Jumping All Over The World (Best of Scooter) [Import]

Scooter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 22, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Central Station
• ASIN: B0011U50N0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Definition

2. Jumping All Over the World

3. The Question Is What Is the Question?

4. Enola Gay

5. Neverending Story

6. And No Matches

7. Cambodia

8. I'm Lonely

9. Whistiling Dave

10. Marian [Version]

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Question Is What Is the Question? [Headhunters Remix]

2. One (Always Hardcore)

3. Shake That!

4. Jigga Jigga!

5. Maria (I Like It Loud)

6. The Night

7. Weekend!

8. Nessaja

9. The Logical Song

10. Posse (I Need You on the Floor)

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Australian two CD pressing of the 2008 release from the innovative German Electronica/Dance act featuring a bonus disc that contains 20 of their greatest hits. Scooter are one of a very few German acts to have shaped the musical landscape at home and abroad for more than a decade, without losing any of their energy or freshness. Over 12 million records sold, in excess of 60 gold and platinum awards and an array of trophies speak for themselves. Jumping All Over The World features 13 brand new tracks including the single 'The Question Is What Is The Question'. Central Station.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't go by the descirption, March 15, 2010

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Kim (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jumping All Over the World (Audio CD)

The page is misleading: This is only a single disk CD. Even though it says that in the product description, the page shows two disks worth of sample mp3s, leading people to believe this is a 2-disk CD. It is not. It only contains 13 songs. If you're going to buy it, make sure to look up ELSEWHERE what tracks are on it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Jumping All Over the World, April 28, 2011

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tjp7rr - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jumping All Over The World (Best of Scooter) (Audio CD)

Scooter is a German band, that produces mostly techno music, more particular Scooter's music has been particularly described as "happy hardcore". This album was released in 2007 and has two CD's. The first CD consists of the regular edition and the second CD contains some live performances as well as some interesting covers of songs.

Scooter is one of my favorite techno bands because of their happy hardcore music. Happy hardcore is characterized by fairly fast beats with (usually) pianos/synthesizers carrying the melody. Many people consider it a relative of "Rave" music. A distinguishing characteristic separating happy hardcore from Rave music is that rave music is more `concerned' with rhythm, bass beat, and repetition. While happy hardcore has more of an emphasis on melody and vocals. Happy hardcore thus lends itself fairly well to covering songs, discussed with CD2. What makes Scooter interesting is that the lead singer H.P. Baxxter will sing/rap (in English) over these beats/melodies in a very unique way.

Jumping all over the world is Scooter's experimentation with "Jumpstyle" techno an extremely close offspring of happy hardcore (the distinction between the two styles is a fuzzy one). Jumpstyles main difference from Happy Hardcore is a slightly slower beat (150 beats per minute compared to about 170 beats per minute). The first CD starts off in an noteworthy fashion with a Luigi Boccherini's String Quintet in E and an overlaid automated voice (probably not LPC) providing the definition of Jumping. The rest of the songs have very solid beats with a lot of higher pitched melodies with vocals on top. It is interesting to note that in `Whistling Dave' they sample some old Nintendo (NES) sounds and incorporated them into their music.

H.P. tends to use a lot of reverb (and on occasion some substantial echo) with his vocals, giving his lyrics a grander, fuller, and more epic sound. His lyrics although not conventional ("3 AM/The Painted Cow/..../Its not a bird/Its not a plane/It must be Dave, who's on the train" lyrics from Nessaja) work very with songs and keep pace with the intensity of the rest of the song. On occasion they sample audiences singing to their pieces and incorporate them into their studio versions, which again adds an epic quality to their songs.

The second CD is Scooter having fun to every degree. They sample and/or do remixes of many classic songs include, Shake Shake Shake (shake your booty), The Logical Song, Walking in Memphis, and Rebel Yell. These songs work so well because Scooter takes the original melody of the song, gives it a digital sound and adds beats and synthesized tones on top (as well as sometimes speeding up the overall rhythm of the song). One of the most fun songs is "I'm Raving" which is a cover of Mark Cohn's Walking in Memphis. In this cover Scooter maintains the melody, adds much faster beats, and drastically changes the lyrics ("Put on my raving shoes as I boarded the plane").

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars jumping all over the world, September 29, 2008

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Bill Biancacci - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jumping All Over The World (Best of Scooter) (Audio CD)

if your into hard dance music like progressive house/techno/trance/hardcore/german house then this is what you wanted his name is scooter and is the original techno dj from germany this is his greatest hits double cd i am a dj and play alot of his music i would rate this cd 5 stars out of 5***** this is a hott! cd and i always get requests for his music and where they can buy it thanks amazon. yours truly

DJ. BILLY DAY FROM NEW JERSEY.