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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Strong contender for Coolest CD Ever Made, April 21, 2003
Seriously. This might be the coolest CD I've ever heard.Scooter are the best techno band going, in my mind, and it's ridiculous how few Americans have heard them. This album collects the singles and b-sides from their "second chapter" (defined by the third member of the band; in this era Axel Coon joined core members H.P. Baxxter and Rick Jordan). If you've never heard Scooter, this is about the best introduction you could get, but some of their best songs hide later on in their full-length albums and were never released as singles, and hence didn't make it onto this disc. "Ramp!" is a sweet song, but don't let it fool you: "Aiii Shot the DJ" is the real beginning of this CD. This one is in my top three techno songs, and if you have a friend who wants to know what Scooter is all about, this should be the first song you play them. In due course, you get the bombastic "I'm Your Pusher," techno ballad "She's the Sun," the great single mix of "F the Millennium," and "FASTERHARDERSCOOTER," which any Scooter fan will tell you is the coolest song ever. We're only a fourth of the way in at this point. There is not a bad or even average song on the entire album (though I'm not much of a fan of remixes and live recordings). Yes, the price is steep on all Scooter albums, but this one is a two-disc set and thus presents an especially good value. This is a collection of absolutely transcendant techno, and if you like this kind of music even the slightest bit you should scrounge up the money. Also look at "Back to the Heavyweight Jam," in my opinion the best all-around Scooter album.
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