Advantages: A great relaxation Album Disadvantages: Erm, some awful songs
I like to try new things out, listen to new genres of music and watch different styles of movies. I did not by any means of the word 'chillout', actually think it would be an album that I would listen to or rather relax to for many hours, but to my great surpise it is. I am 16 going on 17, the fact that I am listening to 'chillout' music is a great shock, i thought it was only the type of music that overweight management executive yuppy types endure or rather enjoy, i was wrong.
This album contains songs made famous by many influential artists and groups. For example it contains songs by bands such as Westlife (Flying Without Wings) although i absolutely loath the band and to be quite honest the song too and The Corrs (Runaway, Erin Shore) and artists such as Enya (May It Be) and Charlotte Church (Carrickfergus). The actual people who ...
packet was Moby’s ‘Play’ shamefully last year, I was on a mission. Along with a few other dance compilation CD’s (there are some good tunes out there at the minute) I opted for mellowness, with my disappointment of ‘The Chillout Sessions’ (see a previous opinion) I listened to this CD with a certain level of shall we say caution. Imagine my horror when I got my nice new CD home, ready to be enthralled I placed it into my stereo and nothing, it didn’t work! Another trip to Woollies, the third of the day and the second returned CD I wasn’t a happy bunny. Off I trundled home and sat down preparing myself for the music…
Anticipating something much along the same lines of the disappointing ‘Chillout Sessions’ I was pleasantly surprised, this album blew me away, which is something ...
Most of the time, you will stumble upon "Chillout" music in refined boutiques, shopping malls, and even garden-centres.
They are often supported by a flimsy platform, with bright yellows tags that read "the ultimate chillout" - "put your feet up"... well you know... that kind of high-market overdramatic snobbery.
What I am saying here is that the tag "chillout" music pretentiously implies it's core function, without consideration for the artists from whom the source material originated from.
"Tranquil Chillout", yet another ostentatious title, is a rare compilation by performers Oliver Gillespie, Paul Cheneour, John Hartley, George Raphael, Mike Vickerage, Oliver Chung, Geraint Hughes, Christian Lacroix and Chris Glassfield.
The whole oeuvre is divided into 3 CDs, each containing 5 tracks, totalling to a number of 15 tracks ...
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