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Dance Nation, Vol. 7

 
Album Review: Dance Nation, Vol. 7
 

Review

The seventh Dance Nation mix featuring Brandon Block and Tall Paul still suffers from the same problems plaguing preceding releases in the series -- and all of the Ministry of Sound albums, in fact. Once again, the song lengths get cut short in favor of cramming extra songs on the album, and once again you get the feeling that these DJs don't really get much creative control over their overplayed, commercial track selections. But looking past these issues -- which most fans of the series will no doubt do -- there is a lot of great music here, beginning with the Artful Dodger's "Movin Too Fast (Bump & Flex Vocal Mix)" and B15 Project's "Girls Like Us." These two tracks in particular start things off on a positive note with their uplifting garage tendencies and vocal hooks. From there, the obvious filler causes problematic lulls throughout the two sets, but a few other moments stand out as highlights: the post-modern updates on Micheal Jackson's "Off the Wall" and Bob Marley's vocals, the pop-dance of Eddie Amador and ATB, and the smoking trance run of Timo Maas' "Der Schieber (Rapid Eye Mix)" into Trancesetters' "Roaches" into Oliver Lieb's "Subraumstimulation (Sander Kleinenberg Remix)" into Durango '95's "Drum Decay." In the end, Ministry of Sound still cuts their tracks short and feature uninspired mixes, but this is one of the better mixes they put out in 2000. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Movin' Too Fast [Bump & Flex Vocal Mix] The Artful Dodger (3:26)
Girls Like Us [Original Mix] (2:55)
Do It to Me Again [Jazz-N-Groove Club Mix] Thea Austin, Marc Pomeroy Soulsearcher (3:39)
Must Be the Music [Club Mix] D. Lee Taka Boom, Joey Negro (3:09)
The Time Is Now [DJ Plankton Mix] Mark Brydon, Róisín Murphy Moloko (3:19)
Believe [Ministers Club Mix/Ministers Beats] Jocelyn Brown, Erick "More" Morillo, Jose Nunez, Harry "Choo Choo" Romero Jocelyn Brown, Ministers de La Funk (4:08)
Is It Love? [Original Mix] Deodato, Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, Roland Bell, Noel Burgess Chili Hi Fly (2:40)
I Got This Feeling [G-Club Classic Vocals Remix] D.R.S. Baby Bumps (4:22)
Off the Wall (Enjoy Yourself) [Pussy 2000 Club Mix] Wisdome (3:52)
It's Over [Time Deluxe Dub] Astrotrax (3:23)
Rise [Bini & Martini Dub Mix] (2:39)
Fool for Lov E [M&S Y2k Klub Mix] (4:19)
Somthing's Goin On [Original Mix] (4:16)
Rainbow Country [Funstar's Club Mix] Bob Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry Bob Marley (3:48)
Slice of da Pie [Sharp Double Dub Remix] Mousse T Monie Love (2:50)
Hazin' & Phazin' [Lab Rat's Runkin' with Choo Choo Mix] The Choo Choo Project (2:22)
Rise [Future Schock Trackhead Mix] Eddie Amador Eddie Amador (3:33)
Return of Nothing [Original Mix] Mark Picchiotti Sandstorm (5:40)
Killer [Killer 2000 Mix] Adam Tinley ATB (2:50)
I'm in Love [Ferry Corsten/Robert Smith Remix] Ferry Corsten, Robert Smit Starparty (3:08)
I Feel Love [R.A.F. Zone Mix] Mauro Picotto, Andrew Remondini CRW (3:19)
Destiny Calls [4 to the Floor Mix] Julian Napolitano, Darren Pearce JDS (2:56)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Happiness (My Vision Is Clear) [Original Mix] Gianni Bini Bini & Martini (2:50)
Hell [Funk Force Baked Mix] King Unique (2:43)
In Space Fatty Acid (2:33)
Re Rewind the Crowd Say Bo Selecta [Sharp Addiction to DTPM Dub] The Artful Dodger (3:06)
Zoe [Timo Maas Mix] Sam Paganini Paganini Traxx (3:03)
Pitchin' (In Every Direction) [Original Mix] Judge Jules, Paul Masterson Hi-Gate (4:41)
Sound of Bamboo [Yomanda Vs Hi-gate Mix] Flickman (3:30)
Home Again [Original Mix] Remy Unger DJ Remy (3:07)
Horny Horns [Joe Fandango Mix] Mac Zimms Perfect Phase (4:36)
A9 T. House, D. Zeebedee Ariel (4:21)
Angel [Club Mix] D. Hastik, Ralph Fridge Ralph Fridge (5:06)
Dr Schieber [Rapid Eye Remix] Timo Maas (5:31)
Roaches [Original Mix] Dobre, Jamez Trancesetters (4:18)
Subraumstimulation [Sander Kleinenberg Remix] Oliver Lieb (4:04)
Drum Decay (4:31)
Freebase Tall Paul Newman Tall Paul (6:20)
African Soul Anthem [Atlantis I.T.A. Remix] Dennis Lanni, Andrea Doria (3:49)
It's Too Late [Original Mix] Flat 6 (3:48)
(Welcome) To the Dance, Pt. 1 Des Mitchell (4:19)

Credits

Bob Marley (Performer), Monie Love (Performer), Tall Paul (Mixing), Brandon Block (Mixing), Eddie Amador (Performer), Baby Bumps (Performer), Bini & Martini (Performer), Ralph Fridge (Performer), Chili Hi Fly (Performer), DJ Remy (Performer), The Choo Choo Project (Performer), King Unique (Performer), Des Mitchell (Performer), Perfect Phase (Performer), Fatty Acid (Performer), Steve Canueto (Mixing Producer), Dave Turner (Mastering)
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