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1.0 out of 5 stars
dull song selection, awful sound quality, June 27, 2005
This review is from: Last Dance: Soundfactory Classics (Audio CD)
The first track is basically a cappella and annoying, with the screams and shouts of a club crowd in the background...screams which continue throughout the ENTIRE disc. The accapella vocal carries into the second track, a soft house tune. Ultra Nate's Free kicks in next. In terms of the quality of this disc, it sounds like they put mikes in front of each of the speakers in the club and recorded live. It has a "warehouse" feel to it, especially with the constant shouts of dancers in the background. This is not something I want to hear on my home stereo system. I want clear, well-mastered music. On CD1, the tracks are rather raucous and non-melodic, and we're not even treated to much in the way of Jonathan Peters exclusive remixes. Lift Me Up really begins the party, and is a slammin' way to segue into Corrupt, the most incredible track on this disc-a real diva vocal anthem, that doesn't skimp on the minute count. This followed by a 50 second a cappella Bob Marley vocal. Mother Earth is a moody female vocal track, and disc one finishes off with Hani's classic mix of Delacy.
Disc 2 starts off strong with Flower Duet in a long version-but of course, those ridiculous crowd shouts continue. A streak of vocal tracks, mostly with a trance feel-but a really boring trance feel, not NRG trance, follows. They were all big hits at the time, but they're sounding dated at this point. The second half of the disc manages to squeak out more power and energy than the first.
Despite a couple of standout tracks on this entire compilation, the "live at the club" feel of this disc just makes it sound like a really bad bootleg. Track times:
CD1:
1. roses for JP (3:18)
2. Flowerz (9:10)
3. Free (6:57)
4. U don't know me (8:00)
5. The break 98 (4:29)
6. slut (4:59)
7. Women beat their men (6:23)
8. Flylife extra (2:40)
9. Lift me up (5:32)
10. corrupt (8:30)
11. The sun is shining (:50)
12. mother earth (6:42)
13. that look (11:22)
CD2
1. flower duet (12:00)
2. I know you love me too (9:17)
3. everytime (7:12)
4. Rain (11:12)
5. Silence (9:19)
6. Bailamos (9:15)
7. not over yet (6:07)
8. follow me (9:42)
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