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Before the Storm

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Debut album from Finnish artist whose lead single, 'Sandstorm', has become an international smash. Also includes the follow-up single 'Feel the Beat'. 11 tracks, including two remixes by JS16 of the two singles. 2001 release.

Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Sandstorm
  2. Burning
  3. Feel The Beat
  4. Out Of Control
  5. Touch Me Feel Me
  6. Calm Before The Storm
  7. Let The Music Take Control
  8. Drums Of New York
  9. The Flow
  10. Sandstorm (JS 16 Remix)
  11. Sandstorm (Superchumbo Sandy Storm Remix)
  12. Sandstorm (Darude vs. Orgy Astro American Remix)
  13. Feel The Beat ((JS 16 Dark Mix)
  14. Out Of Control (Vocal Mix)
  15. Out Of Control (Spectro Remix)


Product Details

  • Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Groovilicious / S.R.
  • ASIN: B00005CCBD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (96 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,782 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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This CD, anchored by two major hits "Sandstorm" and "Feel the Beat", is a perfect example of popular electronic synthesizer produced club music. There are three times and places that this CD is perfect.

First,this is sexual night-club music, with a repetitive driving beat that young'uns will groove to on the nasty sweaty dance floor.

Second, this is good driving music for long highway rides. Just be careful that the beat doesn't influence you to put a little too much pressure on the accelerator. The composition of most of the songs on the CD do not have complex movements, rather they are somewhat directionless, which makes them perfect for driving in boring landscapes. However they also are 'trance-like' so they could make you snooze unless you crank up the volume and roll down the windows and freeze your rear *** as you speed down the highway.

Third, and this is most relevant to an old fellow like me, the CD helps me get up and go when I have to sweep, mop, wash dishes, or fold laundry. It is amazing how the sexual driving-beat night-club music that kids in their 20's convulse to can make old dudes get up and go when there are household chores to get done.

So next time you have to dust the furniture or iron your laundry, put "Before the Storm" into your CD player, crank up the volume, and clean like a maniac!
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Walking into a local CD store the other day, I found a used copy of Darude "Before the Storm" on a clearance rack for $4.99. I hesitantly shelled over my five dollars and purchased my first Darude CD. Having once spent over $17 on Ian Van Dahl's CD "Ace", I am now terrified to buy DJ's with one outstanding track. More often than not in the electronica community, a DJ with a single will have about one good song, that being the single. I figured worst-case scenario, at least I would have Sandstorm on CD version.
How wrong I was. Putting on "Before The Storm" was trance bliss for over an hour. In fact, after several listening I would end up skipping Sandstorm and start the CD at "Burning", a track that outshines the first song quite a bit, in my opinion. Darude uses fast-paced, multilayered synthesized beats creating a very trance-y, overall hyped sound that really gets you moving or keeps you moving from Sandstorm.
Following "Burning," "Feel the Beat" resorts back to more of a Sandstorm-y sound. It's as if Darude is using his massive single as a template for this song. Nonetheless, it still is an awesome track and is unique in its own way. "Before The Storm" tops off with "Out of Control", my personal favorite track on the CD. "Out of Control" is the type of song that makes serotonin be secreted in trance lovers. It is hands down not only a better song than Sandstorm, but also a much more artistic and deep song. It is tied with my favorite songs in all of trance. Absolutely Amazing.
After OC, a fast paced song, Darude shows us his ambient side with "Touch Me Feel Me". Relatively speaking, this track is slow and chill, but fits into the CD nicely.
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Darude's Before the Storm is perhaps one of the greatest CD's I have ever had the pleasure of listening to. I had heard Sandstorm in clubs around my college, and decided to purchase the album hoping it wasn't just a one-hit wonder. Upon receiving it, this CD blew my mind with the songs Darude had compiled. This is an absolutely awesome CD with its collection of songs. All the songs are awesome, but especially 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10. This is an awesome CD for people who like to get up and dance. Trust me, take this to a party and have them play this, and everyone will be out on the floor dancing.
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By A Customer on October 23, 2000
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Darude's got a magic touch! Sandstorm sounds still very fresh even thought i've heard it thousand times... And Feel the beat, also a great tune...even better (if that is possible)?. The rest of the album is more typical dream trance techno... like van dyk. But still a solid album, worth checking, definitely. (This is better than van dyk's out there and back, my opinion.)
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It took me awhile to let "Sandstorm" grow on me. When I first heard that song I thought it was your stereotypical, cheesy trance song but the more I heard it the more I liked the song. Granted "Sandstorm" is cheesy and offers nothing new to trance junkies like me however it is one of those songs you just can't resist. The female vocals really a nice touch, especially on "Calm Before the Storm" which is one of my favorite songs off the cd. Now while I wouldn't rank Darude up there with say Paul Van Dyk, he certainly can hold his own and he certainly is a lot better than ATB. I certainly in the future he starts drifting away from the cheesy synth beats that gives trance music a bad name 'cause the music has a tendency to start sounding like one long continuous song.
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Amazon.com accidently sent this version of the CD to me when I ordered the standard one. This CD contains four additional tracks...two more "Sandstorm" mixes and two more "Out Of Control" mixes. Musically this is great BUT this CD is COPY PROTECTED.
Now you might think I'm some loser to complain about copy protection but here's the problem:
1) The CD won't play on any of my computers. I listen to all my music on the computer.
2) The CD wouldn't play on my older Aiwa system! This is my primary stereo and it wouldn't play!
3) The CD wouldn't play on my JVC boom box.
I did get the CD to play on my tiny Aiwa shelf system (it is newer). I also got it to play on my GoVideo DVR 5000 DVD/VCR unit. But as far as I'm concerned, being limited on where I can play my CD makes it worthless! Sorry Darude, I like your music but I'm getting my money back!
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