The Sign is a 1993 album by Swedish pop group Ace of Base, released as the band's debut album in North America, Japan, and some Latin American countries by Arista Records. The Sign contains songs from Ace of Base's debut album, Happy Nation (1992) and the new songs "Don't Turn Around", "The Sign", and "Living in Danger" as well as revised versions of "Voulez-Vous Danser" and "Waiting for Magic".

The Bridge is the second album by Swedish pop music group Ace of Base. It was composed during 1994 and 1995, and released in October 1995. It is the only Ace of Base album to feature sizable contributions of writing, production, vocals, and harmonies by all four band members, each having an important part in its creation.
The album was preceded by the singles "Beautiful Life" and "Lucky Love", which had varied levels of success. Both songs reached the top of the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and "Beautiful Life" peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Lucky Love" reaching number 30. Following the release of the album, "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry" was released as the third and final single from the album but failed to gain recognition due to a lack of promotion.

В 1987 году Хоканссон, Норелл и Уолберг выпустили Aux Deux Magots, свой последний альбом Secret Service. К тому времени остальные участники группы ушли, и их заменили мультиинструменталист Андерс Ханссон и басист Матс А. Линдберг. Хоканссон станет партнером Норелла с Army of Lovers 'Александром Бардом в так называемом Megatrio, шведском эквиваленте Stock-Aitken-Waterman , известном как Норелл Осон Бард . В 1992 году Хоканссон и его партнеры основали Stockholm Records как совместное предприятие с PolyGram . Они продюсировали таких художников, как Army of Lovers и The Cardigans , среди других.

The album contains ten new songs recorded in 2020-2022, some of which were previously released as singles ("Lit de Parade", "Jane", "Go On"). Most of the material was performed by the band's new vocalist John Becker. The song "Mama Tell Me Why" was performed by Mikael Erlandsson, the band's previous vocalist, and the song "Little Zhora" was performed by Tim Norell himself. The theme of most of the songs, according to the band's official website, is "human relationships and love". The compositions "Café For Amur" and "In Memoriam (To Bjorn)" are instrumental.