Best Of Fania Allstars, The - Fania Allstars (The)

Advantages: Massive Tunes, Cheap, 38 tracks
Disadvantages: Lots of MCing

...Dubstep Allstars Vol.5 is the fifth album in the series of mixes showcasing the talents of the UK's most rapidly evolving and contagious genre. For those unfamiliar with Dubstep, it is a genre that has emerged in the past decade or so, but has begun to pick up speed in the last two or three years. It is a carefully crafted mix of heavy sub-basses, reggae, jazz, and other electronic subgenres such as Drum 'n' Bass and Techno. Perhaps its most distinctive characteristic is the famous 'wobble' bass line (a brilliant 'wup wup' noise that you have to hear to believe) accompanied with atmospheric and resounding syncopated drums. Having emerged from Croydon, Norwood and Brixton, Dubstep looks set to take over dance floors worldwide. This Allstars instalment is mixed by one of the leading DJs in the scene; N-Type. Although the tracklisting says... Read review

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Advantages: great vocals
Disadvantages: slightly reptitive beats

...The Low fidelity all stars are a now defunct band who produced an excellent album called How to operate with a blown mind. The best single on this album is Disco machine gun / Blisters on the brain which has an interesting story surrounding it. Originally released as disco machine gun it had to be withdrawn because of a sample that was not cleared, remixed with the offending part taken out is was placed on the album as Blisters on the brain. A collection of strange compelling electronica which is a cut above any trance record.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average off topic

Advantages: u can hear the words
Disadvantages: dunno

...i thought id have 2 write an opinion on this cause smash mouth r so fun. This song is featured on their second album, astro lounge. The song allstar has a fun feel to it, typical of smash mouth songs, but is even more teeny bopper. The song was the themesong to the film 'mystery men'.i saw the film on an aeroplane and wouldn't have paid 2 c it otherwise, but i do think that the song was 100% appropriate 4 the film. Both are lighthearted, funny and enjoyable. if u listen to the lyrics, which r quite easily comprehendable (which is a rare thing at the moment)u will notice that they make sense, which is not particularly typical of smash mouth.But, their songs r not written to b taken seriously, but laughed at, so have a liste, have a laugh, and enjoy!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful