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The CD that started it all is by far the worst of the series

guillermoj | Washington, DC United States | 08/24/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Upon my one and only visit to Ibiza a few years back, I was blow away by the "discovery" (for me at least) of the Cafe del Mar series, at the time helmed by Jose Padilla. I went to a great music store where a little old Spanish lady came up to me and asked me if I was looking for "chill-out", "house" "trip-hop" and I almost died laughing. Don't judge a book by its cover as she knew so much more than I did about music.Notwithstanding my story, the point is that I truly value people's feedback on Amazon.com and I like to contribute when I really like something or the polar opposite. Here unfortunately I have to report, that the first of the famous series is abysmal. No variety, distinctiveness, and even a general sense of doom rather than the warmth that this series generally generates.One could argue that the fact that it's not filled anything distinctive should not necessarily be a bad thing as many projects have a different agenda. Unfortunately, even critics of the series who see it only as background noise, would have a point here. It gets worse as I found myself not even being able to have it in the background as the music is not enjoyable or soothing. If you like the series, I love volume 3,4,5,6,7, and now 9. Volume 8 was Bruno's first effort after CDM and Jose Padilla parted ways and it did not quite do it for me, but Volume 9 shows much promise."

Some of the best music I have ever heard!!!!

08/28/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have now got the full collection all 6 CD's . I think it is a must for anyone's music collection to have at least one (my favourite being No.5)"

A great collection, a great cd!

guillermoj | 04/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If i was on a desert island i would like to have this collection, the best music i ever heard, if you buy it you won't regret!"