Customer Reviews

Everytime We Touch

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

If you like DHT's version of "Listen to Your Heart" and fast paced dance tracks with a Euro-pop beat, you'll like this album.

Cascada is a trio made up of singer Natalie Horler, and two producers Yanou and DJ Manian. This album contains some remakes, lots of trance and a couple of pop ballads. Most people will by now have heard the hit "Everytime We Touch", which is a remake of a 1992 hit by Maggie Reilly from her solo album "Echoes", but other great tracks are "How Do You Do!" (Roxette's 1992 hit); "Miracle"; "Bad Boy"; and "A Neverending Dream"(originally by X-Perience from 1996's "Magic Fields.")

Also on this album are versions of "Kids in America" (Kim Wilde), "Truly Madly Deeply" (Savage Garden), and "Wouldn't It Be Good" (Nik Kershaw). The lyrics are simple, the beats are catchy, and this light and breezy album is great for dancing or just chilling out with friends.



Amanda Richards, March 31, 2006

Like many people I was hooked on the song "Everytime we Touch" and thus decided to not only download this song, but two others (How do you do! and Bad Boy). After listening to these three songs non stop I decided to buy the album hoping that there were more songs like those.

I was surprised. "How do you do!" was a bit different that the version that I downloaded but it was still good. Matter of fact, the much of the album is pretty good. Not bad for a vocal dance debut.

The only reason why I gave this 4 and not 5 stars was because of the songs "Another Girl" (track 5) and the cover of Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply" (track 10). These ballads were terrible and it made Cascada sound like she was on American Idol.

Bottom Line: Get this album if you like the dance beat of "Everytime we Touch", all but two tracks (5 and 10) are filled with the dance beat that are addictive, catchy and fun.

Cascada's CD attracts a lot of people with ballads and strong dance tracks One thing I find odd about this CD though is the fact that 'Wouldn't It Be Good' is very much like 'Everytime We Touch' other than the key and the lyrics. Other songs seem original enough to me so I don't think the similarities between other songs are very obvious. Apart from that, a 5 star CD! =)

The big draw of the record is the first song and Cascada's only real hit the heavy thumping Everytime We Touch, which is a great song. In that aspect you could say the CD unloads early or leaves you in the same song for the next forty minutes. There is little to no variation among the bubbly lyric signiture heavy thumping dance selections, which are good just shallow. There are unfortunate rest periods that make you simply wish to skip to the next song as this sometimes chunky British songbird tries her hand at slow ballads including a near crap candlelight remix of you know what, a bad idea as these lack any of the echoing sadness and underdeveloped beauty of DHT's Listen to your Heart, and she is not so much a song bird as a rooster. Her voice is wrong if listened to with no base or sythisizer, she would have been better off plugging the base in and forging ahead. Still her atempt at trance laced pop in Never Ending Dream and upbeat remake of Kids in America are commendable along with Everytime. But the rest seems to run together with various snatches inextricably sticking in your head all with that same beat. If you are searching for a truly soulfoul real dance workout stick to the heavy European pop or club compliations. I recommend DJ Top 100, or Dutch Now Dance Summer O6, or Ministry of Sound Clubber's Guides.

In a sense Cascada's sound is a throwback to the Disco era, but it's done in a very amicable fashion. It's actually cool music adopted in a style for our time. I know there are lots of Cascada fans in the U.S. as well as in Europe and it's just a matter of time til' Japan and Asia discover the Cascada sound. The "Everytime We Touch" mixes are really relaxing and "Miracle" is great as are the new other mixes. Don't think of this CD as high artistry or singer/songwriter super talent, but instead it is for this type of music what it is, it is fine dance music to relax and in this category it is very well done as it's fun to listen to.

http://www.myspace.com/cascada. I am at a loss of words as to describe their music. You'll have to listen to know how it is. Similar to reading about a place and actually being in that place. Cascada's music is just like that. You'll have to listen (sample) to truly appreciate their style. My listening repertoire are mainly the opera recitals, but when Cascada's music sounds this good, what can I say? Music is music is music!

What attracted me towards Cascada in the first place? The awesome beats and deep bass that will motivate any runner to finish their miles. During study breaks, Cascada's music makes a great tune to unwind and recharge your brain to absorb information.

If you have doubts about their style, Cascada has the official band page on Myspace and you can sample fully 4 of their songs that appears on their debut CD.

