Back to Mine

Faithless

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ultra Records
• ASIN: B00005A0LB
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,239 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

• This item is part of The Back to Mine Series.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chill Out Bliss, March 25, 2001

By	Mark Chase (Hingham, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews

The Back to Mine Series has consisitently delivered smooth mixes of great downtempo music. Faithless' lives up to the reputation and more. Starting off as a family affair(Dido being Rollo's younger sister)we are greeted by Rollo's side project Dusted. This is effortlessly blended into the beautiful "Past" by Sub Sub. At this point, you know that you are in for a classic record. Faithless manage to cover all of the bases. Be it trippy Mushrooms by Marshall Jefferson vs. the Noosa Heads, or the soulful "Solo Flying Mystery Man" by Pauline Taylor. What binds all of the eclectic selections together is that they have soul. Far from some experimental ambient nonsense, this album continually delivers with quality laid back music. This is defined by Bent's I love my Man and Carl Craig's all time classic, Throw, under his paperclip people pseudonym. If you like this, check out Groove Armada's entry in the Back to Mine series or Nick Warren's rather hard to find, but well worth searching for, offering.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A smooth mix for that 4am eternal..., March 11, 2001

By	Richard Diaz (Centerville, OH United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Time to relax, is it? Those in the market for mellow will find the very definition open to wide interpretation. Soul, trip-hop, folk, and world beat, these influences form just the starting point for ideal chilling out, exploited never as thoroughly or thoughtfully as in the Back to Mine mixes.

"Back to Mine" roughly paraphrases as a retreat home after a hard night's clubbing. This series elbowed into the thoroughly marketed niches of British music in 1999, launching with world-class DJs Dave Seaman and Nick Warren at the record needle. America being slow on the uptake, we're just now received contributions from Danny Tenaglia, (overrated) Groove Armada, and now Faithless, with Everything But the Girl waiting in the wings.

But back to that notion of chillout music; whatever ethereal concept you may hold, there's no doubt that its essence is found in the playful melancholy of Dusted "Childhood" or within the blissful autumn magic of Sub Sub "Past." Taking a broader view, the droopy hip-hop of Marshall Jefferson Vs Noosa Heads "Mushrooms" and sample-based work of artists Bent and Alex Gopher evoke a sensible charm that carefully avoids too-kitch tendencies littering the scene.

Like every volume so far a few eclectic reaches are tossed in so critics can praise the "hip" factor - Paperclip People's screeching "Throw" certainly has no place on this plastic. Tasteful selection and smooth album flow, however, allow Faithless to squeeze even those square pegs into round holes. Listeners just found a smooth cocktail for that 4am eternal.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So good., March 12, 2003

By	Sarah_Aliza (New England, United States) - See all my reviews

This compilation is a great entry in the Back to Mine series. Sister Bliss and Rollo chose the tracks and wrote the liner notes. Pauline Taylor's (a regular Faithless contributer)song "Solo Flying Mystery Man" kicks .... I highly recommend this very relaxing cd to everyone.