , a floating laboratory ship, later University Marine Biological Station Millport , Scotland The Ark , an unfinished sculpture in the form of a functional ship by Kea Tawana in Newark, New Jersey, US Arusha Airport , Tanzania, IATA airport code ARK Arkadelphia station , Arkansas, US, Amtrak station code ARK Armoured Ramp Carrier (ARK),
1625-500: A temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America The Ark (ship) , used in founding the province of Maryland The Ark , a floating laboratory ship, later University Marine Biological Station Millport , Scotland The Ark , an unfinished sculpture in the form of a functional ship by Kea Tawana in Newark, New Jersey, US Arusha Airport , Tanzania, IATA airport code ARK Arkadelphia station , Arkansas, US, Amtrak station code ARK Armoured Ramp Carrier (ARK),
1690-590: A video. At the Swedish radio gala P3 Guld in 2003, The Ark were rewarded the prize for best live act. The band did their final show for the In Lust We Trust -era in Florence, Italy on February 3, 2004, before withdrawing from the stage for almost a year. The first single of the band's upcoming third album was released in November 2004. It was titled "One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young" and once again saw
1755-499: A weekly newspaper in Tiburon, California Music [ edit ] Bands [ edit ] Ark (British band) , a 1985 melodic rock band Ark (Bangladeshi band) , a 1991 Bangladeshi rock band The Ark (Swedish band) , a 1991 Swedish glam-rock band Ark (Norwegian band) , a 1999 progressive metal band The Ark, a 2015 South Korean girl group with members including Euna Kim and Lee Su-ji Albums and songs [ edit ] Ark (The Animals album) , 1983, by
1820-403: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ark [REDACTED] Look up Ark or ark in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ark or ARK may refer to: Biblical narratives and religion [ edit ] Noah's Ark , the massive vessel to save the world's animals from
1885-583: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Ark (Swedish band) The Ark are a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 and disbanded in 2011. They released five studio albums and became one of the most successful groups in Scandinavia . They made their breakthrough in 2000 with the song " It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane ", and since then several hit songs followed; they reunited in 2020. The Ark
1950-534: Is the first The Ark single since their breakthrough on a major label not to have a physical copy released. "One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young" was re-released in 2006 with a new video intended for the international market. Beginning in the first half of 2005, The Ark was to be launched in the United States and did much travelling to New York where they gained a small but dedicated audience. Justin Hawkins from
2015-601: The British band The Darkness intended to aid The Ark in their British career and brought them along as support act when The Darkness toured the UK and Ireland in February–March 2006, and also Scandinavia. In late 2006, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member. He had at that point worked with the band for several years and played on most of their tours. On October 22, 2006, The Ark had been invited to perform during
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2080-561: The Hedgehog Ark, in video game Terranigma The Ark ( Halo ) , control station The Ark, space station in TV series The 100 The Ark, the main setting of the game Brink The Ark, fictional band from Alice Oseman 's novel I Was Born For This The Ark of Truth, in Stargate: The Ark of Truth Film and television [ edit ] Ark (film) , a 2005 animated science fiction film Ark ,
2145-617: The Ocean album) , 2015 Ark , 2020 reissue of Here Comes the Indian , a 2003 album by Animal Collective The Ark (album) , by Frank Zappa, 1991 The Ark (EP) , by Swedish band The Ark, 1996 "The Ark", a song by Dr. Dog from the 2008 album Fate Businesses and organizations [ edit ] Ark (charity) , international children's educational charity, parent organisation of Ark Schools Ark (organisation) , international project helping Russian emigrants Ark Airways ,
2210-648: The Rabbits" and "Cracked Messiah". The youngest band members were by now 18 years. This studio session inspired Ola Salo to re-think his way of song-writing, and the first song to came out of his new phase was "Like Mortals Do". It became a fan favourite in the band's live set and Ola Salo describes this song as "the biggest hit of The Ark's Apocalyptic Era". In March 1995 the band returned to Dundret studio and recorded two additional new songs: "I Laid It Down" and "Od Slatrom Ekil". The Dundret recordings, excluding "What To Do With Aileen?", were compiled into an EP with
