Customer Reviews

Ultra Dance 11

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Ultra Dance 11, while an improvement from the one disc UD10...still has many flaws. This CD is extremely commercial...which would be fine if it wasn't so commercial to the point that there are original pop tracks included. Circus and My Life Would Suck Without You in their original forms?! What was Ultra thinking? If your gonna include these tracks at least include them in remixed form...not the originals...they slow down and destroy the flow of the album..."Down" and "Fireburning" are alright because the original version of the Sean Kingston track is worlds above any of it's terrible remixes...and Down serves as a good intro...however why not have that one remixed as well? There are many remixes for it.

Much of what is on Disc 1 was included on "Now That's What I Call Club Hits", so much so that you would think Ultra is trying to copy them.

Disc 2 is a major improvement. However, tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, and 12 have all been featured on previous Ultra titles! Ultra has to understand that in order to keep it's loyal customers happy they have to have some variation on their releases. The Kim Sozzi track has been featured on Just Dance 2, Ultra 2010, Club Anthems 2, and now this. The Honorebel track suffers from the same syndrome. Ultra please do not keep repeating your track lists.

Which brings me to my next point...."Love Is Gone"?!?!?! That track is like 3 years old! Why oh why?! Why not include something off Guetta's new album? It just seems random and weird that it would be included....

All in all, this album will satisfy the casual listener, but for those looking for more underground anthems I recommend Club Anthems 2. I get all the Ultra compilations, but I feel like I need to express what is wrong with the latest releases. The best comps they have put out recently are Ultra Chilled 06 and Ultra Electro 3, check those out.

I used to respect Ultra's compilations but lately they have been very disappointing to me. The only reason I even bought the lasts ones is because I was showing my respect for them and commitment. Secretly though I felt dumb buying the CD's because I really was not excited for the tracks. I was hoping they were going through an uncreative period, which everyone has a right to go trough in their lifetime, and then get back into it like before. Buying the CD's I hoped that they would see I am committed to them on whatever they do. I always went with Ultra because with them I don't remember the radio exists. Now with this CD, might as well just listen to the radio and hear the same songs for free.

If you have never before bought anything from Ultra Dance then I suggest you buy the old compilations because even though the songs might be "old" at least you still get DANCE music in them, and they are good enough mixes that they are still fun to listen to.

**I honestly think the last Ultra Dance you should buy for your music collection should be ULTRA DANCE 08. I personally love CD2.**

aBOUT mE: I've been listening to electronic music for ten years now and have been fed with European compilations because there just have not been good enough American compilations. Ultra gave me hope that things will change soon on that but if they are going to become sell-outs then there is really no point to keep supporting them.
I gave them TWO stars just because at least they kept some of the few good names we can all count on like Tiesto, Cascada, Fedde Le Grand....

Ultra Dance HAS returned from that dismal UD10, in that it's better. However, let's be honest: they're FAR from the time when I looked forward to every release, when every release was better than candy to a kid. What's more interesting, they've put ALBUM versions of certain songs.... tsk tsk tsk. For me, Ultra is starting to go WAY past it's prime with the inclusion of short hip-hop/rap songs on their "dance" comps; only Ultra Trance and Weekend remain untouched by this ghastly affair. There is a fair bit of those songs here, though significantly less than Ultra 2010, which makes it an improvement. They also finally return to length, with one 7 minute, and a few 6 minutes, offset by at least 2 songs less than 3(!) minutes, and numerous 3-4 minute songs. That's okay; most of those short songs need to be short. Once again, however, there are a number of repeats from other, more recent installments, and one repeat that hasn't been seen in over 2 years (Love is Gone). Now, the music itself has significantly improved; these are pretty good. Overall, it really is an okay album; it's just that I no longer expect good things from Ultra Records, and while this album is pretty good, it's neither surprising nor awe-inspiring; it doesn't change my opinion.

I bought this at Target for $7.99 (on sale). I was like, "what the hell? 2 discs for $8." Maybe that's why I'm so lenient...
It won't satisfy the masses that they gained from earlier UD installments, but they shouldn't lose anymore... or at least not as much as with UD10.

I find the series as a whole enjoyable, and this is definitely a relatively strong showing for them. Some releases are spotty, but this one had a good number of songs that I liked on it. As other reviewers point out, after buying several of the dance mix albums from different series, you get a fair bit of overlap, but I still found it to be a good album for the mainstream pop dance mix genre.

This is the absolute bottom of the barrel for Ultra and any of their records. The mixing is on a second-grade level of talent, and the song selections are just abysmal. DJ Enferno should never be allowed near a mixing booth again, ever. The songs jump randomly with no smooth beat transitioning at all. This is absolute dreck and anyone who purchases this is flat-out wasting their money on mainstream pop garbage being passed as dance music.

I tend to agree with those who spent their time giving their thoughts on the
subject. I usually like a 'mixed' nicely version of artists who help make the
trance world what it is. I remember the FIRED UP! Series, great music good beat, great mixes, then came number 3, and tanked! Commercialization and all
those darn legal issues destroyed the flow of mixing. I won't buy this CD and
I give it a 1 star. Until the powers at be, get their tuchus out of their
heads, and put commercialization on TV and Internet only, let the artists and
DJ's remix and make a great DANCE CD/MP3 collection to dance and let yourself
go.

If not, those corporate idiots won't learn a thing, except losing their jobs
when complaints get high enough to decide to find another corporate idiot to
make another product that sells.

Ultra.Trance and Ultra.Dance in the past made great music mixes, but if they do
not listen to the people, then the people will not buy the 'junk' music. Trust me on this, but few people do, and few people will buy that series and will
bankrupt the corporate machine.

Until the "ULTRA" series get back on track, put quality dance club mixes back
where they belong on their disks and MP3's and keep commercialization OUT OF
THE CLUB, the better profits will be for everyone. Money to raise to keep the
club going and the ones who enjoy the music. Let's go for WIN, WIN, and WIN! :)

Ultradance 11 is no different from any of the past they've put out. Tons of tracks at least 9 months to a year and a half behind the curve. And what's up with all the non-remixed tracks? Many of these tracks on this edition belong in the regular top 100 category. At least remix the pop and R&b tracks..Sighs..

Ultra Dance 11 is out and is back in form, mostly. Aside from the inclusion of album versions of some pop/hip-hop songs, one has to admit that there are some big remixes on this 2 CD set. You get over 5 minutes of the Cahill Remix of "Obsessed" by Mariah Carey, over 7 minutes of the fantastic Dave Aude Mix of "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga and over 5 minutes of the Digital Dog Remix of "Please Dont Leave Me" by P!nk along with other great songs.

I would recommend getting this cd along with Thrive's latest dance comp, "Dance Nation". Both CDs offer great remixes and personally, I like both of them.

Great mix of Pop and Dance! They used alot of commercial tracks, but they at least picked the good commercial ones!

Disc 1 is a Great mix of Dance Music, may be the best Ultra Dance yet. Disc 2 was mediocre at best.