Resident: Two Years Of Oakenfold At Cream [Import]

Paul Oakenfold | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 3, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00000ILM2
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Dance & DJ > Trance
  • #24 in Music > Imports > Dance & Electronic
  • #52 in Music > Dance & DJ > House

Track Listings

1. Mysteryland(Original Mix)

2. Butterfly(Tilt's Mechanism Mix)

3. Blue Fear(Extended Mix)

4. Shine(Full Vocal)

5. Someone(Original Vocal)

6. Nightmare(Sinister Strings Mix)

7. Sin City(Original Mix)

8. Dark And Long(Dark Train)(Original Mix)

9. Flash(Club Mix)

10. Netherworld(Club Mix)

11. Prophase(X-Cabs Remix One)

12. Vavoom!(Original Mix)

13. Everest(Mystica Mix)

14. The Prophet(Original Mix)

15. Summersault(Original Mix)

16. Wide Open Space(Perfecto Mix)

17. Rendevous(Tilyv Paul Van Dyk Quadraphonic Mix)

18. Everything's Not You(Quivver's Space Edit)

19. Children(Tilt's Courtyard Mix)

20. Skydive(Original Mix)

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1999 two CD set mixed by Paul Oakenfold as a parting giftafter two years as resident Saturday night DJ at the popularLiverpool nightclub Cream. 28 tracks, including grooves from Mansun, CJ Bolland, Underworld, BBE,Tilt and LSG. Comes packaged in a double

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oakey's best, August 28, 2000

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Kamran Khajavi-Nouri - See all my reviews

This review is from: Resident: Two Years Of Oakenfold At Cream (Audio CD)

I can not describe the absolute euphoria I felt when I saw this Double CD in a local music store. I have several other Oakenfold CDs but here are some reasons I like this one more than the others (although they are all excellent). 1.) The live crowd element is refreshing- hearing the crowd clapping as the music climaxes or yelling "Come on Paul" or "Oakie!" is really a nice touch. 2.) A nice number of vocals with Jan Johnston and others. "Shine", "Someone", "Wide Open Spaces", "Butterfly" are all great vocal songs. I still can not get over how beautiful of a song Shine is. 3.) BOTH CDs are great! Unlike most double CDs where you essentially listen only to CD2 and forget about CD1 I can honestly say I listen to both CDs equally. And some of my friends like CD1 more than CD2, some like CD2 more than CD1. This is rare when it comes to an album such as this. The only possible drawmback about buying this album is that there are a bunch of songs that you probably have heard on other cds ( I think a total of 4 alone from Tranceport, and at least 2 or 3 more from Global Underground New York). One more word of caution: as with any other Oakie CD try to listen to it the whole way through dont skip tracks. NEVERTHELESS, If you consider your self an Oakie fan you must have this. If you consider yourself a trance fan you must have this. If you consider yourslelf a music fan you must have this. Oakie the Trance God has delievered yet again.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oakenfold's Greatest Mixes, February 6, 2004

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Saint Santiago (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Resident: Two Years Of Oakenfold At Cream (Audio CD)

Trance will never be as huge as it was at the turn of the century. Trance music embodied the youthful optimism and adrenaline rush of technology, speed and spiritual evolution of Gen X'ers. Paul Oakenfold, already the world's #1 DJ, was spinning choons on all 6 cylinders when this Cream compilation was released. There are no throw away songs here! As you know, Cream is the UK's largest and most (in)famous dance club. If you are a DJ worth his/her salt, you will eventually wind up at Cream, with thousands of klubheads worshipping you with every song. Alas, trance went from underground to mainstream and finally in the graveyard of pop. Oakey, with his herrendous "Bunkka" album in 2001, has unfortuanetly gone the way of commercialism, now spinning Justin Timberlake and Kid Rock remixes, thus paving the way for DJs who produce sub-standard, self-ingratiating music. "2 Years @ Cream" harkens back to days when trance was pure entertainment and brain-massaging rhythms, not cheesy, senior-prom inanity. I still play Tilt's "Butterfly" at clubs and parties and it still brings down the house, even though the song was written in 1997. You will find a lot of classics from bomb-labels, like Kinetic, Hooj, Xtravaganza, and more. I also highly recommend "Another World" and especially "Travelling". Also, a word to the wise...don't pay over-inflated prices for these CDs on Amazon or Ebay. Go to the GEMM music database online or shop around at your local indy record store and I am sure you can find this great set at an affordable price.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfecto, August 4, 2000

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Andrew M. Schirmer "violist/student" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Resident: Two Years Of Oakenfold At Cream (Audio CD)

The "DJ" title conjures up two images, fitting two different types of people. One is a recluse who tweaks and fiddles with his equipment in the basement creating strange bleeps and blurbs (a la Mike Paradinas or Luke Vibert). The other is the "Honey, get my Maserati, we're late for the gig" type. Paul Oakenfold is one of the latter (more or less), and many of his detractors constantly accuse him of laziness...this set is here to prove all wrong.

"Resident" is the perfect mix album, a true span of styles and a great mix of diverse artists. Here we have tried and true club favourites next to more underground tunes. Detractors will cite the use of old songs as a sign of laziness. This set is intended to be a retrospective! Songs like "Dark & Long," "Someone," "The Prophet" are all well-worn club favourites; but all had their place in Oakey's two-year tenure at Cream. The set is mixed creatively and flawlessly...this is no track-after track compilation...each disc flows as it's own groove. If you've never been introduced to the wonderful world of Oakenfold...this is the best way. "Tranceport" is just a "let's show the Yanks some bangin' trance" compilation, but this...this shows what the man can really do and why he is where he is today. The best dance compilation of 1999, period.