Just Got Home (Mixed & Compiled By Fragile State) - Various Artists > Reviews > Awesome laid back CD with Zero 7 sound

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Average
Lyrics	Standard
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
Value for Money	Good

Advantages:	chilled sound for fans of zero 7
Disadvantages:	might not suit everyone, few weak tracks

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

absolutely love Zero 7, who has released two albums of their own material called 'Simple Things' and 'When it Falls', plus some compilation albums including the late night series. One of the members of Zero 7 releases his own material under the name 'Fragile State' and when my brother bought me this CD, I had high expectations for it. The track listing is as follows;

1. Venice Beach - The Egg
2. Best Days of Our Lives - Rachel Foster
3. Bubble Love
4. Get Misunderstood [Album Mix] - Troublemakers
5. Soul for Your Soul
6. Eponymous - Echo & the Bunnymen
7. Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes - Thievery Corporation
8. Keep You Kimi - Yukimi Nagano
9. Wesley Music - Audrey Hermitt
10. Pablo's Blues
11. U Bring Me Vibes [Original Mix] - Amp Fiddler
12. Lazy Calm - Cocteau Twins
13. Congo [Fragile State Main Mix]
14. Every Day a Story - Fragile State

As it states above, the CD features a number of tracks however in my opinion some of them are weak. An example of this could be "Bubble Love". The CD adopts a very laid back chill sound to it. I'd do track by track commentary but I have decided not to since the general sound of the album is quite streamlined. I'd like to point out that this is a compilation album featuring artists such as "Trouble makers", "Echo" and Fragile state themselves. Artists have a similar sound to this artist include Zero 7, Moby and the Café Del Mar series.

CD cases seem to all the same these days, however I feel I need to write a small paragraph on the excellent presentation of this album. The CD is in a well built CD case with rounded corners and great cover design. It is hard to emphasis how nice the case is. The case is then enclosed in a cardboard slip, ensuring that the case is kept clean and nice.

So to conclude I'd recommend this CD to fans of Zero 7 and other chill out music. This is a compilation CD, so Zero 7 fans may be more interested in Fragile State's own work. I've given this CD 4 stars on the basis that it is not perfect, and does have a few weak tracks.