Well I had to get around to answering this one :-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote...
>
>The categories are:
>ALBUMS [Top5] - COMPILATIONS [Top, um, 1] - TRACKS [Top10]
>
>Here goes then:
>
>ALBUMS:
>#5 HYBRID - Wide Angle
Agreed a great album, to me very reminiscent of the Chicane album - epic,
musical and just a bit soundtracky. And I like the french lyrics ;-)
>
>#1 - BT - Movement In Still Life.
>
And I thought you were a Leftfield man through and through...still a great
choice again. Sublime to the extreme, does far more with answering machine
messages than Prodigy or Fatboy Slim ever managed. "Yeah I wanna get wit'
U...I ain't never made no records, but I wanna get wit' U and make some
hits.....". And the way it builds up into Mercury & Solace...breathtaking...
OK, so what did you forget?
Well ... hmm....IMHO not a great year for artist albums. But Apollo440's
effort was worth a mention if only for the storming "Stop the Rock". And
does the Faithless album (Sunday 8pm) count for this year? Another fine
album from Rollo & the boys. Underworld's Beaucoup Fish was interesting,
although probably knocked out of the top 5.
>DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR:
>CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Surrender
>Sure, the 3 singles released have all been stunning top-of-the-pile Chems
stuff
>[as shown in the TRACKS chart]. Except for "Under The Influence", The rest of
>this is utter gash. "Dream On"?? "Asleep From Day"?? "Surrender"??. It's hard
>to belive this lot came from the same stable the brought us "Leave Home" and
>the almighty "Private Psychedelic Reel".
No doubt there. Or maybe it was Britney Spears' CD...only the one video??
It's not like I bought the thing for the damn music ;-)
>
>COMPILATION:
>Prodigy present THE DIRTCHAMBER SESSIONS VOLUME ONE.
An interesting choice. When does a compilation become an artist album in
it's own right? This has to be close to the line....if my memory servers me
the sleeve doesn't even list the tracks used (well not in any sensible
form). From a more traditional view of the compilation my money is on a
couple of amazing albums. First off as you mentioned is Global Underground,
really taking over this year with a whole series of great discs. The 2 Seb
Fontaine "Prototype" discs were great, but the best by far was Sasha
"Ibiza". Phenomenal, no other word for it. I guess one reason I like it was
that I was at noe of his sets @ Space this year....and although GU don't
actually record live the cd sure gets a lot of the atmosphere.
But my overall fave CD comp this year? Gatecrasher "Discotech". Great
choice of tracks, not too high on the cheese factor, and some great
lesser-known stuff. Mixing is impeccable (well it's easy in a
studio!)....if you want proof listen to the first 20 minutes of disc
2....trance at it's most uplifting.
>TRACKS [Not, only singles, album tracks too. Sometimes the real crackers
never
>make a single release]:
>
>#10 BLANK & JONES - Cream
>The only Ibiza style tune that really did much for me. One of the first, and
>still my favourite. Deserves to be remember more than most of the fluff from
>99.
Not bad...not the best.
>
>#9 - SUNSCREEM - Coda\Good Times
I wanna hear what you do to Coda ... :-)
>
>#5 - CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Out Of Control [Sasha Remix]
>#4 - CHEMICAL BROTHERS - Hey Boy Hey Girl
>You know these. HBHG speaks for itself [anthem anyone?]. Sasha does the
almost
>impossible and makes OOC even better. Top track, top remix.
>
I love HBHG but I have to say OOC never quite agreed with me. Sure the
Sasha mix is fine, but it doesn't really do it for me in quite the same way
as, say, Xpander.
>
>#2 - BEDROCK - Heaven Scent
>#1 - SASHA - Xpander
>Both absolutely stunning, blatant full-on dance tunes. Done, however with
copious
>amounts of class and sheer sexiness. I really couldn't decide which of these
>to make number 1, but I'll honour Sasha with it, just because Digweed and
Muir
>kept me waiting months before the actually released the damn thing so us mere
>mortals were able to get our paws on it.
>
I'd give it to Sasha, but because of the sheer quality of the other 3
tracks included in the double pack. Very very nice, lovely packaging, a joy
to own :-)
Now I'm going to chuck some more singles into the pot...but I won't try and
rank them:
M3 : Bailamos
Fragma : Toca Me
Planet Perfecto : Bullet in The Gun
BT : Mercury & Solace
Veracocha : Carte Blanche (Right year??)
Cascade : Transcend
Ayla : Angelfalls (Beautiful!)
Hybrid : Finished Symphony
Skip Raiders : Another Day
Airscape : L'Esperanza
Oudja : Never Tell
The Traveller & In Motion : Believe (Float away....)
Infra Red : Cover Me (!!!)
Nothing scientific in that list...just a quick trawl through my record
pile....hopefully some food for thought. And if you haven't heard the Ayla
track yet - get to it!
>
>GRATUTIOUS F--K OFFS:
>YOMANDA - Synths & Strings.
>The twat that did this pitiful money-grab is also responsible for Lolly [if
>you don't know; don't ask!]. Please revert to your previous job as a painter
>or whatever and leave the rest of us in peace.
>
Two times....
OK so here's where I own up - I quite like Yomanda, and for that matter
Southside Spinners, and even Alice Deejay. I draw the line at DJ Jean...but
there's nothing like a quick dose of "hand's in the air" every so often.
>
>
>The GALLUP CHART chart people, or whoever it was that decided on the shitty
>20 minute per CD single rule. Thus completely robbing us non-vinyl people of
>Bedrock's "Life Line", which wasn't allowed on their CDS.
>A CD single costing 4.49 is OK, yet a CD single with 21 minutes of music
isn't?
>Get a grip, we pay your wages.
>
That'd be CIN under great pressure from the major labels. Blame people like
Columbia & EMI who have little dance stuff under their main labels but a
whole lot of rock & Indie.
Have a good one...
Adam.
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