MTV's AMP

MTV Amp (Series)

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 6, 1997)
• Original Release Date: May 6, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B000003RZK
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,317 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST electronic compilations, December 25, 2002

By	Nicolas Agudelo "Nicolas Agudelo" (Bogotá D.C., Colombia) - See all my reviews

First that all, Im an electronic music fan from Colombia. I remember that my first SERIOUS contact with electronic music was the AMP TV show, via cable television, way back to 1996. In south america, just like in the U.S. the fresh new sound of the AMP TV show captivated a lot of people like me. And just like in the U.S., here in Colombia, finding good quality electronic music was a lot harder than now...

So when this CD came out, I ordered it in a music store that worked with imports, and WOW... even now after six years, few discs on my collection have the ammount of quality that this one has. It has the biggest artists in electronic music, as well as some of their most famous tracks. Of course, this cd may not appeal to the "bang-bang-boom-boom" techno-fans, because every track on this album is pure flowing style. Real quality. Buy it NOW.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An artifact of '97 Electronica, February 11, 2000

By A Customer

It's funny, in looking back at this CD, I feel some peculiar nostalgia in listening to what folks in 1997 believed was the future of music.

As for the content, there are some essentials. Underworld's "Pearl's Girl" still melts my cortex with its synth line that ebbs like amniotic fluid. The tracks by Photek and Apex Twin are still great abstract electronica(see the Mille Plateaux label for further excursions.) There are also some overproduced misfires like the Chemical Brothers remix of "Voodoo People and the Chrystal Method's work that sounds like Musak for future "extreme sports" commericals(whoops! it did.)

Overall, Amp marks a time when MTV had this brief period of innovation before the advent of the Boy Bands and Total Request Live.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but limited, March 21, 2000

By A Customer

The only gripe I have about this CD is the same ritual with MTV; They edit and shorten some of the best songs!. It's got great mmusic though. Prodigy, The Crystal Method and Apex twin have some of the best stuff on AMP.