Extended Engagement

The Scumfrog | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Effin
• ASIN: B00008ZL86
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,210 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. You, Me & the Music [Scumfrogs Vocal Mix]

2. Learning to Fly [Dub]

3. I Like the Way You Touch Me

4. Free as the Morning Sun

5. Loving the Alien

6. The Switch

7. Days Go By

8. Jungle of Mirror

9. Sunshine

10. Music Revolution

Disc: 2

1. Deep Sleep Dub

2. You're Not Alone

3. In the Beginning

4. Andante

5. We Love You

6. Love at First Sight

7. On the Floor

8. Feel Alive

9. Keep Control

10. Never Enough

Editorial Reviews

From URB Magazine

Extended Engagement is the slightly odd, sort-of debut full-length from über-blonde, bespectacled Dutchman Jesse Houk, aka The Scumfrog. It’s a double CD mix collection of his major works to date, comprising his own compositions and important remixes, coming across as an artist debut, a ‘best of’ and DJ mix all in one.It‘s all quality stuff and hangs together well, as you‘d expect with Houk being a highly talented chap. It’s just that you’ll have heard a lot of Extended Engagement a million times before, from Milk and Honey’s "You, Me & The Music" through Mr. Hermano’s "Free As The Morning Sun" and Dirty Vegas’ "Days Go By." They’re all great tunes, but they’re last year’s great tunes, and consequently a bit tired, despite the re-rubs.Things pick up a little on the second disc, with more obscure fare. It’s a telling example of the album’s failing, though. There aren’t enough new Scumfrog productions for it to qualify as an artist LP, and too few of the unreleased exclusives we expect from great mixes. A few more months in the studio and Houk’s debut may have been more memorable.

Simon Hawkins

Product Description

2003 anthology of remixes & productions by Scumfrog is a continuous mix featuring Kylie Minogue, Dirty Vegas, David Bowie and the previously unreleased original recording of 'Music Revolution'. Effin Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just another run of the mill compilation, April 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Extended Engagement (Audio CD)

With all original productions and remixes blended with The Scumfrog's own voice work and a great set up on the first CD that reminds the listener of the good old days of radio; Extended Engagement is not just another compilation thrown together overnight.

The first CD feels soulful, groovy and gets you moving. The second makes you itch to get out onto a dancefloor and move.

Great CD, loving it. Would rec to any Dance music fan who wants something with a little bit more funk, soul and sex.

The scumfrog didn't just lay down his classics and throw them in a case. The whole album is a new experience and just plain [darn] fun.

5.0 out of 5 stars BAD ASS HARD HOUSE, April 27, 2006

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marriediimuzik "ilovehousemuzik." (dirty jerzey, usa) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Extended Engagement (Audio CD)

i love this 2 disk set...i have been fortunate enough to have seen the scumfrog spin in nyc and he kicked ass there...this set is non stop, the first disk is great, my fav trax are #3 and #6...the 2nd disk dosent let you down, its s little more hard then the first but thats how i like it so i was happy lol...i was actually getting my car serviced and the workers came out and asked me what was playing cuz they LOVED it... get it its totally worth it

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid sampler of bassier, darker disco, May 15, 2003

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Richard Diaz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extended Engagement (Audio CD)

There's two discs and twenty songs of material mixed together here, and for reason. The Scumfrog's cranked out a slew of work in a mere three years, requested by producers looking to round out their own records with his remixes; his sound goes for the bassier, slightly deeper edge of disco, a tantalizing choice for house DJs wanting to dip darker or progressive DJs wishing to play lighter.

It's a style best heard on his own Learning to Fly, a dub with just enough vocal, sprightly hi-hats and heavy groove to work for everyone. Perhaps the best makeover is (surprisingly) Dirty Vegas' inescapable Days Gone By, gathering some fresh country twang from added guitar, a touch of new melody, and thunder effects. Further bonus points are due for the playful In the Beginning, and daring to scrap nearly all of Kylie's pixyish vocal on Love at First Sight, rubbing a big bassline in your face as the reward. His own exclusive work includes the cheer along club anthem Music Revolution and crafty opener Deep Sleep Dub.

But true to most Remix packages, an original single and another artist's reinterpretation don't always click. I Like the Way You Touch Me is Z-grade soulful fodder, nor does the euphoric Brazillian brilliance of Mr. Hermano's Free As-the Morning Sun truly work to clubbier production. The buzzed about Loving the Alien revisit is a nice effort, but when reduced to lyric snatches and chuga chuga beats loses David Bowie's personalized spark. And too bad the Scumfrog take on Iio's At the End wasn't included, a Rapture redux that pushes all the right buttons.

Overall results are mixed. Most of these tracks are certainly agreeable on the dancefloor, but some of that glued-on glitter fades when packaged for home.