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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great CD to get started with this powerful group., February 11, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Music for Dancing (Audio CD)
Grid is unique...their style never stays the same they are ambient/jazz/house/techno/trance/country/euro. Their latest album is not a disappoint. This album is primarily a greatest hits album with an excellent choice of tracks.
The first track "Flotation" is a trancy/techno style track that mellows you out, great to listen and dance to with a girlfriend in the dark with a candle lit. The second track "Crystal Clear" also more of a trancy style with a rhythmic beat..makes you feel relaxed. The album shifts gears with "Boom" going with a strong beat in the backgroud. Gear 4..."Figure of 8"...high speed...high pumping...loud...DANCE !!! Gear 5..."Roller Coaster" one of their famous songs form the album Evolver, this song is more of a up down rollercoaster sound experience with slow points to real high points!! The coaster heads towards the south with the track "Texas Cowboys" with techno/country ?? Then the track head towards the deep south with a track titled "Swap Thing"...bango playing with fast beats...very intresting. The coaster rebound to a remix of "Crystal Clear" which adds a house twist to this trancey track. The next track is a slower remix of "Figure of 8". "Diablo" the next track is my personal favourite....spanish guitars, high bass, house beat...very good middle song in a party to liven the people up!!! Finally the joyride ends with a true ambient track a remix of "Roller Coaster"...very slow, sad, gloomy end track though a very good ending for this roller coaster of a ride album.
So few albums are really done this good...I mean you have your radio friendly/ MTV bands that has maybe one or two good songs and the rest makes you want to think why did I even buy their album. But Grid wil not disappoint you people.
In conclusion, if you have never heard of Grid...I highly recommend this album...you will not be dissapointed. Enjoy!!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Grid - Music For Dancing, May 16, 2011
This review is from: Music for Dancing (Audio CD)
A nice collection of different remixes of The Grid from their first three albums. And while there's little to find fault with in terms of the music itself, I do wish they'd included a few more mixes done by other people, as the Grid's own mixes tended to be merely extended dance versions. Where's the Brian Eno mix of "Heartbeat"? Or the Orb mix of "Crystal Clear"? Minor quibble, obviously -- the album is still plenty enjoyable, with the Andrew Weatherall mix of "Floatation" and Global Communication mix of "Rollercoaster" as the standouts.
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