Rocktrospectiva: The Danceable And Succesful "World Power" Turns 35

Released on 14 May 1990 "World Power" was the debut album by German Eurodance project Snap!. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, as the project's musical style and its vocalists, Turbo B and Penny Ford, were well received. It also achieved considerable commercial success with the help of four international top-ten hits, including its best-selling single "The Power". 

 

The album spawned five singles "The Power", "Ooops Up", "Cult Of Snap" & "Mary Had A Little Boy". This was the album with which Snap made all of Europe and beyond dance in the early 90s, thanks to their style that mixed Dance/House and Rap music.

 

Considered a legendary album worldwide due the success of its singles some of them top 10 such as "The Power", "Ooops Up", "Cult Of Snap!" and "Mary Had A Little Boy". The album also launched the unbeatable carreer of producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti, aka Benito Benites and John "Virgo" Garrett III, who joined forces back in 1989 as Snap!, this was their debut studio album and their most succesful, their opening track "The Power" peaked at No. 3 in Germay, UK, and the United States.

 

The critics called the album as a dance record you can listen to, noting that pulsating synth chords, slashing guitar riffs, thundering drums and the gospel-like wails of Penny Ford combine to give Snap a riveting sound, and smart dance/rap, full of surprises, the kind of garden-variety good record that is the great luxury of musical micromarketing and overproduction. Anyone open to its aesthetic will enjoy more than half its tracks".

 

World Power Track List: 

 

1. The Power

2. Ooops Up

3. Cult Of Snap

4. Believe The Hype

5. I'm Gonna Get You (To Whom It May Concern)

6. Witness The Strength

7. Mary Had A Little Boy

8. Blasé Blasé