Search - Various Artists :: Dancestar Radio Hits 2004

Nice Unmixed CD Full Of Hits

emochris9 | Atlanta, GA USA | 04/24/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The first CD from the world's largest mainstream dance award ceremony, Dancestar Radio Hits 2004 features one floor-filler after another. 5,000 people attended 2003's award show in Miami, 800 million watched it on television worldwide, and Dancestar's licensing department seems all the stronger because of it. These are all big hits from the mainstream side of dance, there's no cheating there, but they are unmixed and almost all presented in their shorter "radio edits". If that doesn't matter to you, dig in. Plenty of the tracks appropriate pop tunes and turn them into giant anthems. Angel City cop a bit of Ready for the World's "Oh Sheila", LMC use U2's "With Or Without You" as a foundation, and Dannii Minogue takes the better part of Madonna's "Into the Groove". The influence of electro and electro-clash is strong with Benny Benassi, Tocadisco, and Ferry Corsten all adding some much needed grit to the collection. Punk Division's take on the White Stripe's "Seven Nation Army" and the Crystal Method's "Born Too Slow bring the disc to a rocking and stomping finish."