BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2005 - Various Artists

Advantages: 8 good tracks
Disadvantages: 20 bad tracks

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who Is Pete Tong? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pete Tong is a British DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. Pete is 47 (born July 1960), Pete was born in Dartford, England. In 1981 Pete made his first appearance on BBC Radio 1, he had a 15 minute slot on Peter Powell's show where he played some of the newest dance tunes. Pete then went on to host the Essential Selection on BBC Radio , this was broadcasted on Friday nights between the hours of 6 pm - 9 pm. Pete also hosts another show on BBC Radio 1 called Pete Tong In New Music We Trust, this show is aired on Thursday nights from 9pm - 10 pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The CD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title - Pete Tong Essential Collection - Mixed By Pete Tong Number Of Discs - 2 Number of Tracks - 28 (14 on each CD) Artists - Various Artists - Compilation CD Genre - Dance, RnB, Hardcore... Read review

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Advantages: Relaxing story telling music with a bit of heart
Disadvantages: Too boring

...OK album, with a nice mix of different artist most of which i have never hear of before. As you can probably tell I'm not usually into this kind of music but being someone always looking to expand my musical horizons, I thought i would give it a go but was not too impressed. Most of the songs featured were not too impressive, many of which sounded very boring and generic for the genre. Track 15, Green Fields of France - Furey & Davey Arthur was probably one of the most impressive tracks on the album; this song featured delicately sung lyrics and an impressive story which i think is based on world war 2. Some of the other tracks were almost up to this standard but were too boring and didn't catch my attention.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Variations of well known songs.
Disadvantages: none

...Brill album, much better than the first Radio one live lounge album. All tracks have been previously played on the radio one live lounge with Joe Willie, but I never get a chance to listen to them all first time they are on the radio, so its nice to hear them all. Some tracks really funny and are all by well-known artist's. The artists and bands either record alternative recordings of there own songs or ones by other artists, which is really interesting. I really love the Amy winehouse - Valerie its a slower version and is really good. It features allot of the top 40 bands and gives you a chance of hearing unusual tracks that you would not normally hear from such band albums. Highly Recommended.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful