The Sign
by Ace Of Base
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The Sign is ranked as the best album by Ace Of Base.
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The Sign track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/27/2026 07:38 | Pienk | 732 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 15:14 | cicadelic | 13,439 | 73/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2026 20:01 |  Milhaud | 2,109 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/23/2025 05:51 | Proto | 4,194 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 07:12 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.9/100, a mean average of 62.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 24.2.
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There's nothing bad here at all, but some tracks are maybe just a little generic. The (American) hits - "The Sign", "All That She Wants" and "Don't Turn Around" stand out as catchy pop songs. A point or two has to be deducted for the cheesy "rapping" inserted in a couple of these (which was trendy then and is still done sometimes today), but it's pretty short and not that distracting. Other than that, "Voulez-Vous Danser" (no relation to ABBA) is my next favorite song. Everything else is fine, but nothing Earth-shattering. A little under-rated overall.
Really a guilty pleasure
Medelsvensson 06/03/2019 10:27 | #237053 | TOP COMMENT
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I would like to apologize on behalf of all Swedish people for inflicting this disease onto the world.
Eastwood 01/04/2015 21:38 | #130840 | TOP COMMENT
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Very good pop/dance-pop album. Best 10 songs average is 91,3/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. I've always liked this album. Best song is "All that she wants" - full scoring. Followed by "Happy nation" 95/100 and next "Don't turn around", "The sign", "Living in danger" and "Wheel of fortune" all 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100, except "Voulez-vous danser" average 75/100 only.
junodog4 09/12/2012 19:23 | #50445
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