Cruel Summer

1998 studio album by Ace of Base
MusicAlbum album Q1934790
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Cruel Summer

Summary

Cruel Summer is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (218 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cruel Summer's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Cruel Summer's genre is dance-pop[4].
  • Cruel Summer was produced by Clive Davis[5].
  • Among the performers on Cruel Summer was Ace of Base[6].
  • Cruel Summer's record label is recorded as Arista Records[7].
  • Cruel Summer's place of publication is recorded as North America[8].
  • Cruel Summer is part of Ace of Base's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Cruel Summer's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Cruel Summer was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Cruel Summer's review score is recorded as 2.5[12].
  • Cruel Summer was published on July 14, 1998[13].
  • Cruel Summer's tracklist is recorded as Cruel Summer[14].
  • Cruel Summer's tracklist is recorded as Whenever You're Near Me[15].
  • Cruel Summer's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cruel Summer'}[16].
  • Cruel Summer's different from is recorded as Cruel Summer[17].
  • Cruel Summer's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[18].
  • Cruel Summer's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[20]

  • First release date: 1998-07-14[21]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, electronic, euro house, euro-disco, eurodance, europop, pop, synth-pop[22]

  • Community tags: adult contemporary, dance-pop, electronic, electronica dance, euro house, euro-disco, euro-pop, eurodance, europop, pop, synth-pop[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 29eb32a6-7dfc-3468-8567-c5693619b1c1[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Cruel Summer was performed by Ace of Base[6]. It was produced by Clive Davis[5].

Publication

Cruel Summer was released on July 14, 1998[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as North America[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is dance-pop[4]. It is part of Ace of Base's albums in chronological order[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Reception

Cruel Summer's review score is recorded as 2.5[12].

Why It Matters

Cruel Summer ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (218 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cruel-summer-q1934790_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Cruel Summer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cruel-summer-q1934790}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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