Episode II (album)

Episode II is the first mainstream studio album by Safri Duo, a percussion duo from Denmark that released six classical albums before its breakthrough with the Michael Parsberg-produced hit "Played-A-Live", the opening track of the album. It was released on 26 June 2001 and reissued in 2002 with two additional tracks, including a cover version of "Sweet Freedom" with vocals by American R&B/soul singer Michael McDonald.[3] Later the same year a Remix Edition of the album was released, which included an additional disc with remixes by artists such as Airscape, Cosmic Gate and Future Breeze.[4]

Episode II
Studio album by Safri Duo
Released	28 May 2001
Recorded	Safri Duo Studio
Length	49:16
Label	Universal
Producer	Safri Duo, Michael Parsberg
Safri Duo chronology
Bach to the Future (1998) Episode II (2001) 3.0 (2003)
Singles from Episode II
"Played-A-Live" Released: 1 December 2000 "Samb-Adagio" Released: 16 July 2001 "Baya Baya" Released: 5 November 2001 "Sweet Freedom" Released: 10 June 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
GAFFA	[2]

Track listing

First edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live"	6:45
2.	"Snakefood"	6:03
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:38
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:57
5.	"Everything"	6:01
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:38
7.	"Crazy Benny"	5:32
8.	"Baya Baya"	5:26
9.	"Adagio"	5:11

New Edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live"	6:45
2.	"Snakefood"	6:04
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:38
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:57
5.	"Everything"	6:01
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:36
7.	"Sweet Freedom" (feat. Michael McDonald)	3:23
8.	"Crazy Benny"	5:32
9.	"Baya Baya"	5:25
10.	"Adagio"	5:13
11.	"Played-A-Live" (Darude vs. JS16)	7:29

The Remix Edition

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Played-A-Live"	6:45
2.	"Snakefood"	6:03
3.	"A-Gusta"	5:38
4.	"Samb-Adagio"	5:57
5.	"Everything"	6:01
6.	"Everything Epilogue"	2:35
7.	"Sweet Freedom" (feat. Michael McDonald)	3:23
8.	"Crazy Benny"	5:32
9.	"Baya Baya"	5:26
10.	"Adagio"	5:11

Disc two: The Remixes

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sweet Freedom" (Extended Club Version) (feat. Michael McDonald)	5:09
2.	"Played-A-Live" (Darude vs. JS16)	7:28
3.	"Played-A-Live" (Airscape)	6:53
4.	"Played-A-Live" (Spanish Fly)	9:35
5.	"Samb-Adagio" (Cosmic Gate)	7:41
6.	"Samb-Adagio" (Riva Mix)	7:28
7.	"Baya Baya" (ATFC Dawn Vocal)	8:16
8.	"Baya Baya" (Future Breeze)	8:49
9.	"Everything" (DJ Asle Deep Dub Edit)	7:23

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (2001–03) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 21 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 13 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 16 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 7 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 2 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] 9 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[12] 14 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 49 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 23 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 23

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[17]	3× Platinum	150,000^^
Germany (BVMI)[18]	Gold	150,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[19]	Gold	50,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[20]	Platinum	40,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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14. "Swisscharts.com – Safri Duo – Episode II". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
15. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
16. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2001". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
17. "Album Top-40". Hitlisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control. 31 January 2003. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
18. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Safri Duo; 'Episode II')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
19. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 958. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
20. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Safri Duo; 'Episode II')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 August 2019.