Fantastic (Toy-Box album)

FanTastic
Studio album by
Toy-Box
Released21 May 1999 (1999-05-21)
Recorded1998–1999[1]
Studio
  • Golden Child Studios
  • New Touch Studio
Genre
Length42:13
LabelEdel
Producer
  • DeAnn
  • Golden Child
  • Soul Poets
Toy-Box chronology
FanTastic
(1999) 		ToyRide
(2001)
Singles from FanTastic
  1. "Tarzan & Jane"
    Released: 12 November 1998
  2. "Best Friend"
    Released: 1998
  3. "The Sailor Song"
    Released: 25 August 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

FanTastic is the debut studio album by Danish bubblegum pop band Toy-Box. It was released by Edel on 21 May 1999. It includes the hit singles "Tarzan & Jane", "Best Friend" and "The Sailor Song", and the promotional single "Teddybear". It also includes the "Toy-Box Space Trap" video game for PC. It spent two weeks at number 1 on the Dutch chart in July of the same year.[1]

The artwork resembles the layout of European PlayStation games.

Music videos

Toy-Box released music videos for "Tarzan & Jane", "Best Friend", "The Sailor Song" and "Teddybear". Most of Toy-Box's videos could be considered cartoonish, while "Teddybear" is a more realistic video. "Tarzan & Jane" featured live monkeys and elephants in a cartoon parody, "Best Friend" features Amir El-Falaki and Anila Mirza having a neon sword fight and turning into little fuzz balls, "The Sailor Song" showed several men flying off a boat, and "Teddybear" is set in Paris and shows El-Falaki and Mirza in a more romantic way than the other videos.

Commercial performance

By early August 1999, the album had reached worldwide sales of 300,000, with 80,000 units sold in Denmark.[2]

Track listings

FanTastic track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Toy-Box Pictures Presents"0:38
2."The Sailor-Song"3:04
3."Best Friend"3:28
4."Tarzan & Jane"3:04
5."E.T."3:40
6."Teddybear"4:14
7."Super-Duper-Man"3:17
8."I Believe in You"3:29
9."Earth, Wind, Water & Fire"3:36
10."What About"3:40
11."Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo"3:17
12."A Thing Called Love"3:16
13."Sayonara (Goodbye)"3:25
Special Christmas Edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."So Merry Christmas Everyone"3:52
Special Limited Edition bonus videos
No.TitleLength
15."Tarzan & Jane" 
16."Best Friend" 
17."The Sailor Song" 
18."Teddybear" 
19."Behind the Scenes of "Tarzan & Jane"" 
20."Behind the Scenes of "Best Friend"" 
21."On Location Interview" 
22."Interview" 
23."Toy-Box in Tivoli" 

Charts

Chart performance for Fantastic
Chart (1999) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6] 17

References

  1. ^ a b c AllMusic review
  2. ^ Gonzales, David (7 August 1999). "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Toy-Box – Fantastic" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Toy-Box: Fantastic" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Toy-Box – Fantastic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Toy-Box – Fantastic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 February 2019.