Cream - Anthems - Various Artists

Advantages: Great Tunes
Disadvantages: Sometimes badly mixed, too short and a really bad second CD

...I received this as a present from my cousin (djstu13). It’s got some great songs on it like Fragma - Everytime you need me but it’s the Pulsedriver Remix and I don’t like that mix at all. There is Paul Van Dyk – We are alive which is a classic tune! There’s also the original mix of The Vision by Mario Piu’ Presents DJ Arabesque. These tracks are on the first CD and is the best CD. The second CD is defenitely not up to the standards of ‘Cream’. It’s got the likes of Fatboy Slim - Sunset (Bird of Prey) and Moloko – The Time Is Now. These are so rubbish that they don’t deserve to be on any compilation there is in any style of music! The best tunes that are on the second CD are Mauro Picotto – Komodo, Modjo – Lady, Spiller - Groove Jet, Laurent Garnier... Read review

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Advantages: Some storming tracks here
Disadvantages: Bird of Prey

...This is the new compilation cd from Cream. They've started bringing these out every Christmas to capitalise the market, and to show what a cutting edge outfit they are - this is a compilation of big hits from 2000 with some new choons thrown in which should be massive in 2001. There are two cds with 41 tracks in total, so as with any compilation these cds are good value, The tracks are mixed together which isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the mix isn't bad so it suits me. CD One has a selection of some of the more commercial house cuts from 2000, with more emphasis on hard house and trance. Some of the biggest hits of the year are here, such as Zombie Nation and Delerium's excellent anthem Silence. The selection is a bit predictable - Darude - Sandstorm could win awards for presence on more compilations than any other track, and even has... Read review

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Advantages: really good banging tunes,
Disadvantages: does get quite loud(not really a disadvantage but for the neighbours it may)

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Advantages: Some
Disadvantages: Not Many

...I bought this double album about 2 weeks ago and I was pleased with it because just like the rest of the NOW series, NOW 47 is again jam packed with all the latest hits from the last three months. NOW 47 is the best of the NOW series yet it contains all of the latest releases and also some cracking older ones. Disc one is made up of slower more lovey dovey songs but disc 2 is made up of more up beat club like songs, like Kenkraft 400, time to burn and feel the beat from darude. Over all this double album and the latest in the NOW series is a good buy if you like pop music, but if you would rather the bass of club music then I would recommend Cream Anthems 2001, or NOW Dance 2001.... Read review

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Advantages: Great case, most songs are brill!
Disadvantages: Some dissapointing - unheard of songs.

...I thought half of National Anthems is very good! It says it in the title really, 'anthems' - songs people know. I thought that the first CD was really good. Theres lots of tracks on there (24 in total), so instead of many songs which 'drag on', they are all between 2 and 5 minutes. Half the songs are well known more 'commercial' songs and the other half are less known (to me). The seconds cd though was not as impressive, i hadnt heard many of the songs, but still there were some good ones! Overall the first cd keeps me interested throughout, but the second cd bored me at points, with a few good songs towards the end! All in all, a great cd! Well worth a buy!... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant dance music
Disadvantages: Few bad boring songs

...Anthems brings you the best dance music for over a decade, its an impossible cd to dislike. Their are loads of Artists with over 65 tracks of quality sound. Anyone who enjoys dance or purely beat music I advise you to buy this with no hesitation, I guarantee you will enjoy the songs to a high standard. You can pick the album up for around ten pound, which for a three cder, is good. I haven't yet come across a dance album better than this and with ministry of sound's reputation I probally wont. Some of the artists it consists of are: Daft Punk, Darude, Fatboyslim, Faithless and so many more. your mind will soon become addicted to the rhythms of Anthems and will forget about the other genres for a while. On the whole i give the album full marks as it just has purely the best music on, which is all you can ask for, from an album... Read review

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