2275-487: The Ten Commandments Torah ark , a cabinet used to store a synagogue's Torah scrolls Arts, entertainment and media [ edit ] Fictional entities [ edit ] Ark, a planet in the Noon Universe Ark (Transformers) , a spacecraft ARK, space colony in video games Sonic Adventure 2 and Shadow the Hedgehog Ark, in video game Terranigma The Ark ( Halo ) , control station The Ark, space station in TV series The 100 The Ark,
2340-524: The album, "Calleth You, Cometh I", which was also the main theme song for the Swedish movie "Klassfesten". The song was big success and remained in the Italian top 20 for 4 weeks. The music video was directed by Swedish director and musician Amir Chamdin . During the recording of the album, the band also did a cover of the song "Kolla kolla" from Swedish progband Nationalteatern for a tribute album. On August 19 they released their next single, "Father of
2405-486: The album. In the years following the failed EP-release, Ola Salo was once again re-thinking his life philosophy and his song-writing. He was experiencing a lingering depression and The Ark was fading from existence. Outside of Växjö the band had no fan-base, and Malmö showed no interest in their music. In 1997 Ola Salo was thinking of breaking up the band, but Martin Axén joined the band as a second guitarist and brought them new energy. In Malmö, Leari and Jepson had formed
2470-480: The band The Shiremen who were fronted by Leari's brother Pelle. The band was totally unknown outside Växjö but got a local audience. They wanted to make every concert unique, and Ola Salo wrote new songs for each concert. In 1992 the rock club Café Kristina released a double album to promote the local scene, and The Ark participated with the song "The Lamb". This is their first official recording, and for this song they also made their first music video. The song became
2535-405: The band did an autumn tour of Scandinavia with 20 concerts. In addition to songs from the two full-length albums, the setlist of the tour also included the older song "I Laid It Down" from 1996. Two more singles were lifted from the album, "Tell Me This Night Is Over" released in early November 2002 and "Disease" released in early March 2003. "Disease" was the only single from the album not to have
2600-478: The band's early cd-singles in 2000 and 2001) and "Uriel" (recorded for the album "Prayer for the Weekend" released in 2007). In 1994 the band made their second music video, this time for the song "The Flower King". In the winter of 1995 they travelled to Malmö, Sweden to record some newly written tracks in a studio called Dundret. The songs recorded during this session was "What Do To With Aileen?", "Racing With
2665-596: The band's new image and message. But when Ola Salo presented his new vision for the band, their drummer Martin Rosengardten was not as rapturous as the other members. He was very sceptical of the new image, and also had little time for the band because of his education at university. By Christmas 1999, he was sacked from the band by Ola Salo. Sylverster Schlegel, an old friend of the band's from Växjö, became their new drummer. While The Ark were experimenting with their new pop sound they got help from Robert Jelinek from
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2730-515: The ending song "Racing With The Rabbits" which was the only song included from their former 1990s era. Life on tour was filmed for a documentary titled "Vi är the Ark" (the Swedish translation of the album title) broadcast on Sweden's SVT. A second documentary was later filmed for Sweden's TV4 . During the year of 2000, The Ark made more than 60 live performances and ended they year by performing "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane" together with singer Tommy Körberg on New Year's Eve on Sweden's TV3. In
2795-613: The first Swedish cd to be encoded with copy protection. In Lust We Trust was a departure from the style on We Are The Ark , with darker lyrics and a heavier sound. Ola Salo would later say, in the band's official biography No End from 2011, that he had intended to make a second album about lust, joy and happiness, but he was tired from the intense success of their breakthrough year and was not feeling very well, which he says can be heard on darker songs such as "A Virgin Like You" and "2000 Light-years Of Darkness." Starting on October 22
