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- Artist: Waldeck
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- Release Date: September 21, 1999
- Total Time: 68:17
- Genre: Electronica
Review
The remix album that accompanied a brilliant debut, Balance of the Force Remixed features ten remixes of album tracks, four by the Mushroom Dive alias of Klaus Waldeck himself. (Though Waldeck's re-interpretations are uniformly solid, it's clear he took the right versions for the LP itself.) Meanwhile, Thievery Corporation alter "Defenceless" slightly (from R&B to lounge), Uptight turn "Slaapwagen" into a dubwise hip-hop track, and the Rocker's Hi-fi version of "Wake Up" is a spare percussion jam with echoing vocals. The 11th track here is a suitably sublime cover of the quintessentially knowing Bond theme "You Only Live Twice" (originally voiced by Nancy Sinatra) which only hints at the obligatory carpet of strings. Interesting for the already converted, but definitely a companion piece. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Northern Lights (Lyrics) | Waldeck | (5:08) | |
| Defenceless | Thievery Corporation | (4:50) | |
| Slaapwagen | Waldeck | (6:42) | |
| Spy Like an Angel (Lyrics) | Waldeck | (5:36) | |
| Wake Up | Thomas Morris, |
Rockers Hi-Fi | (7:22) |
| Defenceless | Fauna Flash | (6:41) | |
| Children of the Ghetto | (8:18) | ||
| Aquarius | James Rado, Galt MacDermot | Waldeck | (5:26) |
| Defenceless (Lyrics) | Waldeck | (5:00) | |
| Wake Up (Lyrics) | Thomas Morris, |
Waldeck | (8:46) |
| You Only Live Twice | John Barry, Leslie Bricusse | Waldeck | (4:28) |
