Good house set, pure cheese clog trance mix
Richard Diaz | 09/02/2001
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Ah, to heck with credibility, some times you just want a heaping plastic chunk of McTunes, and that's precisely what British corporate club culture does best. The Ibiza Annual, Cream Ibiza, Club Mix Ibiza 2001, MTV Ibiza, Renaissance Ibiza, Best Ibiza Anthems Ever 2001, and (finally) Clubber's Guide to Ibiza are all available for summer round-up of the peak dance season. Truth be told, 90% of the tracks on all of these are from the same assembly line; the difference lies in slight customer preferences for speed and pop-factor amongst the housey-trancey lot. So what's included? Lightweight disco fluff "Another Chance" by Roger Sanchez owes royalties to Daft Punk, Kings of Tomorrow "Finally" arrives in the original (best) mix, kicking off the top block of disc one: familiar dance cookie "Drifting" by Mojolators and smooth downtempo curves Raven Maize "The Real Life" and Full Intention "I'll Be Waiting". Lurking near the end are Smokin Jo's rated "Yan U" and Brother Brown's "Star Catching Girl" albeit in an lesser incarnation. Points off from an otherwise respectable hour for cheese clog "3-2-1 Fire" by Santos.As for the "Night Life" mix. Hmm. The worst trance set I've heard in a long, long time. Tall Paul vs INXS's "Precious Heart" is an embarrassment to the mere word, and inexplicably pitches up the vocal of Michael Hutchence. Cosmic Gate's "Fire Wire" probably rates as the worst single of the year. Pure pap on plastic, keep it in the case or irrevocably waste precious minutes of your life. So, a mixed bag as expected. One disc for groovin' on the beach, one for flinging into the ocean. But if you're curious about the latest trends in disposable dance culture, it does meet the requirements. 2.5 stars"
Good But Not Great
10/05/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Not as good as the 2000 compilation. CD 1 is light, disco-like house tracks with a similar feeling throught the entire cd. Personally, I did not enjoy it much. CD 2 is more like it, good energetic tracks connected by excelent mix work. Finally, I recommend this compilation but have to say that the MOS could do much better (for example Clubber's guide to Ibiza 2000)."