Synthpop Club Anthems

Echo Image (Performer), The Echoing Green (Performer), Merge (Performer), Neuroactive (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2002)
• Original Release Date: May 30, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A Different Drum
• ASIN: B000068ODN
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #561,024 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Skulk - Skulkete Graebbi Mix by Icon of Coil (Echo Image)

2. Spellbound - Run Level Zero Mix (Moulin Noir)

3. Vast - SIX's Colossal Mix (New Clear Sky)

4. Autumn Leaf - Iris Mix (Merge)

5. Undertow - Dead Star Mix by Icon of Coil (Count to Infinity)

6. Emptiness Your Loneliness - Echo Image Remix (Sweep)

7. Control - Domination Mix (The Nine)

8. Defeat - DJ Ram Mix (Cosmicity)

9. Until You Say You Are - Iris Mix (System22)

10. Play - Club Mix (Neuroactive)

11. Picture On the Wall - Maxi Mix (KAJ)

12. Heart With a View - Echo Image Remix (The Echoing Green)

13. Beyond Here and Now - Intensified (Neuropa)

14. SKYInverted - Motions Through a Cosmos Mix (Blue October)

15. I Began to Hope - Maxi Mix (Wave In Head)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Danceable Synthpop At Its Best!, November 15, 2002

By 

K. Frazier "Objection!" (Orange County, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Synthpop Club Anthems (Audio CD)

Pure synthpop dance enjoyment! Although I've never been to a synthpop dance club, I can imagine that this CD is what would be playing. The compilation is packed with 79 minutes' worth of very upbeat remixes by a mixture of some of the more definitive names in synthpop (Echoing Green, Cosmicity, etc) as well as some relative newcomers (Sweep, Echo Image, etc).

If you like even a few of the artists on this compilation, I highly recommend picking up a copy because you will be exposed to a lot of other great material! I had never heard anything from New Clear Sky or Merge, but the two songs by these artists are easily two of my favorites on this album. The System22 song is another favorite, featuring the vocals of Reagan from Iris. And of course, the contributions from long-time artists such as Echoing Green, Cosmicity, and Neuroactive do not disappoint.

I'd say the style of music is pretty representative of the upbeat side of synthpop. If you enjoy Iris, Cosmicity, Echoing Green, Color Theory, Neuropa, etc, you would definitely like this album. These are all some of my synthpop favorites, and this compilation is one of my favorites from A Different Drum (given the 10 or so that I have by ADD). I bought the CD because 1) I really enjoy the Different Drum label's compilations, and 2) for the low price, it's a great bargain! The music on here is leagues beyond anything you'd hear on the radio.

Definitely worth the investment. A great CD for an intense workout or a fun drive on the highway, this CD is packed for a solid 79 minutes of synthpop goodness. Pop it in your CD player, turn up the volume, and dance!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Quite Good Idea Actually,, November 9, 2002

By 

D. H. Richards "ninthwavestore" (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Synthpop Club Anthems (Audio CD)

It is no secret that synthpop is one of those genres that gets stuck into a corner- not rock enough to the alt crowd, not "adult" enough for the Norah Jones crowd. Plus the fact that most of the music is "machine" driven further forces synthpop bands into a corner.

But by trying to invade a little acre of clubland synthpop has been able to stake out its own piece of the pie. Ok, enough with the metaphors. Here's the review-
Gotta love the Moulin Noir "Spellbound" mix, exciting, new wave flavoured (with a "u") dance pop.

"Vast" by New Clear Sky is a great song and the mix here just adds a cool ebm'ish feel. Same for Sweep, a great song that gets a harder edge.

In fact really all of the mixes here are truly club ready. If that takes them out of traditional 80s style synthpop, so be it. At least it breaths fresh air into the brain-dead club music one hears so often at 1 a.m.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I thought..., April 16, 2003

By 

D. Hansen "crichton007" (Riverton, UT) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Synthpop Club Anthems (Audio CD)

I ordered this CD off the strength of the title (because who doesn't love the classic club anthems?) and I was disappointed. While the songs do fit the description I was expecting more songs along the lines of Front 242's Headhunter or maybe even an Echoing Green song. Now I have a CD with mostly mediocre and a couple better-than-average synthpop tracks. It's nice to have but I don't feel it lives up to the hype.