Another Late Night: Mixed By Zero 7

Zero 7 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Late Night Tales
• ASIN: B000A1INH6
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #445,837 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sunrays

2. Real Eyes

3. Witness (One Hope) [Walworth RD Rockers Dub]

4. Jealousy

5. Channel 1 Suite

6. Christine Bonilla

7. Ghost Ship in a Storm

8. '93 'Til Infinity

9. Pra Manha

10. Bonnie and Clyde [Herbert's Fred and Ginger Mix]

11. Happiness [Ashley Beedle's West Coast Mix]

12. You Can't Turn Me Away

13. Loving You, Holding You

14. Cool Out

15. Truth and Rights

16. People Make the World Go Round

Editorial Reviews

Simultaneously old and new, string-driven and dubby, Zero 7 skillfully blends the likes of Don Blackman, Souls of Mischief, Sylvia Striplin, Serge Gainsbourg, and The Stylistics.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mixed mixes, October 4, 2005

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Another Late Night: Mixed By Zero 7 (Audio CD)

Zero 7 has mixed results in their "favorites" compulation, a part of the "Another Late Night" series. Compiled here are several excellent trip-hop tunes, and several similarly good hip-hop tunes. Unfortunately, the two are mashed together in a none-too-pleasant manner.

It starts off on a suitably mellow note with Yesterday's New Quintet, and all seems to be going well for a short time. Then the Quasimoto "Real Eyes" comes in. Don't get me wrong -- it's a wonderful song, and an excellent musical choice. But placed directly after the laid-back trippiness of Quintet's "Sunrays," it comes across as surreally harsh.

After that comes a stretch of more gritty hip-hop, followed by some tripped-out jazz and mellow Joy Zippers, and... more hip-hop, sprinkled with electronica here and there. It ends on a softer note with a trippy cover by the Stylistics, and a song by Zero 7 themselves.

Unlike bands like Snow Patrol and the Flaming Lips, don't expect Zero 7's mix CD to be full of music that shaped their sound. Because there's very little resemblance between, say, Quasimoto and Zero 7's sounds. Both are enjoyable, but there's literally no resemblance at all.

But the problem with Zero 7's "Another Late Night" is not so much the songs selected, but the way they are presented. It seems like Zero 7 simply chose a bunch of songs they liked, and tossed them onto a CD willy-nilly. As a result, they lurch from one musical style to another, and none of the songs flatter one another.

Had the assorted songs been rearranged, Zero 7's entry in the "Another Late Night" series could have been excellent listening. As it is, it's an uncomfortable tangle of different musical styles.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So hard to find in stores, but the Best ANOTHERLATENIGHT compilation., August 18, 2006

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Murielle J. Daru "Seb" (Miami, Fl usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Another Late Night: Mixed By Zero 7 (Audio CD)

This is my favorite CD. I bought it in france about 4 or 5 yrs ago and accidently misplaced it. I then couldn't find it in any stores and even Itunes didn't have it. :(

Thanks to Amazon for shipping me the best electro Trip-hop any has ever made.