Better Off Alone [SINGLE] [IMPORT]

Alice Deejay

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Msi
• ASIN: B000034CU0
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #54,225 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The third single from 1/2 of the Vengaboys! Contains six mixes of 'Better Off Alone' (Radio Edit, Vocal Club Mix, Signum Remix, Instrumental Mix, Pronti & Kalmani Vocal Remix and Club Dub). Slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FLAWLESS !, April 9, 2000

By	Manuel Tafoya (Albuquerque, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews

Excellent track by Alice Deejay. They play it in the clubs in ABQ, NM and people start dancing like there's no stopping. This Germany Cd import has the songs:

Better Off Alone: 1)Radio Edit 2)Vocal Clubmix 3)Signum remix 4)Instrumental mix 5)Ponti & Kalmani Vocal Remix 6)Club Dub

This CD Single Import does contain more than one track.

I do suggest for fans of Techno, House, Hard House, Electronica, ETC. This is a must have for music lovers everywhere. My favorite track is #2 Vocal Clubmix. It starts off as the regular club pounding beat and adds instruments that will make you feel like you like you wish the song was NEVER over. The song also contains vocals! The beats are great so are the vocals: "Do you think you're better off alone?" & "Talk to me" ohhohohohohhhh. hehehe.

Well, This is a track that I am going to definitely keep in my dance collection forever. Hope my review helped! Thanks for taking your time in reading my review.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Dance Single of the Year!, March 23, 2000

By	Allan Knight (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews

I first heard this dance track in Miami over the Christmas holiday. It was really popular at the clubs in South Beach and Ft. Lauderdale. I went crazy when the DJ played it! It's unbelievable. At the time I was obsessed with the Jonathan Peters remix of Whitney Houston's "My Love is Your Love", and the David Morales remix of the PSB's "New York City Boy".

I immediately set out to find this single at various record stores in Miami, unfortunately I didn't know the name of the artist. I ended up buying ATB "Don't Stop", whose signature electronic rifts are somewhat similar (though not as good) as BOA.

There's a few reasons why BOA works as a dance song: 1) It has a strong underlying drum beat and rhythm, 2) Alice DeeJay's vocals, but 3) Perhaps most important though, is the mesmorizing electronic synthesizer chords. I also like the background electronic blips and pops which have a very video game sound to them.

The liner notes of this CD compares Alice DeeJay to Eiffel 65. I think BOA is WAY better than "Blue". I got sick of listening to Eiffel 65 after 30 minutes. The mixes on this CD are all very good. The version I got has a VERY sexy, but tasteful shot of the female vocalist on the cover. Alice DeeJay is a CD you will want to keep.

The last thing I really like about this song is its crossover appeal. A lot of the songs I've mentioned like "My Love is Your Love" or "New York City Boy" are pretty gay sounding,(I get these nasty looks from the straight guys at my gym when I ask the attendant to play those CDs during my workout) while at the same time, no cool gay club would ever play "Blue"-- it's just too straight sounding. I think "Better Off Alone" has excellent crossover appeal to both audiences, gay and straight.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, February 2, 2000

By	Mark Sinker (Trenton, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This is one of the best trance songs ever produced. It's very uplifting and is very catchy. The best remix of this song is the Signum Remix.