2860-531: The first person to really believe in their potential. The band kept recording new songs as demos, with help from Jens Andersson in the home studio he had built together with Jepson, and the first song they recorded together was "Siamese Centerfold" (later released as a b-side on the cd-single "Let Your Body Decide"). In 1999, a record deal for three albums was signed with Grand Recordings, who were soon to be merged with Virgin Records , and preparations began for
2925-515: The grand opening of the House of Sweden , the new Swedish embassy in Washington, D.C. A crowd of 150 people were attending, including the Swedish ambassador. As often before during their live sets, Ola Salo was characteristically cheeky and full of jokes. When a commercial airliner passed by in the sky, he said the sentence that would abruptly end their chances of an American career. While watching
2990-717: The incident with the headline " A Swedish Star's Rock-and-Rile words". Back in Sweden, it became an even bigger scandal in the newspapers. The North American tour that was booked for the rest of the autumn became cancelled in its entirety, except for one last concert in New York. To a certain part, this was because some venues were receiving bomb threats. A contributing reason was that the band had not been able to get their new American working visas before travelling to Washington, which meant that they had already been planned to go back to Sweden and get this done. The main reason for cancelling
3055-420: The main setting of the game Brink The Ark, fictional band from Alice Oseman 's novel I Was Born For This The Ark of Truth, in Stargate: The Ark of Truth Film and television [ edit ] Ark (film) , a 2005 animated science fiction film Ark , a 1970 short film by Rolf Forsberg Ark (web series) , a 2010 science fiction series by Trey Stokes Ark: The Animated Series ,
3120-627: The name of several ships of the British Royal Navy Noah's Ark (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ark . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ark&oldid=1246194019 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
3185-551: The name of several ships of the British Royal Navy Noah's Ark (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ark . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ark&oldid=1246194019 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
3250-428: The original members of the Animals Ark (Brendan Perry album) , 2010 Ark (Crossfaith album) , 2024 Ark (In Hearts Wake album) , 2017 Ark (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) , 1999 Ark (We Are the Ocean album) , 2015 Ark , 2020 reissue of Here Comes the Indian , a 2003 album by Animal Collective The Ark (album) , by Frank Zappa, 1991 The Ark (EP) , by Swedish band The Ark, 1996 "The Ark",
3315-424: The plane go by he said: "Well, you never know in this country where they're heading, right?" The crowd gasped, but found some relief when he added: "But that one seems to be heading in the right direction." Thinking he meant the airport, the crowd gave a nervous laugh. But then Ola Salo added "The White House" to conclude the cheeky joke, and that joke was to cause much trouble. The Washington Post reported
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#17327661591763380-487: The poem The Ark (1991) He formed the band with his friends Lars "Leari" Ljungberg, Mikael Jepson and Magnus Olsson, all of whom had previously been in the band Ashram , and they held their first band rehearsals in August 1991, and their inspiration for both music and fashion came from the psychedelic 60's and the decadent 70's. According to Ola Salo the name The Ark was not only intended as a religiously grand symbol but also
3445-673: The recording of a debut album. Gula studio in Malmö was chosen for the recording, and Marco Manieri was hired as producer. In the winter of 2000 The Ark went on tour as the support act for kent during their Hagnesta Hill tour, with the premiere in Gothenburg on January 28 and finishing in Stockholm on March 9. They opened their set with the song "Laurel Wreath" and played soon-to-be hit singles such as "Let Your Body Decide", "Echo Chamber" and "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane". Halfway through
3510-622: The recurring theme was philosophy and religion, most notably about the World's ending with much inspiration from the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. The very first show was played at an outdoor festival on the main street of Växjö in mid-August 1991. On November 16 that same year, the band played their first club show at a venue called Uffes källare in Växjö, as the support act for
3575-474: The stagnated norms and views of the world. This was also the message that Ola Salo and the rest of the band would often speak about in interviews and during concerts. This theme was to remain constant throughout the remainder of the band's career. On October 18 in Gothenburg, the band began an extensive club tour of Sweden. The setlist for the concerts consisted exclusively of the songs from the album, except
