Ultra Trance 04

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B0002OOUSM
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,015 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Paul van Dyk - Connected (Motomix 05)

2. Angel City - Touch Me (Rank 1 Remix)

3. Plummet - Cherish The Day (Antillas Remix)

4. O-Zone Dragostea Din Tei (Almighty Remix)

5. Hard in Tango - This Is My DJ

6. Jordan James - Livin' On A Prayer

7. Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes (Armin van Buuren Universal Religion Remix)

8. 4 Strings - Turn It Around (Extended Mix)

9. Above and Beyond - No One On Earth (Gabriel and Dresden Remix)

10. Andain - Beautiful Things (Gabriel & Dresden Unplugged Radio Edit)

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Deepsky - Talk Like A Stranger (Original)

2. Ti'sto - Obession

3. Age of Love - Age of Love (Marco V Remix)

4. Armin van Buuren - Blue Fear 2004 (Solid Globe Remix)

5. Randy Katana - One Solid Wave

6. Jas Van Houten - Loco Love

7. Kane - Rain Down On Me (Ti'sto Remix Edit)

8. White Room - White Room

9. Interstate - I Found U

10. Dave Seaman presents Group Therapy - My Own Worst Enemy

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Ultra _______ ever!, October 22, 2004

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Doctor Trance (MA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultra Trance 04 (Audio CD)

I've never purchased an Ultra anything CD, partly because of the commercial feel of them, with many current trance anthems thrown in with junk fillers. They don't even tell you who mixed them on the CD notes. I've heard them as friends of mine had them, but nothing ever motivated me to purchase one. I finally broke down and bought Ultra Trance: 4 (which Amazon incorrectly lists as Ultra Trance 04 -- there is no zero in front of the four anywhere on the CD packaging).

I was pleasantly surprised to find lots of great trance, with some commercial bangers in there with great, not so easy to find, hard Euro trance. Disc 1 is your mainstream, commercial trance, with some of the past years dance floor and dance radio smashes, including tracks by Plummet, Angel City, Paul Van Dyk, Motorcycle, and Ferry Corsten. Disc 2 brings in some lesser known tracks which were not found on many other US trance cd's like lots of tracks on Disc 1 are. I have a lot of them already from getting some great import CD's, but it's nice to have them all here on a US release.

Disc 1 does have some flubs, with the awful O-Zone track, a bad Bon Jovi remake, and my least favorite 4 strings release to date, Turn it Around. The only two things I can fault on Disc 2 is that Obsession by Tiesto is getting on in age now, and they could have included a more current track of his, or of somebody else; and Age of Love has had too many remixes lately, and after hearing Tony De Vit's previously unavailable remix of it, on his Are You All Ready compilation CD released last year, all other Age of Love remixes pale in comparison.

With only 12 tracks per disc, you are getting a lot of longer mixes, however they do chop a few songs up, most notably, arguably the best track on Disc 2, I Found You by Interstate, only gets a measly 3 minutes plus.

One other note, I am not sure if most people know, but Jes is on here 3 times! She is the singer from Motorcycle, and she also sings Deepsky's Talk Like a Stranger, and D:Fuse's Living the Dream. I believe these 3 tracks and her other song with D: Fuse Everything With You, are her only 4 tracks to date, but I can't wait for more.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Much-Needed Return to Form., September 17, 2004

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultra Trance 04 (Audio CD)

Following the disappointing volumes 2 and 3, Ultra Records gets its groove back on "Ultra Trance 4," a surprisingly consistent collection of 2 discs featuring the latest trance anthems. The more mainstream first disc has readily familiar names and titles, ranging from Paul Van Dyk's "Connected," Jordan James souped up cover of the Bon Jovi hit "Livin' on a Prayer," Plumment's cover of the Sade tune "Cherish the Day," and 4 Strings' explosive "Turn it Around." The mood gets a bit darker on the second disc, where we get more instrumental tracks and fewer vocals. Key selections are the bouncy "White Room," Jas Van Houten's energetic "Loco Love," and "Age of Love." Just when I thought it was safe to write off this series, Ultra Records comes back strong with two winning CDs on "Ultra Trance 4" that should find a welcome home in most dance collections. It's a safe bet that they'll be getting some rotation in my stereo for a while.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Ultra Trance album so far!!, March 11, 2006

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Jenny "jenny" (New York City, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ultra Trance 04 (Audio CD)

I purchased every Ultra album that's out there and the Ultra Trance cds lacked trance, especially Ultra Trance 3, which was more dance. With artists such as Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten and Armin Van Buuren (who are my favorites),this album was outstanding. Disc 1 is more lighter, vocal trance, with Disc 2 being more darker and longer songs with little or no vocals. My favorite songs on Disc 1 are as follows: Touch Me, This is my DJ, a remarkable remix of As The Rush Comes, It's Time, and It's Gonna Get You. Disc 2: Talk Like A Stranger, Obsession, Blue Fear 2004, Loco Love, and I Found You. I highly recommend this album to anyone who is a fan or wants to purchase a trance cd for the first time!!!!