Background
2 Unlimited had limited success in 1992 with their debut album Get Ready!. It had produced four hit singles, but the album had not performed well commercially, peaking at just #37 in the UK. At the time, many eurodance acts were able to produce hit singles but were unable to capitalize on this with a commercially successful album. 2 Unlimited, however, broke the mould.
At the end of 1992, 2 Unlimited were still only known amongst those who followed chart music at the time. With the first single listed from this album, this changed. It went to number 1 in the UK in early February (competing with "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston), and spent five weeks there. This exposure lead to them being parodied by the mainstream media with the TV series Spitting Image parodying the track as "No Lyrics" due to its repetitive lyrical content. The second single, "Tribal Dance", was released in May 1993, and then this album followed soon afterwards.
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