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POOR EXCUSE TO CASH IN USING "SEX AND THE CITY"

Claude Bouchard Jr. | Frederick, MD | 03/24/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The only reason I can see why this album is out is because somebody wanted to find a way to cash in on the HBO series "Sex And The City". Track #7, "You Got The Love" by The Source feat. Candi Staton was apparently featured prominently during the closing credits of the last episode of the series (at least according to the sticker that is screaming this information to you from the front of the CD wrapper!). So, instead of issuing the track as a single, EMI thought they could make more money by issuing a gay-oriented compilation. Though I don't agree with their marketing ("Let's sell this to gay guys 'cuz, hey, it's 'Sex & The City', and you just KNOW they're gonna buy it!"), I can see why they had to resort to doing so: "You Got The Love" is just an OK track that's really a bit too weak to stand on its own.



So what do you get for your money? Not much, really. This disc is an unmixed CD consisting mostly (though not entirely) of short radio versions. For example, "Armed And Extremely Dangerous" by First Choice clocks in at a whopping 2:48...could they spare it? If you can't give us at least the album version or the 12" single version, why not scrap it altogether? The only solid tracks are the until-now incredibly hard to find extended John Luongo remix of "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste Of Honey, as are "Gonna Get Over You" by France Joli and the two Hi-NRG tracks from the 80's (but even then, only one of these is a long version). The rest is garbage, particularly the Geri Halliwell track, "G.A.Y." which is not only dumb, but rather condescending as well. A cheap marketing ploy if there ever was one!



Avoid this piece of rubbish. There are so many other dance compilations out there (whether gay-oriented or not) that do a MUCH better job of providing you decent versions of quality tracks."