Sampladelic Relics & Dancefloor Oddities

Deee-Lite

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 29, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002HKW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,079 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chill-Out with some great Beats!, February 8, 2002

By	"princess4twenty" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

If you think of Deee-Lite as funky with a twist of somethin' eighties- THINK AGAIN!!! This album is INCREDIBLE! Everyone I play it for wants to know who it is and how to get it. It's mostly DRUM & BASS remixes of good melodies with GREAT BEATS and excellent vocal samples from the orginals. If you like ANY techno and don't know what to buy or where to start- here's the place! I have listened to this CD so much I have had to replace it twice. Take me up on it- and if you don't like it you can replace my scratched copy! LOL.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Many a "Good Beat"., April 18, 2005

By	H3@+h (VT) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

It's your basic remix album, just good. I'm gonna guess casual fans can pass on this, and go for the hits disc. However, true fans of Deee-lite, or fans of electronica/dance music, may expierience a "Mind Melt" upon listening. None of the originals are really improved on, they're just much different. Some are nearly unrecognizable, some are slowed down or sped up quite a bit. This is surely full of good beats though, good samples, and it's a good 69 minutes long. If you're forever waiting on that Lady Miss Kier solo album, you know you need to pick this up.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best mixes...but it's Deee-Lite!, October 7, 2000

By	Richard A. Shidler "electronicaveronica" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Since there are 19 tracks, I'm just gonna go down the list and give a little opinion about each to save time:

Frenchapella - an edit of Lady Kier's french accent speech in "What Is Love" very cool and flows right into...

How Do You Say...Love - which is a fierce club mix of "What Is Love" but with a totally different feel and beat. It never brings you down.

Music Selector Is The Soul Reflector - A fabulous remix that could possibly even be better than the album version...possibly.

D.M.T. - A fun mix not unlike the original version, but it is a little different. It's fun, though, and that's what Deee-Lite is all about.

Mind Melt - original version. And yes, you too can "Move, groove...you can mind melt!"

Call Me - my least favorite track on here. It's incredibly monotonous and boring, and although six-and-a-half minutes isn't really a long time for a remix, this one just seems to never end.

Ozone Layer - a funky whacked out remix. Much better than the album version, imo, and there's a fun jungle beat halfway through.

Goodbeatapella - Very cool acapella of a verse of "Good Beat"

Good Beat - Not a very original mix, kind of - "blah"

Say Ahh... - a very trippy and fun mix, this one was definitely intended for the minds of ravers, it's mind-blowing (in a good way)

I Won't Give Up - a very cool remix of a cool song. Doesn't surpass the original, but gives it a fun new flavor.

Won't You Listen...- The intro to the song "E.S.P" - faboo!

Groove Is In The Heart - a nice interpetation of the original, breathes *some* new life into an old song.

Heart Be Still - another exciting remix, one of the stand-out tracks on the CD.

Lovapella - Kier singing loudly, "Open your heart!" and going into the chorus of...

Power of Love - A cool mix, the music in it is very dancey and cool, but there aren't enough vocals.

Runaway - an ok mix. It's alright once in awhile, but still not the original (the video for that was fierce!)

Bittersweet Loving - One of the best tracks on the CD. It's so much better than the album version, a lot more house-dancey than the original. "Loving...no bittersweet!" Kier proclaims in the intro, it's great!

Pussycat Meow - Aw! The original is still one of my favorite Deee-Lite songs, and this mix is fierce! It's heavy beats with someone scatting in the background with Lady Kier purring and meowing and saying "La-la-la-la" and "Oh-oh-oh." It's a fun and exciting ender to this Deee-collection.

So if you're into house beats, Deee-Lite, or Pussycat Meow, don't miss out!