But it and support this cool genre of dance/trance/techno.

ok, lets face it. "everytime we touch" is a mediocore vocal trance song, at best. and cascada is pretty good, but not the best in this genre. somewhere along the line, cascada and robbins ent. lucked out with a year old song breaking out. but thats a good thing. i really thought lasgo would continue making noise on radio. but its cascada thats continuing the trend.

this is a nice collection of songs. at first, they seem awesome. and they almost are, but they sound way , way too alike. and there are too many covers here. some, like kids in america, wouldnt it be good and never ending dream, are excellent. but the one that leaves me puzzled is "truly madly deeply". that is just one song that shouldnt be covered. especially in its ballad form. cascada should have turned it into a dance number. instead it's a carbon copy of the original. note for note.

"how do you do", another cover, originally by roxette, has cheese written all over it. however it is charming.

in my opinion, the best tracks on this cd are "never ending dream"(which is a cover and was covered last year by another european dance act), and the cover of nik kershaw's 80's hit--"wouldnt it be good".

yes, this cd seems rushed to me, probably to bank on the success of "everytime we touch". way too many covers. and not much difference in the structure of each song. they all bleed into each other. BUT---it is a fun cd. and the songs,for the most part are catchy. and im just glad that another dance act has released a full length.

I'm seeing a lot of reviews mocking this release, however, I really think the vocalist in this group (Natalie) has a lot of power and wit to her songs. She sounds wonderfully crisp and emotional in all of the tracks of this album.
Every track has sort of a "breathtaking" feel to it. It's true that they are all churned-out and produced in the same manner, in fact, one of the tracks "Wouldn't It Be Good" sounds exactly like "Everytime We Touch" minus lyrical changes.
I still feel wonderful while listening to this CD. It has energy and life, unlike the sort of dead sound present in many other dance CDs. People are comparing this to DHT, while I feel DHT's sound is the more typical club sound. Cascada is more like hard-vocal-trance, and this is probably the first in that genre to ever see an American popular release.

This is only the beginning of something wonderful. There is so much electronical creativity out there. In conclusion, while this album may have repetitive beats, it is a pioneer of this genre in the pop-music section. Those who are negative to the CD should at least respect it for that.
Perhaps Cascada will see a 2nd album someday with a lot more changes in tune. But for now, this CD is something I can listen to over and over and never get tired of Natalie's voice.

Look, just to clarify things: I am a fan of dance, trance, and HANDZ UP music in truest truest sense. I like all dance music (except house, really commercial trance, and DnB).

I have underground, commercial, Europop, Eurodance, name it, I've got it.

The people who think Cascada is going to ruin their "underground" techno scene, are nuts. I LOVE Manian's other groups, Tune Up!, Phalanx, Siria, Plazmatek, M.Y.C., etc. I think Cascada is the best way to bring the European dance sound over to America. We all know the best stuff stays hidden in Europe, and is only brought over by tourists, and illegal downloaders. The fact that DJ Manian, Yanou & company are actually sending music over here as an ALBUM is genius.

The fact that Americans like it is a shock to me, since normally they're very resistant to dance music.

People who think techno is going to be over-commercialized and lose value are deluded. This is going to send waves through the dance industry, and spur a new revolution in sound (Cascada is SO much better than Ian van Dahl, and Eiffel 65).

If this can score well in America, maybe other artists will come over, and finally people will appreciate good dance music for what it is.

That's why I like this album so much.

Not JUST because the tracks are FREAKIN' SWEET.

Because they are more musical than other crossover groups, I give this album such high marks. The only other dance albums I have heard with ballads on them, are E-Type's albums. I REALLY like this group. They blend handz up, pop, and slow dance seamlessly into one great album. When I drive, I listen to this album, E-Type's "Loud Pipes Save Lives," and Floorfilla's "Le Voyage" album.

People who knock on this album are too obsessed with the past of dance music. Sure, it's fun to like being in the underground, but it's even more fun to know that other people actually like techno, and trance, too. It's hard to find dance fans in the OC, and more and more people are liking Cascada, so I know this feeling firsthand. I've been waiting for a good crossover album that other Americans will like. Cascada's gonna do it.

This is an album WORTH BUYING!

I don't regret purchasing it at all.

Ok first off, when you listen to "Everytime We Touch" you're done because the rest of the cd is EXACTLY the same. I have tried and tried to listen to the whole cd, but I just couldn't. It's very annoying to listen to!