Accident in Paradise

Accident in Paradise
Studio album by Sven Väth
Released	1992
Genre	Ambient, trance, ambient techno
Length	66:52
Label	Eye Q/WEA Records 4509-93989 Warner Bros. Records 45442
Producer	Sven Väth Ralf Hildenbeutel
Sven Väth chronology
Accident in Paradise (1992) The Harlequin, the Robot, and the Ballet-Dancer (1994)
Alternative cover
US version

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
NME	9/10[2]

Accident in Paradise is the debut album of DJ and producer Sven Väth. It was originally released in 1992 by Eye-Q, a German record label that Väth co-founded. A re-release in 1993 featured two bonus tracks. A remix CD was also released in 1993, featuring remixes by Spicelab, Spooky and William Orbit. In 1995 Mixmag rated An Accident in Paradise one of the top-50 dance albums of all time. The most popular songs on the album are the title track and "L'Esperanza," which were both played in clubs during the 1990s and were remixed several times.

Although the title track is a fast techno piece, several other songs are far more sedate, as Väth experimented with a variety of ambient and ethnic sounds. For instance, "Merry-Go-Round Somewhere" is an entirely ambient piece of merry-go-round sounds. The track "Sleeping Invention" features sounds of the deep forest accompanied with bass drums and harpsichord. The track "Coda" is especially minimalist, using only a flute and a harpsichord.

• An Accident in Paradise at Discogs
• L'esperanza music video