3640-401: The successful Swedish band, The Creeps. Robert Jelinek gave the demos to Jon Gray who was well-established within the music industry and had his own publishing company called Mad House. One of the demo-songs was "Laurel Wreath", and two others (never released) were called "It Seems To Be The Way" and "Activity". Jon Gray would later become manager for the band and according to Martin Axén he was
3705-487: The summer of 2001 the band played the largest stage of the Hultsfred Festival and teamed up with fellow Swedish pop acts Magnus Uggla and Håkan Hellström for a tour of 22 concerts across the country. The songs "Echo Chamber" (October 14, 2000) and "Joy Surrender" (April 2, 2001) were released as the third and fourth singles from the album, also to good success. All four singles had music videos. The Ark
3770-501: The title "Racing With The Rabbits", released by the small sub-label Beat That! on a small record label in Malmö called Energy Records. 1000 copies were pressed on CD , less than 100 were sold, and the few reviews where negative. The band members all moved to Malmö, and planned to record a full-length album with the best songs from the Apocalyptic era. The album was to be called "Speak Loud", but Beat That! could never afford to make
3835-486: The tour was that Ola Salo, who had quickly made an apology for the joke, was feeling totally burned out because of the scandal and was too tired to return. The concert at Bowery Ballroom in New York on November 20, 2006 was The Ark's final concert in the US. On January 18, 2007 the band performed their new song "Absolutely No Decorum" at the radio gala P3 Guld in Gothenburg. It was their first new song since December 2004 and it
3900-572: The tour, on January 31, the first single "Let Your Body Decide" was released. The song peaked at #9 in the Swedish charts. The second single, "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane", was released on May 15. The song became a huge radio hit and the music video was on heavy rotation in the music channels. The song was also successful in Europe, especially in Italy where it remained a top 10 in the charts for four months. The debut album, entitled We Are The Ark ,
3965-403: Was formed by Ola Salo (at the time named "Svensson") in the small town of Rottne outside Växjö, Sweden in the summer of 1991. At the age of fourteen, during a family vacation to Ireland , he wrote a poem in six lines with the title The Ark and got the idea to form a new band from this concept. "And God told me to build an ark To gather the ones who wander in the dark" - first lines of
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#17327661591764030-546: Was nominated for six Swedish Grammy Awards in 2001, winning Song of the Year for "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane" and Artist of the Year. Swedish National Radio awarded "It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane" as Most Played Song, and the band won the reader's choice Rockbjörnen award for Group of the Year. In September 2001 the band started working on their second album, which was to be recorded in Stockholm with Peter Kvint as producer. In February 2002 they released their first single of
4095-469: Was recorded in Tambourine Studios in Malmö and producers were Per Sunding and Nathan Larsson. On February 21, 2005 the band began their touring for the album, and would come to play more than 125 concerts in 2005 and 2006. It would remain their most extensive touring for an album cycle. The closing song on the album, "Trust Is Shareware", was released as a third single on July 13, 2005. It
4160-425: Was released on September 25. Another title, "Electric Body Design", had been considered based on how a friend of the band had misheard the chorus of "Let Your Body Decide". The album sold 120.000 copies, making it one of Sweden's most successful debut albums of all time. A recurring theme on the album is to find strength and joy in being an outsider, to choose joy and lust in life and to go one's own way regardless of
4225-415: Was the first taste of the upcoming fourth album. The song promised a return to the bombastic sound from the band's early albums, and in interviews, the band said that the album was characteristically epic. The single became number-one on the famous radio show Tracks, where it ended up becoming the biggest hit of the year. Like "Trust Is Shareware" the song only had a digital release and no cd-single (apart from
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