''Paradise in Me'' is the second studio album by
Belgian band
K's Choice
K's Choice is a Belgian rock band from Antwerp, formed in 1994. The band's core members are brothers Sam (lead vocals, guitar) and Gert Bettens (guitar, keyboard, vocals). Since 2014, the Bettenses have been joined by Bart van Lierde (bass), To ...
. It was released in 1995 by Double T Music. In the United States, it was released on 20 August 1996 by
550 Music
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.
The album reached #121 on the U.S.
''Billboard'' 200 chart. Six singles were released from the album: "A Sound that Only You Can Hear," "Mr. Freeze," "
Not an Addict
"Not an Addict" is a song by Belgian rock band K's Choice from their second studio album, '' Paradise in Me'' (1996). It was written by the band's core members—siblings Gert and Sam (then known as Sarah) Bettens—produced by Jean Blaute, and ...
," "Wait," "Dad," and "Iron Flower." "Not an Addict" reached #5 on the U.S.
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart.
Track listing
All songs were written by
Gert
Gert is a mainly masculine given name (sometimes a short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.), with some female bearers (short for Gertrude).
Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the na ...
and
Sam (as ''Sarah'') Bettens.
Notes
* "To This Day" contains an interpolation from
Julio Cortázar
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's book ''
Hopscotch
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''.
Credits and personnel
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Sam Bettens
Sam Bettens (formerly Sarah Bettens, born September 23, 1972) is a Belgian singer and musician, best known as the lead singer of the Belgian band, K's Choice.
In May 2019, he came out as a transgender man.
Career K's Choice
In the mid-1990 ...
- Vocals, songwriter, composer
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Gert Bettens
Gert Bettens is a Belgium musician, best known as the guitarist of the Belgian band K's Choice. He, with his brother Sam Bettens, is the face of the band.
The band is popular in Europe and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, ...
- Guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, songwriter, composer, drawing
* Jean Blaute - Bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, producer
* Alain Van Zeveren - Arranger
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David Haas
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- Voices
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Kevin Mulligan
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- Pedal steel guitar
* Vincent Pierins - Bass guitar
* Evert Verhees - Bass guitar
* Erik Verheyden - Bass guitar
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Bart Van Der Zeeuw - Percussion, backing vocals, drums
* Werner Pensaert - Engineer
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Tony Platt
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- Engineer
* Uwe Teichart - Editing, mastering
* Marc Braspenning - Photography
* Jurgen Rogiers - Photography
Charts
Certifications
Footnotes
References
External links
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''Paradise in Me''at
AllMusic
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1995 albums
K's Choice albums
Sony Music Belgium albums